dementia because police have admitted that she was approaching them at a slower pace with her walking frame, so many questions still unanswered about why police decided to taser her and now as we say, she has sadly died. tqm. decided to taser her and now as we say, she has sadly died. say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank ou say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very much say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very much for say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very much for that. - around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s take a look at the some of the stories making news across the uk. the duchess of edinburgh has said she s deeply saddened by the death of a woman who was hit by a motorbike which was part of her police escort. the family of 81 year old helen holland say she suffered massive internal injuries in the collision in west london two weeks ago. she s now died in hospita
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once in the bark, falling over, fracturing her school, suffering a bleed on the brain, and according to family members, they don t expect her to survive these critical head injuries she s being treated for in hospital. that investigation you refer to what have to answer many questions, one of which is why the police felt threatened by a 95 ruled woman advancing towards them, using a walking frame. she was just five tall, so many questions for the police in eastern australia to answer. , ., ~ police in eastern australia to answer. 2 .,~ police in eastern australia to answer. 2 ., police in eastern australia to answer. 2 w, ., answer. let s take you to one of the two events answer. let s take you to one of the two events we answer. let s take you to one of the two events we are answer. let s take you to one of the two events we are following - answer. let s take you to one of the two events we are following this - two events we are following this our, the scene injeddah in saudi
when he was targeted. a 95 year old woman is in hospital with life threatening head injuries after being tasered by police in australia. this is the care home in cooma where clare nowland, who uses a walking frame and suffers from dementia, was tasered when she approached officers with a steak knife. the incident has sparked an outcry from the community who say the response was disproportionate. the new south wales police chief says an investigation is under way. at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace. she had a walking frame. but she had a knife. an investigation has commenced and that s called a critical incident investigation. given what was before us at midday on wednesday,
she had a walking frame, but she had a knife. it is a critical incident investigation. given what was before those at midday on wednesday, this investigation was nominated as a level one critical incident. if a threshold is met, where it changes from being a departmental issue to a criminal issue, we are certainly mature enough and transparent enough to do what has to be done. 0ur sydney correspondent phil mercer brought us more details on this story. two police officers were called to the nursing home in new south wales, it is a short distance to the