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Widows lose asbestos Lords ruling

Thousands of widows will not receive full compensation for their husbands' deaths from asbestos-related cancer, Law Lords have ruled. There will be a compensation limit in cases involving several employers, none of whom can be specifically blamed for the onset of the fatal illness. Insurers had challenged a judgement favouring bereaved families and workers who contracted mesothelioma at work. Their successful appeal may affect claims worth millions of pounds. Employers' compensation liability will be drastically reduced in many cases. Tom Jones, a partner at Thompsons solicitors, which is representing the widows, told BBC News: "Their husbands are dead, their husbands

Lung cancer drug ’gets go-ahead’

Patients across the north east of England are to be given a potentially life-saving lung cancer drug. Regional health bosses have lifted restrictions on Alimta to be given to people with mesothelioma. The decision by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority was made just days after a Teesside man's case was highlighted by the BBC. The drug can extend a patient's life by up to four months, but is not a cure for the disease. More : news.bbc.co.uk

Lung disease victims remembered

Latest figures show 635 from the region died from the disease mesothelioma, between 1999 and 2003. Christine Knighton, of Wallsend, lost her husband Mick, 59, who was in the Navy, to the disease in 2001 and has raised more than £100,000 for research. She will lead a vigil on the Millennium Bridge in Gateshead at 1600 GMT. Mesothelioma affects the membrane lining of the chest and leads to symptoms of breathlessness and chest pain. Symptoms can first appear within 10 years of exposure to asbestos, and there is no cure for the condition. More : news.bbc.co.uk

Don’t Hold Your Breath: Transcript

OWEN LILLY: What you've got here is a talking skeleton, that's all you've got. And I'm bitter about it, and I'm angry about it, because the people that put me in this bed knew they were going to do it, they knew they were going to kill me and thousands, tens of thousands like me. ROSS McWILLIAM: Owen Lilly has only months to live. He's dying because he worked in the asbestos industry. OWEN: They didn't give a damn because they were making plenty of money. If the government let them, their doctors let them... ROSS: Owen is seeking compensation

Blair ’to change’ asbestos ruling

Last month's Law Lords ruling will affect thousands of widows, whose husbands died from mesothelioma. Firms had challenged a judgement favouring bereaved families and workers who contracted mesothelioma at work. But Mr Blair said he hoped to make an announcement on his plans to change the House of Lords ruling in a fortnight. "I regret that judgement. I'm looking at the moment to see the best opportunity for us to change it," he told a GMB conference in Blackpool. "If we can change it, we will. I hope to announce something on this in a couple of weeks." More : news.bbc.co.uk