She approached the 2001 French Open as one of the tournament favourites, but the expectation from home fans proved too much for her to bear and she suffered an embarrassing first-round loss.

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Publicizing private facts about people is a tort, she says, and companies can be held liable even if the victim hasn't suffered a monetary loss.

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"No city suffered the pain and loss of New York -- devastation and loss beyond belief, " she said.

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Mrs Hood was also chaplain at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley for more than two decades, where she was part of a team which pioneered a care plan for women who had suffered a miscarriage or the loss of a newborn.

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