Serious injury at Prodigy concert

Tayside police were called to Caird Hall where dance band The Prodigy were playing a sold-out gig.

Ambulance and police attended at 2200 GMT on Friday and the man, from Angus, was taken to Ninewells Hospital, where his condition is described as serious.

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Firework production suspended after workers die

The order from the Shaanxi government followed a blast at the Xinping Firecrackers Co., where workers were rushing to fill orders for the Lunar New Year festival, the Xinhua News Agency said.

The explosion tore through seven workshops in Shaanxi's Pucheng county where more than 100 workers were laboring in cramped conditions, it said.

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Landmark ruling after mosh pit death

In Schoneboom v. BB King Blues Club, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op 08160 (November 12, 2009), the Appellate Division, First Department held that a club patron was barred by the doctrine of primary assumption of the risk from seeking damages for injuries suffered when an identified person in a group of slam dancers slammed into him.

The court held that “after observing the open and obvious slam dancing from a safe vantage point, and fully appreciating the risk of colliding with a slam dancer, plaintiff nonetheless elected to place himself in close proximity to that activity, thereby assuming the risk that resulted in his injuries.”

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Hillborough documents to finally be made public

It will be chaired by the Bishop of Liverpool and include academic criminologist Professor Phil Scraton and BBC journalist Peter Sissons.

The panel will spend two years reading thousands of documents detailing the events which led to the 1989 disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans died.

They have been held by South Yorkshire Police for the past 20 years.

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Warning to over-enthusiastic giggers, as teenager remains in critical condition

Jamie Craig went into cardiac arrest after being hit in the chest during a concert at Blacktown Masonic Hall in Sydney on December 19. He was on life support for eight days.

Teens who attended the concert have flooded Facebook and MySpace to speculate on how the 16-year-old's injuries occurred, with Blacktown detectives now investigating claims Jamie was deliberately kicked by another reveller wearing steel-capped boots.

The Green Valley teen remains in Blacktown Hospital's intensive care unit and, while doctors have been pleased with his steady progress so far, they have warned his parents of a long and difficult road ahead.

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