What the papers say – April 18
Politics and protests make the front pages on Thursday.
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Mother risks prosecution to obtain medical cannabis for daughter
Teagan Appleby, nine, suffers up to 300 seizures a day.
Woman weeps as medical cannabis for epileptic daughter confiscated at airport
Emma Appleby had flown out to Holland to buy £4,600 of cannabis oil for nine-year-old Teagan.
Mother of severely epileptic child has confiscated medical cannabis returned
Emma Appleby said the system was not working and expressed sympathy for parents in a similar plight.
Private firm to provide girl with medical cannabis after NHS ‘refuses to pay’
Jorja Emerson’s father said he was having to pay around £1,000 a month for treatment to stop her seizures.
Medicinal cannabis should be treated like other drugs, MPs told
More evidence is needed before products can be widely used, a committee of MPs has heard.
Jurors see dramatic footage of alleged knife attack on four police officers
Alex Traykov denies intending to kill or seriously injure the officers.
What the papers say – April 6
A variety of stories make the front pages on Saturday.
University drop-out guilty of knife attack on four officers
Alex Traykov was convicted at the Old Bailey of three counts of wounding with intent and a fourth charge of attempted wounding with intent.
Pope banned after becoming first player to break RFU’s social drugs rules twice
The ex-England Under-20 prop has been given a six-month ban and fined £1,000 for his second positive test since 2017.
