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School bus driver died of natural causes at wheel during M53 crash
Stephen Shrimpton died when the coach he was driving crashed on the northbound M53 in Wirral, Merseyside, on September 29 last year. Jessica Baker was killed in the accident
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Brit girl, 9, drowns in hotel pool with brother and dad who jumped in to help
Gabriel Diya and son Praise-Emmanuel jumped into the pool at the Club La Costa World near Malaga, Spain, to help daughter Comfort, nine, after she got into trouble, Croydon coroners court heard
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Mum thought she had 'sickness bug' after doctors failed to say it was cancer
Janet Power, 65, died just months after doctors spotted a tumour in her colon
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Neglect contributed 14-day-old baby's death as mum's rare condition unrecognised
Little Orlando Davis died of a brain injury at just 14 days old. His mother Robyn Davis woke up from a three-day coma after giving birth to find her son seriously ill
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Police tried to conduct welfare check before mum-of-three took her own life
Rhiana Jones feared she would not see her son again. She struggled with mental health issues and took her own life at home shortly after speaking to a friend
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Alton Towers worker plunged to death from holiday balcony hours after engagement
Stephen Willits died of his injuries after plummeting from a third-floor balcony on the Greek holiday island of Corfu where he'd been celebrating getting engaged
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Boy, 11, killed during online challenge had been 'inhaling toxic substances'
Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington fell unconscious at a sleepover in Lancaster earlier this month as a friend claimed the 11-year-old had inhaled toxic substances, an inquest in Preston heard
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Woman shot herself days after resigning as PA at Barclays bank, inquest told
Lesley Page, 65, was found with shotgun wounds to her torso at her home in Emneth, Norfolk, days after she had resigned from her role at Barclays Bank, an inquest heard
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Retired nurse and mum both died after eating hospital sandwiches, inquest told
The deaths of retired Jamaican nurse Beverley Sowah, 57, and mum-of-five Enid Heap, 84, prompted a nationwide alert and listeria outbreak investigation. An inquest is ongoing
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Woman whose body found in bay after going missing died from 'water immersion'
Zahooran Begum, 60, had been missing for three days before her body was found in Cardiff Bay. A post mortem found her provisional cause of death was water immersion
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Tragedy as Brit, 29, dies in freak accident during engagement party
Desperate friends and family dashed to try to save Liam Trimmer after his accident at the engagement party, but he was declared dead before emergency services could arrive
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'Bubbly' girl, 14, took own life after being bullied and mental health delays
Bella Greer, 14, took her own life in a bedroom at her family home in Lytham, Lancashire, having been bullied at school and had delays in receiving mental health treatment, an inquest heard
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Axe killer 'could have been arrested' if 999 call wasn't on hold, inquest hears
A jury inquest is being held at Stockport coroners court over the killing of Ryan Lowry was was struck with an axe by Ashley Glennon in a horrifying attack in Partington, Greater Manchester
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Man killed after eating single mouthful of chicken curry
Mechanic Joseph Higginson from Bury, Greater Manchester, died days after a mouthful of a butter chicken curry triggered a fatal allergic reaction due to a nut allergy which had evolved without him realising
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Toddler dies after dad reverses on driveway and she wanders into blind spot
Hanniyah Bint Vaqas Younis had been playing in her family’s back garden, before wandering along a path and through an unsecured gate to the front drive, where she sat behind her dad's car
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One-year-old baby found 'floppy' in bed died after falling ill on Turkey holiday
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Penelope Collier-Johnson, who was 22 months old, had become ill during a family holiday to Turkey and it was after their return to Bolton that she died, an inquest heard
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Beloved dad, 30, died in horror fall out of attic window while smoking cigarette
Liam Anyon had been staying at his friend's house when the tragic accident happened from his friend's attic window on Galloway Road, Fleetwood on October 24 last year
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Actress, 30, died weeks after docs found cause of 'anxiety' as mum shares regret
Emily Chesterton was just 30 years old when she had a cardiac arrest after visiting her local doctor's surgery on two occasions complaining of calf pain and shortness of breath
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Man who stabbed fiancée when he found out about affair dies in police chase
Ben Crosby, 46, hit fiancée Becci Rees-Hughes, 37 on the head with a baseball bat before stabbing her 26 times died in a police chase, an inquest in Hull was told
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'Gentle giant who wouldn't hurt a soul' suddenly dies at home after night out
An inquest has been held into the death of 29-year-old Charlie Saunders, of Cranbrook, who has been described by his family as a being kind, funny and 'always smiling'
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NHS hospital patient, 41, 'choked to death eating sandwich in her room'
A coroner has warned a hospital trust about a number of failings in processes and technology that came to light during an inquest into the death of a female psychiatric patient
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Thomas Kingston heartbreaking last hours before he was found dead at £3m mansion
Thomas Kingston, the husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston, died at an address in Gloucestershire last Sunday, Buckingham Palace said
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Little boy, 4, died first night he slept in new bed after head got stuck
The youngster who was non-verbal and had cerebral palsy was using a specialist Olaf bed for the first time. He was found unresponsive the next morning by his father
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Mum's tribute at funeral of daughter who died after £2.5k Turkey surgery
Morgan, 20, died just days after a gastric sleeve operation in Istanbul - her flight home made an emergency landing in Belgrade where it was found that her intestine had been cut
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Student may have been killed by long-term use of nitrous oxide laughing gas
Ellen Mercer, who died in hospital the day after having a "sudden and unexpected cardio respiratory collapse", had taken a form of nitrous oxide, which was not an illegal drug at the time
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