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- Daily Mail
Husband of woman, 32, who died sacrificing herself to push daughter, five, out way of falling branch reveals desperate attempts to save her
The heartbroken husband of a woman who died sacrificing herself by pushing her young daughter out the way of a falling tree branch has revealed how he desperately tried to save his wife. Madia Kauser, 32, was tragically crushed to death while out on a family walk with her husband Wasim Khan, 33, and their two children near Witton Country Park in Blackburn, Lancashire, on Monday night. It's understood her five-year-old daughter was in a pushchair which Mrs Kauser managed to push away before taking the full force of the falling branch herself - so that her daughter survived unscathed. Mr Khan, 33, was playing football just yards ahead with the couple's nine-year-old son when the branch fell. Speaking of the moment he battled to save his wife as she lay injured, he said: 'I rushed to her. I tried to save her, she was still breathing.' He also revealed his wife's haunting last post on Snapchat - a picture of a tree which she had taken while they were leaving the park. Describing how the tragedy unfolded, Mr Khan told The Sun: 'I was playing football with my son and kicked the ball in the wrong direction and we were going after it. 'I heard a crack and the tree just came down. There was no wind, nothing. 'She was hit by a branch but it had the full weight of the tree behind it and that is why the council had to cut it all down.' Mr Khan described his wife as the 'most beautiful and loyal person'. Relatives told the Mail how Ms Kauser was a devoted mother who adored her children. One told the Daily Mail: 'Madia would have done anything for her children.' On Wednesday, Blackburn council had completely cut down what remained of the tree from which the branch fell as well as lopping off branches from several other nearby trees. The area was littered with sawdust. The accident happened just yards from the park's Big Cover wood where trees form the majority of the habitat. On Wednesday relatives from all over the country were gathering at Blackburn's Madina mosque where the family were hoping a funeral could take place sometime in the evening. Former mayor and still sitting councillor Zamir Khan MBE, an uncle in the tight-knit family, said Madia's body was still with the coroner. He said: 'Her little girl told me her mother pushed her out of the way as the branch fell. 'Madia was a loving, doting mother and a very caring person. 'The older boy was walking with his father in front and could not believe what happened. 'It is very hard for the children. I do not think they will ever walk in that park again. 'It is tarnished for them. Their father is not in a good way either. He and other members of the family have taken it very hard. 'People have come from all over the country - from Sheffield, Bradford, Birmingham, London and other places - to be at her funeral which we hoped to have this afternoon in accordance with Muslim tradition. 'But until her body is released by the coroner, we cannot move forward. We are hoping it will be released today. 'What happened was an act of nature but it is unbelievable.' In a statement, the council said it was 'deeply saddened' after the accident on Monday. The authority's chief executive Denise Park said: 'Our thoughts and heartfelt condolence are with the family and friends of the person who has lost their life at this very difficult time. 'Emergency services including paramedics and the air ambulance attended the scene. Council staff also supported by cordoning off the area to ensure public safety. 'As part of precautionary safety measures, the tree involved was being felled this morning. 'Witton Park is a much-loved community space, and the safety of everyone who visits is of the utmost importance to us. 'Our thoughts remain first and foremost with the family at this very sad time.' A Lancashire Police spokesman said the woman's death was not being treated as suspicious and a file would be prepared for the coroner. A cyclist who rides through the park every day said: 'I have seen loads of fallen branches before but it is mainly because of high winds. 'There wasn't even a breeze when this poor woman was killed. It is utterly heartbreaking. 'I shudder to think what her poor children and husband are going through.' Many people walking there today were unaware of the tragedy and thought the council were carrying out unnecessary tree work. One said: 'I was initially cross that they had cut the tree down until someone told me what had happened. It doesn't bear thinking about.' Local councillor Paul Marrow said: 'There have been concerns about ash dieback disease and the number of dead trees in Witton Park and across the borough.
BBC News
27 minutes ago
- BBC News
Man in court charged over house explosion in Derby
A man charged in connection with a house blast in Derby which destroyed a terraced property has appeared in court via a video link from houses were damaged and one man was taken to hospital after the blast in Eden Street, Alvaston, on 10 Thursday, Paul Solway was remanded in custody when he appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court charged with destroying property with intent to endanger life and a count of 57-year-old, of no fixed address, made a brief appearance from HMP Nottingham and was ordered to appear for a further hearing at Derby Crown Court on 11 September. Mr Solway appeared at the magistrates' court earlier this summer when he was remanded in reporting by PA Media.
Telegraph
27 minutes ago
- Telegraph
The Online Safety Act censors dissent, while letting paedophiles roam free
Outrage over the Online Safety Act 's age-verification mandates has tended thus far to focus on amusing, if frustrating, hurdles the law has thrown up for ordinary citizens: issues playing music on streaming services, trouble ordering pizzas and the possibility of Wikipedia going offline for huge chunks of the population. But missing amongst the discussion is a key point. It will fail to protect children because it misdirects attention and focus away from the real problem. Which is that there is far too little investigating, charging, prosecuting and convicting actual paedophiles and child pornographers. I'm not talking about the grooming gangs scandal, though of course that is germane to the discussion. The Online Safety Act has forced censorship of tweets about that particular vile series of incidents, including information that might better equip today's potential victims with information that could enable them to spot grooming behaviour and ultimately stay free of gangs' snares. I'm talking about actual failures to investigate, charge, prosecute and convict those involved in creating, selling, and sharing child sex abuse material where the supposed big, bad guys in the room – the tech companies – have actually alerted the authorities and given them the information they need to arrest abusers and child pornographers. Few policymakers, let alone laymen, are aware that tech giants – the overwhelming majority of which are US incorporated – are required by US law to report instances of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's (NCMEC) CyberTipline. Still fewer are likely aware that when a report is made, 'geographic indicators related to the upload location of the CSAM are used to make the report available to the appropriate law enforcement '. This is what that means in practice: the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children reported that there were 178,648 UK cyber tips made in 2023, overwhelmingly because of reporting by Big Tech firms. Yet Home Office data indicates only 39,640 child sexual abuse image offences in England and Wales in year 2023-2024. That's a small fraction of the volume of CSAM reports made through the CyberTipline. It is true that an apples-to-apples comparison is not 100 per cent feasible. Data in respect of Scotland and Northern Ireland is not included in that 39,640 number. British Transport Police report their data separate to the Home Office. NCMEC compiles its data by calendar year, whereas Home Office data is compiled over a fiscal year. There are a few other wrinkles, too. But the bottom line is, a small proportion of probable child-porn offences in Britain are being investigated by law enforcement, despite tech companies having reported them. If those crimes are not being investigated, the criminals responsible will never be charged, let alone prosecuted, convicted, or imprisoned. And that is a huge problem that no amount of social media regulation will ever fix. What is being done about it? As things stand, the Home Office budget is set to decline by 2.6 per cent by 2028-2029. And that decline comes on top of an already anticipated £1.2bn shortfall in police funding, according to the National Police Chiefs Council. The fiscal picture in Britain seems to look increasingly bleak, and it's hard to believe that Rachel Reeves is going to conjure up more money for policing as opposed to pressing further cuts. It's a mathematical conundrum above most of our pay grades to sort through, but sort through it she must. Abused kids are counting on her doing so. But as societies – whether in Britain, the EU, US or globally – we also need to hold the right actors to account, and place our focus squarely where it should sit. That is law enforcement, and the politicians who determine how much money they will allocate to it, plus which policies our leaders will require police to adhere to in keeping our kids safe. As of right now, that means actually busting child predators, not engaging in misdirection targeting tech firms.
