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Shipman trial: the victims | Special reports

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Marie West, 81 On March 6 1995, Harold Shipman injected Mrs West, his first victim, with a fatal dose of diamorphine (the medical term for heroine), unaware that her friend was in the next room. Shipman first told Mrs West's son that she had died of a massive stroke, then said it was a heart attack. Mrs West ran a clothes shop in Hyde, a suburb of Manchester, where all the victims came from. Read More...

The big picture: when Nick Waplington became a wedding photographer

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Untitled. Weddings, Parties, Anything, 1990-4 by Nick Waplington.Untitled. Weddings, Parties, Anything, 1990-4 by Nick Waplington.The big picturePhotographyAfter documenting the colourful ​family life of his ​grandfather’s neighbour Janet in his first book, Waplington ended up capturing her big day In 1986, Nick Waplington began documenting the lives of families on the Broxtowe council estate in Nottingham where his grandad had lived for 50 years. His first book, Living Room, gave the viewer a front-row seat to the chaotic world of a neighbour called Janet and her life-loving kids and friends. Read More...