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December 2008
The consequence of trial by tabloid
December 2008
It is obvious that Colin Stagg was a victim of the police's stunning incompetence in the Rachel Nickell case (Travesty and tragedy, 19 December). Far more distressing is the murder and mutilation of Samantha Bissett, and the rape and murder of her four-year-old daughter, Jazmine, in their own home.
The Guardian, Monday December 22nd 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/22/rachel-nickell-letters
Disabled man 'may have died three months before body found in suitcase'
December 2008
James Hughes, the severely disabled man whose body was found crammed into a suitcase in the garden of his family home, may have died three months before, an inquest was told today.
Steven Morris, The Guardian, Wednesday December 17th 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/dec/17/james-hughes-suitcase
Body in suitcase: The chaos of James Hughes's family life
December 2008
Heather Wardle appeared to hide her struggle to cope with son's care, amid debts and collapsing relationship.
Steven Morris, The Guardian, Wednesday December 17th 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/dec/17/suitcase-body-james-hughes-background
Showing signs of strain
December 2008
Charities helping disabled children's families report huge increases in the numbers asking for help.
Janet Murray, The Guardian, Tuesday December 9th 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/09/disability-childrens-services
Fading claims of MMR link to autism
December 2008
Following Ben Goldacre's column (Bad science, December 6), it's worth emphasising that not only is there no evidence for any association between measles vaccine, autism and intestinal disease, but that the most recent evidence provides strong evidence against any such link. What makes this evidence wonderfully ironic is that it has been provided by the same individuals (Professor John O'Leary and Dr Orla Sheils from Trinity College Dublin) who reported the original evidence in favour in a 2002 publication.
The Guardian, Tuesday December 9th 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/09/medical-research-mmr-vaccine
Death of shaken baby raises parallels with Baby P case
December 2008
Poor communication between social workers and NHS staff lay behind a tragic failure to prevent a five-month-old baby being shaken to death at her home in County Durham, an independent serious case review disclosed yesterday.
John Carvel, Social Affairs Editor, The Guardian, Saturday December 6th 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/dec/06/shaken-baby-durham-social-workers
Social capital is key to old problem of care
December 2008
What does the recession mean for the government's plan to forge a new settlement on long-term care and support?
David Brindle, The Guardian, Wednesday December 3rd 2008
