11 h. ago Housebound grandmother, 83, drowned in her own living room when river burst its banks and unleashed 5ft torrent during Storm Babet, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert was found by her son Paul 'floating in the water' in her home in Derbyshire on the morning of October 21.

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12 h. ago No flood defences protecting the home of trapped grandmother, 83, who drowned during Storm Babet, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert was found by her son Paul 'floating in the water' in her home in Derbyshire on the morning of October 21.

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13 h. ago 'Vulnerable' disabled boy, 10, fell ill at school and died after ingesting cocaine at school, inquest hears

Isaac Mansfield, 10, died after being rushed to Newham Hospital having become unwell at the John F Kennedy Special School, Stratford. His death was first judged to be from natural causes.

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16 h. ago England rugby star sent off for asking ref explicit question as she faces hefty ban

England international Sinead Peach is due to face a match review panel on Thursday, which will consider disciplinary action for her vulgar outburst during match that was being streamed online

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16 h. ago No flood defences protecting home of pensioner who drowned, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert, 83, drowned when her home flooded during Storm Babet nearly two years ago.

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22 h. ago Davina Perrin tipped to star for England at T20 World Cup next summer

Teenager Perrin sent shockwaves through the sport with an outrageous 101 in Saturday’s Hundred Eliminator.

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28 h. ago Footy player charged after car sale transaction went horribly wrong, leaving Queensland man paraplegic

An Ipswich rugby league player and coach has been granted bail after being accused of pushing a man from a balcony in Stapylton, leaving him paraplegic

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40 h. ago Women's rugby league player is sent off for allegedly asking a referee a shocking X

A women's Super League star was shown a red card on Saturday after the player allegedly made an inappropriate comment to a referee.

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42 h. ago Rugby player sent off as commentator gasps at 'staggering' remark at referee

York Yalkyrie's Sinead Peach was dismissed late on during their defeat to St Helens

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68 h. ago Girl, 6, stood up to famous sports star dad but then he burned entire family to death

Ex-New Zealand Rugby player Rowan Baxter was found close to death alongside his family after the former sports star burned them all to death after abusing his wife for years

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3 d. ago Rugby star who lifted up woman's skirt issues statement as influencer hits back

A former France international rugby union player has been filmed lifting up a woman's skirt at a festival in France, which has prompted him to issue a statement denying that his behaviour was 'sexist'

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3 d. ago 'Cherished' woman, 32, was found dead between two cars with stab wounds, inquest hears

Nirodha Niwunhella, 32, died after being 'seriously injured' on a road in a suburb of Cardiff, on August 21.

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4 d. ago British rider Sarah Yorke, 37, died after getting trapped underneath horse when it failed to jump a fence and landed on top of her, inquest hears

Primary school teacher Sarah Jayne Yorke, 37, died from chest and abdominal injuries following the horrific accident at the horse trials in Northamptonshire on August 8.

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4 d. ago Student who won Stormzy scholarship to Cambridge found dead in halls

A Stormzy scholar to Cambridge University was found dead earlier this year by a member off staff at Downing College Cambridge and an inquest hearing has since taken place

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5 d. ago World's heaviest rugby player leaves 1 million viewers in awe of super

Ben Tameifuna once weighed in at over 26 stone, and was forced to cut a huge amount of weight.

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5 d. ago Disgraced Metropolitan Police detective 'killed himself in prison' weeks after his wife was found dead in Barbados hotel room, inquest hears

Former Detective Inspector Warren Arter, 54, tried to kill himself in the Caribbean but was arrested and brought back to the UK on 'non homicide charges.'

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5 d. ago Shane Christie, rugby concussion campaigner who wanted to donate his brain, found dead at 39

New Zealander suffered multiple concussionsPolice called to his Nelson home on Wednesday morningShane Christie, the former Māori All Blacks player who had wanted his brain to be studied after suffering from the effects of multiple concussions, has died aged 39.The New Zealand rugby player had campaigned for greater awareness in rugby of the impact of repeated blows to the head. After retiring from the game in 2017, Christie reportedly suffered from headaches, memory lapses, speech problems, depression and mood swings consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Stormzy scholar, 23, found dead in Cambridge University halls after taking antidepressants, inquest hears

Jordan Keyton, 23, had joined Downing College Cambridge in October 2019 to study chemistry, the inquest records.

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5 d. ago Superyacht sailor, 37, was killed after head injury when rigging system failed and he was hit by pulley, inquest hears

Sam Richmond, 37, was a member of the crew on board the 102ft Southern Wind yacht Farfalla when the accident happened on March 8, 2022.

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5 d. ago Father of three who 'lived life to the full' plunged to his death in tragedy on notorious Welsh mountain ridge

Father of three Thomas Smith, who 'lived life to the full', plunged to his death from the notorious Crib Goch knife-edge ridge in Snowdonia, an inquest heard.

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