19 May 2023 , 21:02
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Yesterday this paper warned that more people would die unless action was taken to tackle the menace of dangerous dogs.
We told the Government that lives were being lost and people were being injured.
As we went to the press, there was yet another fatality. Manchester police reported a man had died after being attacked by a dog that “posed a serious risk to the public”.
Today we ask the same question we asked yesterday: how many more have to be mauled before the Government takes action?
It is painfully clear that the current laws are insufficient. It is obviously far too easy to buy and sell potentially lethal animals.
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It is shameful that innocent lives continue to be lost because nobody in power wants to take responsibility.
Ministers could act now. They could strengthen the law, increase the penalties and regulate the sale and breeding of dogs.
If they had any compassion for the victims, they would implement these measures immediately. Every day they delay puts lives at risk.
Save our NHS
When Labour came to power in 1997, the NHS was in such a poor state that many questioned whether it could survive.
By the time the party left office, public satisfaction with the health service was at a record high. And now, once again, we are looking to Labour to rescue the NHS.
If anything, the challenge facing Keir Starmer and Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting is even more daunting than that faced by Tony Blair and Frank Dobson in 1997.
They will have to turn around a health service on its knees after 13 years of Tory cuts and mismanagement. But Labour has done it before, and we think they can do it again.
Your gift of life
Three years ago today, Max and Keira’s Law came into force after a Mirror campaign to change organ donation rules.
The are now 28 million prepared to be organ donors. They are all potential life-savers.