3 d. ago Football fan collapses and dies during match as ambulance firm denies 'chaos'

Mark Townsend, 57, died after he collapsed among the West Bromwich Albion supporters at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium on September 28, 2024, an inquest has heard

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4 d. ago Mum, 34, died from single dog bite in 'freak accident' as her pets fought over chicken nuggets

Michelle Hempstead was 'caught in the crossfire' while feeding her two dogs, an inquest heard

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4 d. ago Private ambulance firm denies response to fan who collapsed was a ‘shambles’

An inquest has heard how West Brom fan Mark Townsend died after becoming ill during a match at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium in 2024.

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4 d. ago McDonald's chicken nuggets spark dogfight with mum bitten and bleeding to death

An inquest today heard Michelle Hempstead was feeding the two dogs at her flat when one dog caught her upper left arm and severed an artery when snapping at the other

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4 d. ago Student at British university slipped in 'huge puddle' before tumbling to her death off famed Irish cliffs in front of horrified friends, inquest hears

Roxan Bastaens, 20, a Belgian national studying at the University of Edinburgh , had travelled to the west of Ireland for a hiking trip in May last year, weeks before her 21st birthday.

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9 d. ago Teenager, 16, who died after being struck by lorry was 'struggling' at £50,000

Georgia Scarff, who was close to sitting her GCSEs, excelled in sport and was nearing completion of her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. But an inquest has heard she was unhappy with boarding.

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1 week ago Mother found body of her daughter, 10, after she was mauled to death by family's pet XL bully 'Biggie', inquest hears

Tracey Bentham had left her daughter Savannah watching television with the dog, named Biggie, in their static caravan home.

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1 week ago Girl, 10, died after being attacked by family's XL bully dog at home, inquest hears

Savannah Bentham was attacked by the six-year-old family pet, Biggie, in the static caravan where she lived with her parents

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1 week ago Mother found pet XL bully Biggie 'covered in blood' after it fatally mauled daughter, 10, inquest hears

Tracey Bentham had left her daughter Savannah watching television with the dog, named Biggie, in their static caravan home.

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1 week ago Man who died on Bibby Stockholm ‘tricked’ into going on barge, inquest told

Community worker said Leonard Farruku, from Albania, was told he was being taken to a hotel in SwindonAn asylum seeker who died onboard the Bibby Stockholm was “tricked” into going to the barge after “point blank” refusing, an inquest has heard.Leonard Farruku, 27, from Albania, was found unresponsive in a shower cubicle onboard the accommodation vessel at Portland Port, Dorset, on 12 December 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Former England international was three times over the limit when he drove into ford, inquest hears

Ex-London Wasps player Tom Voyce, 43, died while trying to cross the River Aln during a storm in Northumberland last December

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1 week ago England player 3 times drink limit when he drove into ford, inquest hears

The 43 year old died while trying to cross a river during Storm Darragh

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1 week ago Man who died on Bibby Stockholm ‘tricked’ into going to barge, inquest hears

Albanian Leonard Farruku was ‘distraught’ and had ‘point blank’ refused to go the accommodation vessel.

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1 week ago Man found dead days after begging doctors to keep him in hospital

Patrick Liam Coyle, 27, died at his flat just six days after being discharged from mental health care, an inquest heard.

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2 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victim who suffered significant sexual abuse killed herself aged 33 after years of mental health battles, inquest hears

Charlotte Tetley, 33, (pictured) deliberately sat on train tracks until she was fatally hit after battling a 'complex longstanding mental health history', an inquest heard.

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2 w. ago 'Rising star' army major, 36, took his own life because he feared seeking help for work stress would blight his military career, inquest hears

Nick Coles , 36, was found by his wife, Tabitha, hanging in the garage of his home in Andover, Hampshire, in the early hours of August 4, 2023.

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2 w. ago Woman was shot dead by her husband on Valentine's Day after trying to flee the relationship, inquest hears

Lisa Smith, 43, was shot twice in the neck in the car park of The Three Horseshoes  in Knockholt, Kent, on February 14 this year.

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2 w. ago Home Office ‘did not respond to concerns’ about man who died on Bibby Stockholm

An inquest has heard that Albanian Leonard Farruku was said to have ‘serious mental health issues’.

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3 w. ago Girl, 15, who died of meningitis ‘failed’ by ambulance service, inquest hears

Zara Cheesman, 15, became ill just days before she died of meningitis in December last year.

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3 w. ago Cause of death of Oasis fan Lee Claydon who died at Wembley gig revealed

Father-of-one Lee Claydon, 45, died after falling at an Oasis gig at Wembley Stadium - a newly opened inquest at Barnet Coroner’s Court heard his medical cause of death

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