3 h. ago Beauty student, 18, died when police couldn't find equipment to force their way into her home, inquest hears

An inquest heard police went to her flat at 11am but left when there was no answer because Alex was only deemed a 'medium risk.'

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7 h. ago 'Frustrating' delay kept police from entering teen's flat before tragedy

Beauty student Alex Duce, 18, died in her flat after family raised concerns for her safety

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8 h. ago Fuerteventura hotel breaks silence after Greater Manchester dad dies from 'eating half

Leslie Green ate 'half-cooked chicken' at the Occidental Jandia Playa, an inquest heard

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22 h. ago Mother, 32, with money problems took her own life while her children were at school after GP wrongly concluded she wasn't 'actively suicidal', inquest hears

Amy Manning, 32, was found dead in her home on January 17, 2024, after her police officer partner came round to check on her.

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4 d. ago Scientist died from rare undiagnosed heart condition on flight with 12

Scientist Carla Longshaw, 39, from Stoke-on-Trent died from a rare undiagnosed heart condition two days before Christmas on a flight to a Caribbean island, an inquest heard

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5 d. ago British adventurer just back from trip of a lifetime to Mount Everest was killed in head on collision with ambulance after damaged tyre lost air, inquest hears

Lauren McFarland, 30, lost control of her red Fiat Punto as she drove along the A66 near Keswick, in Cumbria, in January last year.

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5 d. ago Police officer died after arrest during paternity leave amid misconduct probe, inquest hears

Pc Alex Hazlett-Beard, of Hampshire Constabulary, died at Lepe Country Park in the New Forest in February

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5 d. ago Retired couple killed after driver, 81, hit accelerator pedal in error

An inquest heard that the error led to a 'sudden and unintended acceleration'

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6 d. ago Driver, 81, dies and kills pedestrian couple after accidentally pressing accelerator instead of brake pedal to take powerful Audi from 25mph to 55mph in just five seconds, inquest hears

Humphrey Pickering, 81, mistakenly 'floored' the Audi A8, which killed Reverend Stephen Burch and his wife, Kathy, both 65.

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6 d. ago Police to use invisible DNA tagging spray to mark football hooligans in bid to trace offenders months after matches

A police force has announced it will equip officers at matches with the SelectaDNA mist in a bid to crack down on reports of spiralling disorder.

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7 d. ago Shopper, 90, died after falling on WH Smith escalator inside busy shopping centre, inquest hears

Margaret Rose Harris suffered the fatal fall at the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea after stumbling on the moving escalator.

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7 d. ago Girl, 14, died at hospital when ‘left alone by mental health worker with fake ID’

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire, and should have been kept within eyesight at all times when she died, an inquest heard

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7 d. ago WH Smith shopper dies when 'common medicines' caused uncontrollable bleeding after fall

An inquest held into the death of Margaret Rose Harris heard how the 90-year-old died from external bleeding caused by traumatic lacerations to her right leg

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7 d. ago Girl who died in hospital ‘should have been watched at all times’, inquest hears

Ruth Szymankiewicz was being treated at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire when she was able to shut herself inside her room and self-harmed.

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7 d. ago Couple drowned in flash floods on Majorca hike, inquest hears

Alexander Barrett, 32, died along with his partner Sarah Thompson, 26, as a ‘wall of water’ cascaded down the canyon they were descending last year.

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8 d. ago Girl, 14, died at psychiatric hospital after 'worker' with false ID left her alone

Ruth Szymankiewicz, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, had an eating disorder and was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead, since October 2021.

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8 d. ago Man, 72, died after being run over by his wife when she accidentally pressed the accelerator

A man was killed in a 'tragic accident' after his wife accidentally ran over him in a car park, an inquest heard.

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8 d. ago Fake name care worker fled UK after eating disorder teen died under his watch

An inquest has heard how a care worker known as Ebo Acheampong was supposed to be watching vulnerable Ruth Szymankiewicz, but failed to do so and then fled to Ghana

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8 d. ago Hospital worker left UK ‘never to be seen again’ after girl died under his watch

Ruth Szymankiewicz should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe Hospital after an incident 10 days before her death, an inquest heard.

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3 w. ago Doctor concerned mother influenced daughter’s cancer treatment, inquest hears

Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani refused chemotherapy after being diagnosed in December 2023

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