10 h. ago Girl, 16, ‘took own life after escaping hospital’ – as devastated family say ‘our hearts are broken’

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl tragically took her own life after escaping a hospital, as her heartbroken family pay tribute. Ellame Ford-Dunn, from West Sussex, was found dead after "no suitable bed could be found" for her on a mental health ward, an inquest was told. The teenager, who had a history of mental health struggles, was...

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11 h. ago Baby who died following botched home birth while midwives were stretched over Bank Holiday weekend was victim of 'neglect', inquest told

Pippa Gillibrand was delivered weighing 8lbs 5oz after her mother, Victoria, 33, was rushed to hospital following more than five hours of labour.

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12 h. ago Decorated police sergeant killed himself after his bosses carried out 'witch hunt' over Facebook friendship with vulnerable woman, inquest told

Ben Websdale, pictured, was a 50-year-old highly decorated police sergeant with Sussex Police when he killed himself last year. His widow said he was the subject of 'unfounded allegations' at the time.

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15 h. ago Decorated police sergeant took his own life 'after witch hunt by his force into unfounded allegations', inquest told

Ben Websdale, pictured, was a 50-year-old highly decorated police sergeant with Sussex Police when he killed himself last year. His widow said he was the subject of 'unfounded allegations' at the time.

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4 d. ago Football fan dies after falling from ladder while putting Union Jack flag on lamppost

Paul John Lumber, 61, was putting up flags near his home in Bristol after attending a football match when he fell from his ladder - he was later pronounced dead

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4 d. ago Married couple drowned after falling into waterfall during hike at Brecon Beacons beauty spot on New Year break, inquest told

Rachael Patching, 33, and her wife Helen, 52, are believed to have slipped on wet rocks as they admired the waterfalls in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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4 d. ago Noah Donohoe’s mother questions police probe, storm drain access and CCTV gaps

Fiona Donohoe told a long-awaited inquest into his 2020 death that she feels a duty to him and all children to demand answers.

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4 d. ago Man who died putting up Union Jack flag sustained fatal head injuries, inquest told

Paul Lumber had attended a football game where he had 'several alcoholic drinks', before going to get his ladder from his van and erect flags on lampposts near his home

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4 d. ago Man sustained fatal head injuries while putting Union Jack flag on lamppost

Mr Lumber's wife, Michelle, confirmed he “been to watch Bristol City play football and had consumed several alcoholic drinks”

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4 d. ago Disappearance of Noah Donohoe was ‘completely out of character’, inquest told

A recording of his mother’s call to police on the evening he went missing in 2020 was played to the jury.

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6 d. ago Schoolgirl, 13, died in Christmas house inferno after staircase collapsed before firefighters could reach her, inquest told

Lily Anne Childs, 13, was at her house in Hamstreet, near Ashford, Kent, when the blaze broke out shortly after midday on December 28.

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6 d. ago Boy, 15, died after 'breaching bail conditions' family were not told had elapsed

Tyrique Jemaa, a 15-year-old footballer, was tragically found dead at his home after an incident related to his bail conditions, which neither he nor his family were told had expired, an inquest heard

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1 week ago Mum 'deliberately shook' daughter, 2, leaving her with fatal head injuries, murder trial told

Morsal Mohammed Naim, 32, denies murder following the death of Omra Wali Jan

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1 week ago Two young riders killed in Oulton Park race track tragedy suffered 'unsurvivable' injuries, inquest told

One of the deceased was considered a 'rising star' while the other had a 'very successful' international career

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2 w. ago Wife and two children of police officer killed in Boxing Day blaze died from 'exposure' to fire, inquest told

Fionnghuala Shearman, 38, and her children Eve, seven, and four-year-old Ohner were killed when the fire destroyed their home in Brimscombe, Gloucestershire.

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2 w. ago Schoolgirl, nine, died after being stabbed in the chest at home, inquest told

Aria Thorpe was pronounced dead at the property on Lime Close, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, by paramedics on December 15.

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2 w. ago Three mothers died in crash after the BMW 5 series they were passengers in careered off A

Virashi Chauhan, 39, Neeru Patel and Bhamini Karsan, both 42, died at the scene on the southbound A46 carriageway on December 13, 2025.

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2 w. ago Pictured: Boy, five, who died after being struck by electric vehicle that 'accelerated on its own accord'

Fareed Amir was left with fatal head injuries when Ashenafei Demisse's parked Volkswagen ID.4 suddenly accelerated into him outside a block of flats near London Bridge, a court heard.

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2 w. ago Hayley McQueen says Man Utd icon Gordon believed 'heading a football behind dementia'

TV presenter Hayley McQueen has said her father would complain of headaches after football training as she told an inquest how her dad believed "heading a football" did not help his eventually diagnosis of dementia

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2 w. ago Man Utd icon Gordon McQueen 'believed heading was behind his dementia'

Scotland and Manchester United icon Gordon McQueen was diagnosed with vascular dementia, and died in 2023 aged 70. He told his family that heading 'had not helped', inquest hears

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