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image captionBen Latham died in 2018 of an aortic dissection, hours after being misdiagnosed at a hospital
An MP has helped start a new charity to raise awareness about a serious condition that took her son s life.
Pauline Latham said Ben Latham died from an undiagnosed aortic dissection hours after leaving hospital in 2018.
The Mid Derbyshire member hopes The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust will raise awareness of the illness and prevent further deaths. Two thousand people a year die from it, more than on the roads, and they don t need to, she said.
Aortic dissection is caused when the aorta - the body s main artery - develops a partial tear, which can spread along the artery and cause a rupture, interrupting blood supply to vital organs.
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Boris Johnson has been condemned for cutting aid spending while allowing the UK’s nuclear arsenal to increase.
The Prime Minister’s foreign policy review committed to returning to the target of spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on aid when the public finances allow but did not give a firm date.
At the same time, the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy increased the number of nuclear warheads the UK may possess to 260. It had been due to fall to a maximum of 180 by the middle of the decade.
By increasing UK’s nuclear stockpile while arguing we can’t afford to meet our promises to the world’s poorest shows the govt has got its priorities badly wrong. Exactly the wrong way to project Global Britain. Full @oxfamgb reaction to #IntergratedReviewhttps://t.co/PIgiMsU4Q1 Danny Sriskandarajah (@dhnnjyn) March 16, 2021
By Press Association 2021
Staff from UK Aid watch as cargo is loaded on to an Antonov An-12B aircraft at East Midlands Airport (Simon Cooper/PA)
Boris Johnson has been condemned for cutting aid spending while allowing the UK’s nuclear arsenal to increase.
The Prime Minister’s foreign policy review committed to returning to the target of spending 0.7% of gross national income on aid when the public finances allow but did not give a firm date.
At the same time, the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy increased the number of nuclear warheads the UK may possess to 260. It had been due to fall to a maximum of 180 by the middle of the decade.