18 h. ago Teaching assistant thought allergic boy had sickness bug, inquest hears

Benedict Blythe, aged five, had been off from school the day before he had an allergic reaction and died in hospital.

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37 h. ago Mum of boy who 'died after allergic reaction at school' says 'world should've been safer'

Benedict Blythe, five, collapsed at school after an allergic reaction and later died, an inquest heard - his mum said 'the world should have been safer for him'.

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42 h. ago Boy, 5, 'died after allergic reaction at school' as mum says 'world should've been safer'

Benedict Blythe, five, collapsed at school after an allergic reaction and later died, an inquest heard - his mum said 'the world should have been safer for him'

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42 h. ago Boy, 5, died at school after he ate biscuit and suffered a serious allergic reaction, inquest hears

Benedict Blythe, in his first year at Barnack Primary School in Stamford in Lincolnshire, died in hospital on December 1 2021 after vomiting at school.

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44 h. ago RuPaul's Drag Race star The Vivienne 'lay dead in murky bath for days', inquest hears

The star, whose real name was James Lee Williams, died aged 32 earlier this year.

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46 h. ago The Vivienne lay dead in bath for two days and was found with five empty ketamine bags by a neighbour after worried friends could not get hold of the star, inquest hears

Drag Race star The Vivienne was found dead in the bath by a neighbour after worried friends had struggled to race the star, an inquest heard today.  

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6 d. ago Woman found dead at Durdle Door on hottest day of the year was discovered below 300ft cliff and died of multiple injuries, inquest hears

Tourist Petya Rabrova, 36, was found in an unresponsive state at the far end of the Dorset beauty spot and below a 300ft cliff on June 19.

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6 d. ago Ibrahima Seck died from single stab wound to chest, inquest opening hears

The 14-year-old was found unresponsive near his home in New Moston

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6 d. ago 'Adrenaline junkie' mother died on her first skydive alongside instructor when their 'parachute did not open as expected', inquest hears

Skydive instructor Adam Harrison and Belinda Taylor, who was strapped to him on her first jump, died when the parachute failed to open and they crashed to the ground.

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1 week ago Driver being followed by police before fatal crash told passengers ‘to run’

Muhammad Qasim, 29, died in hospital after his car crashed into a tree in Birmingham while it was being followed by police, an inquest heard.

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1 week ago Market town jeweller, 66, was found hanged next to his wife's dead body after 'rapid deterioration' of his mental health during Covid, inquest hearing is told

A jeweller was found hanged near to his wife's dead body at their home after his mental health declined following the 'anxieties and challenges' of the covid pandemic, a coroner was told today.

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1 week ago Boyfriend of woman who died asked driver to stop speeding car, inquest hears

Kitchen designer Lillie Clack, 21, was fatally injured and died days after the crash in the early hours of December 25 2021.

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1 week ago Police officer who followed BMW before fatal crash denies he was pursuing car

Muhammad Qasim, 29, died after failing to negotiate a bend and crashing into a tree in the early hours of October 2 2023, an inquest heard.

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1 week ago Man with a broken wrist spent an hour trying to save hospital doctor friend, 30, after she slipped 30ft to her death from grassy ledge in Snowdonia, inquest hears

Dr Charlotte Crook, 31, and her colleague Adam Weatherhogg had been walking in Snowdonia on February 16 when Ms Crook slipped and plunged off a grassy ledge.

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1 week ago Grimsby Town footballer and his father drowned in canal after Mercedes they were test driving 'flew off the road' and became submerged upside down in water, inquest hears

Grimsby Town youth team footballer Cameron Walsh, 16, and his father David, 40, had hired the car from a Mercedes dealership when it spun out of control in Tetney, near Grimsby, Lincs, last year

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1 week ago Father and son drowned when Mercedes entered canal on test drive, inquest hears

David and Cameron Walsh died when a car entered a waterway near Grimsby in Lincolnshire.

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1 week ago Two sisters drowned when they entered pool after travelling to Snowdonia with university friends, inquest hears

Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, were pulled from pools on the Watkin Path - which leads to the summit of Yr Wyddfa, or Snowdon - in North Wales on Wednesday June 11.

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2 w. ago Causes of death of two sisters who died near path to Snowdon confirmed

The two sisters have been named after they were pulled from pools at a beauty spot in Snowdonia last week, an inquest has heard

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2 w. ago 'Highly talented' university lecturer, 53, killed herself after husband started affair and wanted a divorce, inquest hears

Dr Claire Dinan began suffering from anxiety and depression following the breakdown of her 28-year marriage when husband Frank O'Friel revealed he had met someone at work.

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2 w. ago Boy who met Prince and Princess of Wales and caught William's attention by asking a sweet question about Prince George killed himself after getting into trouble with police, inquest hears

Zak Kay met the royal couple in July 2016 aged 10, after he won a local contest to design a trophy for the Portsmouth leg of the America's Cup World Series.

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