24 h. ago Dame Jilly Cooper died in hospital after fall at home, inquest told

The 88-year-old author was found with a serious head injury at her Gloucestershire home.

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26 h. ago Dame Jilly Cooper was 'initially alert' before tragic death after horror fall

The popular author was transferred to hospital after suffering a head injury in a horror fall at her home

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26 h. ago Dame Jilly Cooper suffers fatal head injury after being 'initially alert' following horror fall

Dame Jilly was initially alert and transferred by paramedics to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, but her condition deteriorated

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26 h. ago Dame Jilly Cooper's cause of death as Rivals author's inquest held

The author is best known for creating The Rutshire Chronicles series of romantic novels

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26 h. ago Dame Jilly Cooper's cause of death confirmed as inquest held

The author died last month

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26 h. ago Dame Jilly Cooper's heartbreaking cause of death with children blindsided by tragedy

Riders author Jilly Cooper died unexpectedly at the age of 88 after a fall at home with her children left in 'complete shock'

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50 h. ago Boy, 13, took his own life after taunts from fellow pupils about his sexuality, inquest hears

Leyton Taylor had been the victim of a sustained campaign of cruel jibes, his grieving mother told a pre-inquest hearing.

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1 week ago Synagogue attacker died of multiple gunshot wounds, inquest told

Jihad Al-Shamie was shot by police after targeting the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester.

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2 w. ago Synagogue attack victim died of multiple knife wounds, inquest told

The inquest heard one man died of stab wounds and the second from a gunshot fired by armed police.

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2 w. ago Inquest into death of woman, 21, told of mental health meeting 'mistake' and 'box ticking'

Emily Whittaker died after she was released from a section on a mental health ward

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2 w. ago British soldier who died of 'gunshot to the head' in Ukraine after being injured by bomb was 'concerned about how war casualties were being dealt with', inquest told

Former Royal Marine commando Oliver Bovey, 27, was fighting against Russian forces in the Donetsk region when an explosion left him with leg injuries

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2 w. ago Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died from stab wound to the neck, inquest told

Coroner reveals postmortem cause of death of child sexual abuse offender at HMP Wakefield earlier this monthThe former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died from a stab wound to the neck, an inquest has heard.Watkins, 48, died after an alleged attack at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Paedophile singer Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck, inquest told

Disgraced former Lostprophets frontman was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield when he died

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3 w. ago British head chef of superyacht drowned in French quay after night of heavy drinking with crew, inquest told

Superyacht head chef Flinn Sessions, 22, from Poole, Dorset, drowned after he drunkenly fell from the 88ft luxury yacht Atlantico while it was moored near Marseille, in the south of France.

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3 w. ago Jilly Cooper visited the set of Rivals series 2 just days before her death

Rivals star Alex Hassell has revealed that Dame Jilly Cooper visited the set of series two just days before she died, aged 88, earlier this month

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3 w. ago Inquest into death of mother and baby told that hospital scare stories have led to huge increase in women wanting difficult home births

The warning came during an inquest into the deaths of Jennifer Cahill, 34, and her baby daughter Agnes, who both died following a traumatic home birth in Prestwich, Manchester, on June 3 last year.

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3 w. ago Alex Hassell reveals Rivals season two will pay tribute to Dame Jilly Cooper after author’s death aged 88

The British actor also teased what’s in store for his character Rupert Campbell-Black in the Disney+ series

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3 w. ago Mum who died with baby in tragic home birth said 'I want to be a warrior' as she began to struggle, court told

A midwife told the inquest that the mum was ‘beating herself up almost' as her home birth became troublesome

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3 w. ago Schoolgirl, 13, took her own life at reservoir after tricking her father into taking her there, inquest told

Qudsiyah Mahmood, 13, had begged her dad to take her to the Baitings Reservoir near Rippondean, West Yorkshire, with the promise she would do well in her upcoming exams.

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3 w. ago Ricky Hatton is thought to have killed himself, inquest told

Provisional cause of death for former boxing world champion given at opening of inquest in StockportRicky Hatton, the former world champion boxer who died in September, is believed to have killed himself, according to a provisional cause of death given at the opening of his inquest at Stockport coroner’s court.Hatton, 46, was found dead in his home on 14 September. News of his death caused an outpouring of grief across the world and thousands of people lined the streets for his funeral. Continue reading...

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