26/07/2012

Other News In Brief

Young Boy Dies After Hanging Accident

A nine-year-old boy has died in a tragic accident after getting tangled in a play rope attached to a tree in his garden and hanging himself.

Josef Kazzan died in hospital two days after the freak accident in the garden of his home in Cleckheaton, West Yorks on Sunday.

His neighbour, Steve Rhodes, said he and Josef's mother had desperately battled to save the schoolboy with mouth-to-mouth and heart massage.

But Josef's life support was switched off at Leeds General Infirmary on Tuesday, with his family by his side.

Police Seeking Cyclist After Death Of Pedestrian

Police are seeking a cyclist after a pedestrian died following an argument on a Norwich street.

A 34-year-old man was pronounced dead at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital a week after he fell to the ground on Oak Lane on 18 July.

Police said the argument took place at 08:50 BST and a male cyclist wearing sports clothing left the scene on a mountain bike.

Norfolk police are appealing for witnesses.

Nationwide Accounts Debited Twice

An error at Nationwide has resulted in some account holders being debited twice.

The building society confirmed that a "one-off human error" had led to the double payments.

It said that those affected made payments on Tuesday, which were then processed again on Wednesday. Accounts would now be corrected overnight.

A number of failures have affected UK bank accounts in recent weeks, after major difficulties at RBS.


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