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NEARLY 20 health professionals have signed a petition protesting against a plan to dig a new quarry on the former Hamble Airfield.

A NEW book has been published that shares the story of how a Southampton connection is helping to power future research into M.E. The story of the meeting of minds that linked a university junior manager 30 years ago to a university don who went on to become one of Britain’s most eminent science researchers is told in a book recently published by the Hampshire-based ME/CFS Alliance Think Tank. To mark ME Awareness Month in May, former Southampton University training manager, Opal Webster-Philp – whose career was wiped out by M.E. in 1991 – and co-author Nicola McDonald tell how Op...

The mother of a nine-year-old girl who died after an asthma attack today said 'we got the justice she deserved' after a coroner ruled that London's air pollution contributed to her death.  Ella Kissi-Debrah is believed to be the first person in UK history to have air pollution recorded on their death certificate, following today's ruling by a coroner at the second inquest into her death. She died in February 2013, having endured numerous seizures and made almost 30 hospital visits over the previous three years. Ella lived 25 yards from the South Circular Road in Lewisham - one of the capita...

Share on Twitter The mother of a nine-year-old British girl who died after a severe asthma attack called for a public health campaign warning of the dangers of air pollution, after a coroner ruled it contributed to her death. In a legal first, coroner Philip Barlow on Thursday said poor air quality from vehicle emissions made a "material contribution" to the 2013 death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who lived near a busy road. London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the ruling a "landmark moment" and called air pollution a "public health crisis", while campaigners said it should now lead to...