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Showjumper, 19, with spina bifida sues GP for failing to tell her mother to take folic acid

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A teenage showjumper is suing a GP over his alleged failure to tell her mother to take folic acid before she was conceived.   Paralympic hopeful Evie Toombes, from Skegness, has limited mobility after being born in 2001 with a form of spina bifida. Through her mother Caroline Toombes, the 19-year-old has now brought the first … Read more

Talented showjumper, 16, killed herself, inquest hears 

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Talented showjumper, 16, killed herself after arguing with her mother for going too fast on her pony, inquest hears Brodie Morgan, 16, was found dead in a wooded area near Llantrisant, Wales Described as a ‘happy and bubbly’ pupil at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic School Schoolgirl had fallen out with a group of friends in … Read more