Person: Batten

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world

Gerard Batton steps down as leader of UKIP after losing all MEPs

The move fulfils a promise Mr Batten made to step down a year after being elected unopposed.

business

Only one thing is harder than lifting a white coffin — lowering one

news

Liverpool legend togs out for Irish charity

news

'Help us treat children with rare diseases like royalty'

news

Crucial Batten trial cancelled amid haemorrhage fear

news

Liam’s new lease of life as surgery gives hope of Batten’s breakthrough

Boy treated for Batten’s now off anti-seizure drugs

CHASING waves on Inch Beach is a far cry from pioneering brain surgery in New York City but it’s a measure of the success the treatment has had on the life of 3-year-old Liam Heffernan.

Wed, 10 Aug, 2011

Mother fears delay in rare disease plan

A MOTHER who spent years campaigning for families affected by an uncommon genetic disease is fearful that a two-year deadline for the launch of a national strategy to treat patients with rare diseases will not be met.

Fri, 21 Jan, 2011

Community service for cannabis grower

An unemployed man who cultivated cannabis plants at his home in order to feed his drug habit and so he wouldn’t be “dealing with scumbags” has been ordered to perform 180 hours of community service.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2010

Parents told raise $250k more for treatment

THEY left Ireland for the US last week with a possible cure for their critically ill daughter within reach.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2010

Boris Johnshon's acceptance speech

Here is the full text of Boris Johnson’s acceptance speech after winning election to the office of Mayor of London:

Sat, 03 May, 2008