5 d. ago Baby dies after getting ten times recommended dose of powerful drug

A leading doctor has told an inquest that a newborn baby was given ten times too much of a powerful drug usually used in surgery - just minutes before she collapsed.

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8 d. ago Tourist, 12, slipped in puddle before falling off cliff to his death, inquest told

Chinese tourist Zhihan Zhao, 12, tragically slipped in a puddle and fell to his death at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, a witness told an inquest

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9 d. ago Mother who got trapped headfirst in sea defence boulders drowned in front of daughter amid 'possible delay' to firefighters who were trying to rescue her, inquest told

Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, screamed for help as her 11-year-old daughter and two bystanders desperately tried to pull her free from the rocks beneath the Esplanade in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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1 week ago Cricket star's daughter Bethan James would 'have likely survived' if medics had acted differently, inquest told

An expert witness said Bethan's cardiac arrest could have been avoided, and that she could have survived if it had been. Bethan is the daughter of former Glamorgan and England cricketer Steve James

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1 week ago Inquest told soldier was 'missing for three weeks' before body was found in barracks

The 33-year-old's family say they have been left with "so many questions"

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1 week ago Runner who died in crash took up sport after fraud charge in US, inquest told

Stephen Chamberlain sustained a traumatic head injury in a collision on the A1123 near Stretham, Cambridgeshire, on August 17 last year.

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1 week ago Death of 'bullied' soldier whose badly decomposed body was found three weeks after he died remains a mystery, inquest told

Lance Corporal Bernard 'Bernie' Mongan, 33, was allegedly the victim of 'systematic harassment' and 'bullying', a coroner was previously told.

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1 week ago Boy who killed foster carer was placed with family despite concern, inquest told

Marcia Grant, 60, died when a 12-year-old boy drove over her as she tried to stop him taking her car outside her home in Sheffield.

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1 week ago Police officer struck by train while helping man on railway, inquest told

Graham Saville, 46, died after responding to a call of a distressed man near a railway line in Nottinghamshire.

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1 week 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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2 w. ago Skydiver Jade Damarell's tormented final days from 'boyfriend split to tragic letter'

Experienced skydiver Jade Damarell, 32, plunged to her death and died instantly after her boyfriend reportedly broke up with her the night before, leaving her devastated

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3 w. ago Lack of sign language interpreters ‘a threat to life’, TikToker’s inquest told

Imogen Nunn, 25, died in Brighton on New Year’s Day 2023 after taking a poisonous substance.

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3 w. ago ‘No reason to suspect equipment failure’ in skydiver’s death, inquest told

Marketing manager Jade Damarell, who lived in Caerphilly, died after crashing onto farmland in the tragic incident in April

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3 w. ago 'Extraordinary' skydiver, 32, who plunged to her death had no signs of equipment malfunction, inquest told

Jade Damarell, 32, an experienced parachutist with more than 400 jumps to her name, died during a skydive in Shotton Colliery, Co Durham, on Sunday, April 27.

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3 w. ago Skydiver, 32, who plunged to death had no sign of equipment failure, inquest told

Marketing manager Jade Damarell died after crashing onto farmland in County Durham

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3 w. ago Missing Jay Slater witness Lucy Law 'found on holiday' and 'clueless' she was needed

Jay Slater's inquest was adjourned on Wednesday after the teenager's mum told the coroner she still had questions which needed answers including from Jay's friend Lucy Law

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3 w. ago Jay Slater had drugs in his system before dying from head injury, inquest told

The 19-year-old went missing last summer in Tenerife, sparking a huge manhunt.

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3 w. ago The drugs Jay Slater had in his system when he died are revealed at inquest as court is told he 'wanted to sell £10k watch' hours before death

The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, died in June last year in Tenerife from traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height, according to a post-mortem.

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3 w. ago Jay Slater 'had cocktail of drugs in system' as inquest told cause of death

The 19-year-old was found dead last July with 'a severe fracture of the head' after going missing from the NRG music festival in Tenerife in June.

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3 w. ago Jay Slater sent pal photo of himself armed with knives shortly before his death

Josh Forshaw told an inquest into Jay Slater's death how the teenager was "off his head" on drugs and sent him a photo of knives in his possession while in Tenerife

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