40 h. ago Teenage kickboxer, 15, collapsed and died from traumatic brain injury after taking part in unsanctioned fight, inquest told

Alex Eastwood became seriously unwell after fighting in three two-minute rounds against an opponent at a kickboxing competition in Wigan on June 29, 2024.

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42 h. ago Schoolgirl, 16, died after A&E doctors failed to spot she was having her first ever asthma attack and sent her home, inquest told

Billie Wicks, 16, tragically died after doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London, failed to spot she was having her first ever asthma attack, in September 2024.

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60 h. ago Deaf TikTok star 'told care worker she bought poison online a month before her death'

Imogen Nunn's family claim she was failed by mental health services as an inquest heard she told her care worker about a "pro-choice suicide forum" before her death

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61 h. ago Teenage terror suspect in ‘good mood’ day before death, inquest told

Rhianan Rudd, 16, died at a children’s home five months after her terror charges were dropped.

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62 h. ago British TikTok star, 25, took her own life using 'suicide kit' after being 'failed' by mental health services, inquest told

Imogen Nunn, 25 - known as Deaf Immy on the social media platform where she highlighted hearing and mental health issues - had sourced a 'suicide kit' online.

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7 d. ago ‘A leap’ to say man would have lived if hospital care different, inquest told

William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023.

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8 d. ago He went for a nap after watching Paw Patrol and never woke up

Five-year-old Jeffrey Ekpechue 'had a smile that would break your frown' his heartbroken dad told an inquest

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8 d. ago Paul Danan died from 'cocktail of drugs' including cocaine and heroin, inquest told

An inquest into the troubled actor and reality star’s death opened at Avon Coroners Court on Tuesday

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1 week ago Girl, 16, accused of terror investigated by MI5 until death, inquest told

Rhianan Rudd, 16, was charged with terror offences after saying she wanted to blow up a synagogue.

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1 week ago Marquess of Ailesbury could have 'been taken advantage of by family members' before falling to his death from bedroom window, inquest told

His grandson Viscount Tom Savernake said he was 'concerned that family members were taking advantage' of his grandfather in the final years of his life.

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1 week ago Retired chemist, 78, was crushed to death in front of husband of 51 years after she fell from boat into canal, inquest told

Margaret Billings, 78, died after she became trapped between the boat and quayside of the Kennet and Avon Canal while on holiday with her husband in Devizes, Wiltshire

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2 w. ago British tourist drowned after falling into lake while kayaking with friends on holiday in Thailand, inquest told

Adventure-loving engineer Shanghaman Gowribalan, 24, was kayaking with his friends on a dam when his kayak overflowed with water.

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2 w. ago Girl accused of terror took overdose days before charge, inquest told

Rhianan Rudd, 16, died in a children’s home in May 2022 five months after her terror charges were dropped.

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2 w. ago Schoolgirl accused of terrorism ‘thriving’ in weeks before death, inquest told

Rhianan Rudd, 16, died at a children’s home in May 2022 around five months after her terror charges were dropped.

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2 w. ago Teenage terror suspect told extremist she ‘loved’ him, inquest hears

Rhianan Rudd was charged with terrorism offences in April 2021 after downloading a bomb-making manual.

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2 w. ago Overworked TV producer who made true crime documentaries about murderers and paedophiles took his own life after developing crippling 'chronic migraines and insomnia', inquest told

John Balson, a 40-year-old freelancer, took his own life after leaving a letter for his family detailing his struggles with mental health and overworking, it was said.

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2 w. ago UK teenager who killed herself after terror charges ‘was groomed by neo

Rhianan Rudd, 16, was referred to Prevent by her mother after becoming ‘fixated on Hitler’, inquest toldA teenager who killed herself after becoming the youngest person in the UK to be charged with terror offences had been groomed online by an American “neo-Nazi”, an inquest has been told.Sixteen-year-old Rhianan Rudd, who was autistic, had been referred to the government’s Prevent counter-radicalisation programme by her mother, Emily Carter, the counsel to the inquest, Edward Pleeth, told the hearing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Exploited girl accused of terrorism had ‘obsession with Hitler’, inquest told

Rhianan Rudd, 16, died at a children’s home in May 2022 after the terrorism charges were dropped.

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3 w. ago Father, 57, was shot dead by police in the street as he brandished air rifle following drunken argument with neighbour, inquest told

Graham Trinder, 57, suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest during the incident in the early hours of November 8 2020 in Swindon.

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3 w. ago 'Dedicated' doctor, 30, plunged to her death after falling down Welsh mountain while scrambling with her friend, inquest told

Dr Charlotte Crook, 30, and her colleague Adam Weatherhogg were walking on Glyder Fach, near Llanberis, Snowdonia, on February 16 when the tragedy occurred.

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