3 h. ago First responder rushed to suspected suicide only to find the victim was his own son, inquest hears

Robert White senior was called out to an incident just 100 metres from his family home in Torpoint, Cornwall, one night last September.

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3 h. ago British father, 32, plunged to his death in Turkey hours after he was escorted off plane following drunken row with his partner, inquest hears

Ben Crook, 32, was reported missing after he flew out to Antalya to celebrate his 32nd birthday with his partner Jess Jenkins and her two children on September 23.

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3 h. ago Kickboxer, 15, had fought man, 34, week before fatal bout, inquest hears

Alex Eastwood collapsed after a kickboxing match in Wigan and died three days later.

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25 h. ago Youngest girl in Britain to be charged with terror offences killed herself after being groomed by American neo

Autistic Rhianan Rudd, 16, plotted to blow up a synagogue and scratched a swastika into her forehead after coming into contact with the two men.

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4 d. ago PE teacher, 31, who was obsessed with not going bald took his own life after switching to an unlicensed drug in Dubai to treat his hair loss, inquest hears

Sam Applegarth, 31, who had no history of mental health problems, hanged himself in Dubai after starting an online course of dutasteride - a drug not licensed for hair loss in the UK.

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4 d. ago Girl, four, choked to death on vegetarian meatball lunch at nursery school, inquest hears

Lyla Eden Windell, four, stood up from the table where she was eating with her classmates and tried to pull food out of her mouth at her nursery in West Sussex, an inquest heard.

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6 d. ago Police sergeant hit by train after ‘misleading’ information given, inquest hears

Sergeant Graham Saville, 46, was fatally injured while on duty in Nottinghamshire.

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6 d. ago Soldier was ‘degraded’ and ‘undermined’ before death in barracks, inquest hears

Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan was screamed and sworn at, his friend says

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6 d. ago Inheritance tax changes 'led farmer's father to take his own life'

An inquest heard Mr Charlesworth had been struggling to care for his wife

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7 d. ago British soldier found dead in his barracks after lying there for three weeks was 'degraded' by superior officers, inquest hears

A friend of Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan, 33, said 'bullying would be an understatement'.

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8 d. ago University student, 18, died of carbon monoxide poisoning from portable heater in aristocrat's cottage that should not have been used indoors, inquest hears

Tom Hill was about to have a bath when he inhaled the highly poisonous gas leaking out of a heater at Glenmark Cottage, Scotland, on October 28, 2015, and collapsed shortly afterwards.

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8 d. ago Housebound disabled woman who killed herself after her benefits were cut left notes saying she was unable to pay her bills and had no food, inquest hears

Jodey Whiting, 42, from Stockton-on-Tees, had been asked in January 2017 to attend a work capability assessment before her payments were stopped, but she was not well enough to go.

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8 d. ago Foster child, 12, killed carer just six days after he was placed with her after social workers failed to uncover gang and knife links, inquest hears

Marcia Grant, 60 had been working as a foster carer for seven years before she was twice run over by the knife-wielding child outside her home in Greenhill, Sheffield, on April 5, 2023.

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8 d. ago Second inquest into mother’s death after losing benefits hears of debt concerns

Jodey Whiting was housebound but had been called in to be medically assessed and was told she was fit for work, an inquest has heard.

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9 d. ago UK beach where you can still drive onto the sand right next to the pub

Seatown beach in Dorset is a stunning spot with golden sands and clear waters - and the best part is you can park your car right on the beach before enjoying a drink at the nearby pub

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1 week ago More than 150 are dead and 3,000 made homeless as rainfall unleashes massive flooding in Nigeria

Heavy pre-dawn showers lashed a Nigerian market town on Friday, leaving roofs barely visible and residents waist-deep in water.

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1 week ago Nurse was 'confident' little girl didn't have meningitis – within hours she was dead, inquest hears

Lila and her mum had gone to A&E after the little girl had spent hours suffering 'classic' meningitis symptoms, say the family's legal representatives

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1 week ago ‘Unacceptable’ delayed scan could have prevented baby’s death, inquest hears

Archie Squire died from heart failure in the early hours of November 23 2023, after successive cardiac arrests, days after his first birthday.

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1 week ago Paul Danan's tragic final days in 'secluded dry house' before fatal drugs cocktail

Former Hollyoaks actor and Celebrity Love Island star Paul Danan died in January at the age of 46 after taking a lethal mix of heroin and cocaine, an inquest has heard

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1 week ago Tragic TV star Paul Danan was 'found dead by partner on sofa with TV still on' after taking cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin

The actor, 46, who played bad boy Sol Patrick from 1997 to 2001 on the Channel 4 soap, died from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin.

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