34 h. ago Royal Ascot tragedy as Harry's Girl dies in first race live on ITV

Royal Ascot was hit by tragedy in the opening race of the day 2 meeting as Harry's Girl suffered a fatal injury, having failed to make it round the bend in the Queen Mary Stakes

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35 h. ago Harry's Girl horse dies in Royal Ascot horror fall as fans demanded ITV update

Day two at Royal Ascot started in an awful way as Harry's Girl suffered a fatal injury after breaking down in the opening race of the day after a horror fall

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35 h. ago Royal Ascot horse Harry's Girl dies after tragedy seconds into opening race

Royal Ascot 2025 was befell by tragedy just seconds into its opening race - the Queen Mary Stakes - on Wednesday, with the death of Harry's Girl

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49 h. ago MPs to reintroduce bill in name of girl, 9, who died in pollution

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah became the first person to have air pollution listed as a cause of death following a landmark inquest in 2020.

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57 h. ago Moment dad of girl, 2, left to die in scorching hot 43C car breaks down in tears in police footage

Christopher Scholtes, 37, from Arizona, cries out to police officers as he drops to his knees in video footage of the horror moment he is told about his daughter's death

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3 d. ago Girl dies and three others hospitalised after electric shock on theme park ride

A two-year-old girl has died and three other children have been injured at a fun fair in Spain. Spanish police have launched an investigation into the incident

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3 d. ago Police arrest man, 20, after teenage girl dies in crash with HGV near Bathgate

A 20-year-old man has been arrested after a teenage girl was killed in a crash in West Lothian.

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3 d. ago Fairground trampoline horror as girl, two, dies after bouncing into electrified fence

Paramedics in the small village of Alquerías, near the city of Murcia in southern Spain, were called to the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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4 d. ago Man dies and girl, eight, injured after horror blaze breaks out at four

Police officers spotted the fire tearing through the property on the corner of Scott Street and South Street, Perth, while they were patrolling the area at around 1.50am yesterday.

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6 d. ago Disabled girl who nearly died from stroke moments after birth says Metallica ‘saved her’

11-year old Sarah says listening to the heavy metal band makes her ‘feel safe’

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7 d. ago Teen girl dies in crash on Scots road as police watchdog called in

The teen was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were rushed to hospital.

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8 d. ago Doctor who failed to spot girl, 13, was suffering from sepsis and died days later will face no disciplinary sanction

Professor Richard Thompson did not refer Martha Mills to intensive care despite her displaying several high-risk indicators of the life-threatening condition.

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9 d. ago Girl, nine and her father, 38, who died in house fire are named by police

Mother Asifa was not at the family home in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, when the blaze took hold as she was on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.

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1 week ago UK teenager who killed herself was ‘highly affected’ by terrorism arrest, inquest finds

Rhianan Rudd died of ‘self-inflicted act’ after facing charges but coroner says failures in her case were ‘not systemic’A vulnerable teenage girl who died five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped was “highly affected” by her arrest but failures in her case were “not systemic”, a coroner has concluded.Rhianan Rudd died at a children’s home aged 16 in May 2022, as the result of a self-inflicted act, said the chief coroner of England and Wales, Alexia Durran.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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1 week ago Heckmondwike house fire: Tributes to girl, 9, and dad killed as child, 11, in critical condition

Locals have paid tribute to a nine-year-old girl and her dad who tragically died in a house fire in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday. An investigation is ongoing to establish the cause of the fire

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1 week ago Mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' when blaze tore through house killing her daughter, nine, and husband

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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1 week ago Mother of tragic girl, nine, who died with her father in house blaze was away on Eid pilgrimage when disaster unfolded

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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1 week ago Heckmondwike house fire: Girl, 9, among two killed in West Yorkshire blaze as 11

Medics tried to save man’s life but he died at the scene - while young girl was taken to hospital but died later that day

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1 week ago Girl, 12, dies after doctors mistook her fatal brain tumour for a 'tummy bug'

Jackie Dunlop has urged parents to "trust their gut" after losing her daughter Ava Nelson from a condition which GPs initially dismissed as something minor

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1 week ago Murderer who killed his own stepmother and raped and fathered child with 14

Mohammed Fethaullah, 64, previously of Wandsworth, London, died at HMP High Down on May 13 this year. He was previously jailed for the murder of his stepmother and raping a 14-year-old.

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