Care Home Injuries site launched

In a week that has seen the re-launch of several feed websites to gocompensate.com, the specialist compensation claims service has now added a new website today for carers and patients in care homes.


Care Home Injuries is a specialist website connecting carers and patients with specialist compensation solicitors throughout the UK.


The new format website will gradually be rolled out to all existing gocompensate.com feed websites creating a consistent look and brand to their range.


This week gocompensate.com are delighted to welcome several new firms of specialist compensation solicitors to their regional panels.

Brain Injury Claims website relaunched

gocompensate.com has today relaunched their online claims website for brain injury claims.


Click the link to see the new website and connect with specialist brain injury claim solicitors throughout the UK.

Oil tanker involved in crash on M27 near Southampton Airport

A SERIOUS accident involving a car and a petrol tanker has this morning closed part of a busy Hampshire motorway.

All emergency services are currently on the scene at the M27 at junction five - one of the key routes in to Southampton and the turn off for the city's Airport.

Police were called amid reports a black Vauxhall Corsa and a white Scania tanker had collided in the middle lane of the westbound carriageway.

Fire crews from Eastleigh, Redbridge and St Mary's are currently on the scene to cut the roof from the car with two people trapped inside the vehicle.

It is not yet known what injuries were sustained in the smash, which happened at around 10.30am.

Motorists are being urged to avoid the area completely and severe congestion is expected while fire crews carry out their work.

The westbound carriageway has been closed and no time frame has been set for it to be reopened.

source: dailyecho.co.uk

Electrician faced with asbestos 'snowstorm' in power station job

A RETIRED electrician died as a result of being repeatedly placed at the centre of an asbestos "snowstorm" during his working life.

Grandfather-of-two Ian Stanford lost his fight against pneumonia at the age of 76.

An inquest heard he worked at Willington Power Station between 1959 and 1993 and looked after all electrical aspects of the plant, including shutting down boilers and turbines for maintenance.

The once-yearly task involved him removing lagging and asbestos material surrounding the equipment.

A report by pathologist Dr Andrew Hitchcock said the nature of the work led to Mr Stanford's death on February 11, at Royal Derby Hospital.

In a statement, Mr Stanford had said the task left him in an asbestos "snowstorm" that turned the room into a "fog".

He wrote: "During this period there would be a huge amount of asbestos dust floating around.

"The asbestos blocks were then refitted. There would always be lots of asbestos lagging laying around and dispersing around the area."

Derby Coroner's Court heard Mr Stanford, of Coniston Court, Darklands Road, Swadlincote, died from bronchial pneumonia.

Royal Derby Hospital pathologist Dr Hitchcock said the condition was brought on by two diseases – small-cell lung cancer and pulmonary asbestosis. The latter is caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibres.

Asked which disease played the biggest part in bringing about Mr Stanford's death, Dr Hitchcock said: "On balance, the pulmonary asbestosis", adding that it was likely the asbestos-related lung disease had also caused the cancer.

Deputy assistant coroner Paul McCandless ruled Mr Stanford died from an industrial disease, saying his death was pathologically linked to asbestos exposure.

Mr Stanford's widow, Brenda Stanford, was joined at the inquest by their son, Martyn Stanford, and Mr Stanford's former colleague, Tony Brown.

Mrs Stanford described her late husband as a "quiet" man who was devoted to their two sons, Martyn and Adrian, and two grandchildren.

Martyn said his father "would do anything for you" and was "well respected".

Mrs Stanford said the family was seeking compensation following the ruling.

source: thisisderbyshire.co.uk

Champion's tips give Jamie edge

LINCOLNSHIRE wheelchair racer Jamie Carter is hoping double Paralympic champion David Weir can be his secret weapon as he bids for Sainsbury's School Games glory next month.

Cleethorpes Athletic Club member Carter, who has cerebral palsy, has been training once a month in Surrey with six-time London Marathon winner Weir – his sixth title coming in yesterday's event – ahead of the School Games, which is backed by National Lottery funding from Sport England.

Carter was in action in the capital himself yesterday, coming an impressive fifth in his age group in the wheelchair mini-marathon contest.

The 17-year-old from Binbrook already holds the 200m and 800m British records for his age and is now looking to make it a clean sweep by breaking the 100m and 400m records in only his second season of racing when he competes at the Olympic Stadium in May.

And Grimsby Institute pupil Carter thinks Weir could give him the edge over his rivals as he looks to keep the records tumbling in London.

"David's always there to help and advise me," said Carter. "It's the little tricks he's been teaching me that help you to the finish line.

"We've been working on the big things too ahead of the School Games, which I've been putting into use. I'm targeting the 2016 Paralympics and hopefully I can emulate David's achievements.

"The School Games is different to any other competition as it is bigger and has a whole different atmosphere to it.

"I never know what the competition will be like so it's just me and my race. I will try to do the best I can and improve my times and see where that takes me.

"It will be good to experience what the athletes will experience when they arrive for London 2012. I think a big crowd will always spur you on and I think I will cope with it alright."

As well as Weir's expert advice, Carter will also receive a boost from the new bit of kit he took for a spin at a Kingston track meet earlier this month

Carter got a new racing chair just before Christmas and after giving it a test drive he's ready to unleash it at the Olympic Stadium, just three months before the world's best athletes descend on the same venue.

"My new chair gets the best out of me and I get the best out of it," added Carter. "It's totally the right chair for me.

"It's a bit more comfortable than my last one and I've been training in it all winter. It's something that no one else has got so it's really special."

source: thisisgrimsby.co.uk