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Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Watch the freshman and sophomore girls IBCA Futures teams face off in Fishers
Indiana South head coach Hollie Anson-Eaves directs her team Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Elliot Leffler (4) passes the ball to a teammate Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Riley Johnson (6) reaches for a pass Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Supports from Northridge High School cheer on the Indiana North team Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Zoey Wood (0) drives down the court Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Nyomi Hahn (7) shoots a jump shot Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Lily Scholl (11) shoots a layup Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North head coach Wes Radtke directs his team Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Adah Hupfer (10) drives down the court Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Delaney Noll (4) snags a pass Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South head coach Hollie Anson-Eaves speaks to her team Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Nyomi Hahn (7) tosses the ball to a teammate Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Lily Scholl (11) and Indiana South's Paige Schnaus (14) wrestle for the ball Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Lily Scholl (11) drives to shoot a layup Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Malika Jenkins (2) drives toward the basket Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Multiple players struggle for a rebound Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Payton DuVall (10) shoots a basket Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Hannah Menser (2) makes a pass through traffic Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's McKenzie Koch (3) drives toward the basket Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Hannah Menser (2) makes a jump shot Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Delaney Noll (4) drives down the court Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Nyomi Hahn (7) reaches for a rebound Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Claire Larrison (7) drives down the court Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Janaya Cooper (5) shoots a layup Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Delaney Noll (4) drives toward the basket Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Janaya Cooper (5) shoots a layup Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Delaney Noll (4) pats teammate Janaya Cooper (5) on the back Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Hillary Labis (10) shoots a layup Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Lily Scholl (11) snags a rebound in front of Indiana South's Zoey Wood (0), Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's McKenzie Koch (3) looks to catch a pass Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Paige Schnaus (14) shoots a basket Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana South's Claire Larrison (7) grabs a rebound Monday, June 2, 2025, during the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar Indiana North's Janaya Cooper (5) is named MVP Monday, June 2, 2025, after the IBCA Futures game for freshman and sophomore girls in Fishers, Indiana. HG Biggs/IndyStar
The Independent
24-05-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Infected blood victims ‘left in dark' over compensation, Andy Burnham warns
Victims of the infected blood scandal have been 'left in the dark' about when they will receive compensation a year after a sweeping inquiry report was published, Andy Burnham has said. The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, who served as health secretary under Gordon Brown, also called for criminal investigations into the scandal. The Infected Blood Inquiry, which published its seminal report a year ago, concluded the scandal 'could largely have been avoided' and there was a 'pervasive' cover-up to hide the truth. More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s. And more than 3,000 people have died as a result while survivors are living with lifelong health implications. A compensation scheme was announced the day after the report was published. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Week In Westminster programme, Mr Burnham said it 'pains me' to hear victims are still without compensation a year after the scheme was launched. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has said, as of May 6, 106 compensation payments have been made, totalling more than £96 million. Mr Burnham, who has campaigned on behalf of victims, added: 'We thought, didn't we, after the public inquiry reported that the whole of the British state would say, 'right, now we put things right, and we do it quickly'. 'Firstly, there's just the delays and they're left in the dark, and so many people just left waiting. There's the randomness of it.' Compensation awards appear to be made via a 'lottery' the mayor claimed, insisting they should instead be given out 'on the basis of people's need and the level of their condition'. Mr Burnham added: 'It's just wrong that people have been dying weekly ever since the public inquiry reported without any compensation at all. How does anybody in Whitehall justify that?' The former health secretary stood by previous comments in which he said he believed there had been a criminal cover-up behind the scandal. 'This is a systematic cover-up all the way through the system that went on for decades under all governments,' he said. Mr Burnham added: 'It has got to be the case that alongside the compensation, there has to be criminal investigation. 'Because I know as secretary of state, I was given untrue briefings that contained that line – that nobody was supposedly knowingly given unsafe blood – but the warnings had been given to the Department of Health, many, many years before.'
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Infected blood victims ‘left in dark' over compensation, Andy Burnham warns
Victims of the infected blood scandal have been 'left in the dark' about when they will receive compensation a year after a sweeping inquiry report was published, Andy Burnham has said. The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, who served as health secretary under Gordon Brown, also called for criminal investigations into the scandal. The Infected Blood Inquiry, which published its seminal report a year ago, concluded the scandal 'could largely have been avoided' and there was a 'pervasive' cover-up to hide the truth. More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s. And more than 3,000 people have died as a result while survivors are living with lifelong health implications. A compensation scheme was announced the day after the report was published. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Week In Westminster programme, Mr Burnham said it 'pains me' to hear victims are still without compensation a year after the scheme was launched. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has said, as of May 6, 106 compensation payments have been made, totalling more than £96 million. Mr Burnham, who has campaigned on behalf of victims, added: 'We thought, didn't we, after the public inquiry reported that the whole of the British state would say, 'right, now we put things right, and we do it quickly'. 'Firstly, there's just the delays and they're left in the dark, and so many people just left waiting. There's the randomness of it.' Compensation awards appear to be made via a 'lottery' the mayor claimed, insisting they should instead be given out 'on the basis of people's need and the level of their condition'. Mr Burnham added: 'It's just wrong that people have been dying weekly ever since the public inquiry reported without any compensation at all. How does anybody in Whitehall justify that?' The former health secretary stood by previous comments in which he said he believed there had been a criminal cover-up behind the scandal. 'This is a systematic cover-up all the way through the system that went on for decades under all governments,' he said. Mr Burnham added: 'It has got to be the case that alongside the compensation, there has to be criminal investigation. 'Because I know as secretary of state, I was given untrue briefings that contained that line – that nobody was supposedly knowingly given unsafe blood – but the warnings had been given to the Department of Health, many, many years before.'
The Independent
21-05-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Infected blood compensation hold-up ‘not about saving money', insists minister
Delays in compensation payouts to victims of the infected blood scandal are not deliberate in order to save money, a minister has insisted. Labour frontbencher Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent said such a step would be 'the most heinous of approaches' and was 'simply not true'. She made her comments after hearing the concerns of campaigners, frustrated at the ongoing hold-up to payments in the face of people dying. The Infected Blood Inquiry, which published its seminal report a year ago, concluded the scandal 'could largely have been avoided' and there was a 'pervasive' cover-up to hide the truth. More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s. And more than 3,000 people have died as a result while survivors are living with lifelong health implications. A compensation scheme was announced the day after the report was published. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has said, as of May 6, 106 compensation payments have been made, totalling more than £96 million. But concerns have been raised about the scheme, leading to the inquiry holding special hearings to highlight the impact on victims. Liberal Democrat Baroness Featherstone's nephew died aged 35 after being infected with hepatitis C, leaving at the time a 10-month-old daughter. She highlighted deep concerns felt by the infected blood community, including the perception that the delays in paying compensation 'are deliberate'. With an estimated two victims a week dying, Lady Featherstone added: 'There's a feeling that the Government might be saving money. 'I don't actually think that is the case, but the delays allow such theories to develop.' Responding, Lady Anderson said: 'I want to be very clear and put on record that none of the delays is about saving money. 'That would be the most heinous of approaches and while I understand that is being said by members of the community it is simply not true.' On the setting up of the independent compensation process, she said: 'We thought that the worst thing we could do would be to promise more and not be able to deliver. 'We are trying to ensure that we can deliver at a level and that the people who are entitled to money are actually getting it, and that we are learning from where we get it wrong and fixing it.' On the operation of the system she told peers: 'There is still some way to go in terms of IBCA's communications, I think it is fair to say. 'They are getting better but there is still some way to go.' Lady Anderson also said the Government will 'stand ready to assist in speeding up payments'. Independent crossbencher Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, whose husband died aged 33 in 1993 after contracting HIV from a blood transfusion, expressed the 'deep frustration and disappointment' felt by those affected at the lack of progress on compensation. She said: 'Does the minister agree that the chronic delays in processing claims are lamentable? 'Only 160 or so of the 30,000 known to be affected received payment in the last year, and people are dying at the rate of one or two a week.' She added: 'Does the minister accept that the bureaucratic nature of the scheme exacerbates the distress of the community as they relive their trauma?' Lady Anderson said: 'Politics failed the infected blood community and we need to make sure that that does not happen again, both for this community and any other community that is facing issues where the state has let them down. 'I truly believe that politics is a force for good in society. 'We need to make sure that it is.'
Leader Live
20-05-2025
- Health
- Leader Live
‘We are still waiting for justice': Infected blood victims call on PM to act
In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, campaigners have highlighted the 'physical and emotional burden' of the 'continual fight for fair compensation'. Campaigners handed their letter in to 10 Downing Street on the anniversary of the seminal report into the scandal. The Infected Blood Inquiry concluded that the scandal 'could largely have been avoided' and there was a 'pervasive' cover-up to hide the truth. More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s. And more than 3,000 people have died as a result while survivors are living with lifelong health implications. A compensation scheme was announced the day after the report was published. Thank you to the Infected Blood Inquiry and all those who gave and listened to the evidence given last week. Hearing from community members directly is essential to IBCA, and we continue to work with the community to shape and improve the compensation service. — David Foley (@IBCA_CEO_UK) May 15, 2025 The Infected Blood Compensation Authority has said, as of May 6, 106 compensation payments have been made, totalling more than £96 million. But concerns have been raised about the scheme, leading to the inquiry holding special hearings to highlight the impact on victims. The new letter states: 'The physical and emotional burden of this continual fight for fair compensation is falling with ever greater weight on the shoulders of those who have already had to campaign for too long.' 'We look to the Government now for recognition of the anxiety and stress the last 12 months of uncertainty have caused and for an assurance that this suffering will not be dragged out further,' adds the letter, which has been co-signed by officials from the Haemophilia Society; Tainted Blood; Haemophilia Wales; Haemophilia Northern Ireland and Tainted Blood – Affected Siblings And Children. Kate Burt, chief executive of the Haemophilia Society, said: 'A year ago, the Infected Blood Inquiry published its devastating report into the multiple failings that led to the contaminated blood scandal. 'The inquiry gave us the truth but we're still waiting for justice. 'Until everyone impacted by this scandal receives fair compensation, there can be no justice. 'Nor can justice be achieved without learning the lessons set out so compellingly in the Infected Blood Inquiry's report. 'The steps taken towards implementing the inquiry's recommendations are welcome but there is a long road ahead. 'We urge the Government to make this a priority for the safety and protection of everyone who uses the NHS today and in the future.' It comes as the Terrance Higgins Trust wrote to inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff highlighting concerns over the compensation scheme. 'We are witnessing a marked increase in both the frequency and intensity of distress among those we support,' the letter from charity chief executive Richard Angell states. The letter adds: 'The victims we work with – everyone with HIV – should not be burdened with further bureaucratic hurdles – such as having to prove diagnoses like 'full-blown AIDS' – nearly two decades of HIV without treatment should speak for itself. 'Their claims are among the most straightforward and should be prioritised accordingly.' The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Nick Thomas-Symonds, said: 'We are acting on the inquiry's 12 recommendations, so that this never happens again, and to get justice for victims. 'While no amount of compensation will make up for the suffering people have endured, we are committed to delivering compensation as swiftly as possible.'
