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Columbus, OH

The girl's mother accuses the food industry of treating allergy training as a "tick box exercise".

Failures led to girl's Costa drink death - coroner

The Independent

Hannah Jacobs died within hours of taking one sip of the drink on February 8 2023, East London Coroner’s Court was told.

Mother of girl who died after Costa drink speaks out about allergen training

The Guardian

Inquest also concludes there was a ‘communication failure’ between the mother of Hannah Jacobs, 13, and the barista

Girl died from sip of Costa Coffee drink after ‘failure to follow allergies processes’ 

Black Enterprise

The victim’s mother said she informed the barista of her daughter’s allergies before ordering the drink. Hannah Jacobs, a 13-year-old with severe allergies to dairy, fish, and eggs, died within hours of drinking a hot chocolate beverage from the Costa Coffee shop in London. Abimbola Duyile, the victim’s...

13-Year-Old Girl Dead Following Severe Allergic Reaction To One Sip Of Hot Chocolate

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Houston, TX

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California State

 A rare deep-sea oarfish was discovered floating at La Jolla Cove, off the coast of California, by a group of kayakers on Saturday, 10 August.The creature, which can grow up to 36ft long, is only the 20th fish of its kind to have washed up in the state since 1901, according to Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist and fish expert Ben Frable.In some cultures, the sighting of an oarfish is considered an omen of natural disasters.This creature was discovered two days before a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck California.

Rare ‘Doomsday fish’ considered ‘bad omen’ found by kayakers

Four people have been arrested after what is believed to be monkey dust was uncovered during raids. Three females and one male remain in custody after West Mercia Police carried out two raids on properties in Telford. Officers targeted properties in Ketley Park Road, Ketley and Wilkinson Close, Snedshill, where...

Four arrested in raids targeting monkey dust

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Two held after 'terrifying' rape in cemetery

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

Minneapolis, MN

 Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has been moved to a new federal prison following his stabbing by an inmate last year.Chauvin, 48, was transferred from Tuscon Federal Correctional Institution in Arizona to the Oklahoma Federal Transfer Center last week.The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the move to The Independent but said it could not give any further details “for privacy, safety, and security reasons.”In November 2023, Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by inmate John Turscak, while Chauvin was serving a 21-year sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin’s sentence is running concurrently with a 22.5-year...

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Canton, OH

Canton, MI

 A man in Canton Township, Michigan, allegedly shot and killed his neighbor because the man's daughter touched his mulch. Nathan Morris, 35, was killed just before noon on Saturday. "On Saturday, while taking a stroll with his family in his neighborhood, his daughter touched the mulch of one of the neighbors," according to the Michigan GOP in a statement by RNC National committeewoman Hima Kolanagireddy. "The neighbor took a gun out and started threatening the family. Nathan sent his family home and said that he would try and diffuse the situation, but instead was shot and killed."According to the...

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Sarasota, FL

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An inquest concluded that a ‘failure of communication’ led to the death of a 13-year-old who sipped a Costa Coffee hot chocolate

Call for ‘allergy tsar’ after teen died following sip of Costa Coffee hot chocolate

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