Morecambe Bay Trust Inquiry
Eleven babies and one mother died following "a lethal mix" of failures in a "seriously dysfunctional" maternity unit at Furness General Hospital, an independent inquiry has found.
Eight-year-old at the centre of a benefits row
The Department for Work and Pensions has apologised to a mother from Lancashire after benefits for her disabled daughter were stopped because her husband works in Germany.
Laura Jolliffe was told that as her husband was paying national insurance in Germany where's he's currently working on a contract for his employer BAE systems, it was up to that country's government to come up with the money. Ralph Blunsom reports:
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'My wife and son died because of someone's ego'
A man whose wife and son died at Furness General Hospital says he has never received an apology for failings which led to their deaths.
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'Lethal mix' led to deaths of mother and babies
A "lethal mix" of poor clinical care and relationships between doctors and midwives led to the deaths of 11 babies and one mother.