All news on the topic: Inquests

For years, dozens of bereaved families have been campaigning for an investigation into deaths of benefit claimants - now there is an inquiry into safeguarding by the DWP

Joy Gardner died after suffering respiratory failure during a police raid, but her family says nothing has changed and many Black people are still being ill-treated by law enforcement

Colin Greenway, from Swaffham, Norfolk, had just enjoyed a family holiday in Cyprus with his wife, two kids and mum-in-law, but on his return home he fell ill, before suddenly dying

Lancashire County Council spent thousands planning security for Nicola Bulley's inquest in June to ensure social media sleuths wouldn't try to interrupt proceedings

Mum-of-five Kiera Kent, 29, had problems with her wisdom teeth and after taking cocaine she put her hand in her mouth and tried to pull out her teeth, an inquest heard

Simon Cremen, 38, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, took his own life after becoming the victim of stalker Darren Capers' campaign of vile homophobic abuse which saw him jailed

Jessica Hodgkinson, 26, had a cardiac arrest seconds after her daughter Phoebe was born, but she never even had the chance to hold her little girl, which her family says could have been prevented but she was failed by staff at Chesterfield Hospital in Bristol

Four-year-old Ifan Wedros Owen-Jones had been playing with his siblings at a caravan where he lived with his parents in Pembrokeshire when he went missing and was tragically found drowned in a pond

Richard Okorogheye, from west London, was found dead in a pond in Epping Forest after going missing from his home and an inquest heard that he had "disengaged" from his university and friends

Ava-May Littleboy had been enjoying a family day out at the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, when she was put on a trampoline which exploded and threw her 'higher than a house' into the air

Kalen Waugh was just 16 when he drowned after getting into difficulty in very cold water at Ontario Basin at Salford Quays last July, an inquest in Bolton concluded

Phillip Perks' body was discovered in a storage unit at the Penarth and District Scouts hut a day after he was bailed by South Wales Police following his arrest over historic abuse allegations

Alfie Aiello-Da Cruz and his family had been driving back from church on Boxing Day, 2021, when dad Marco struck a roadside barrier, leading to the 11-year-old being thrown from the car and killed

Shannon Owen, 22, had been enjoying a walk in the woods with her best friend while chatting on the phone to her sister when the 18ft branch suddenly crashed to the ground, hitting her in the chest

Eden Young, 29, was a respected figure in the Manchester arts and cultural scene, and had travelled to Madrid to attend a festival for online publication and podcast Polyester

British Airways engineer John Coles died waiting over an hour for a paramedic after he was involved in a crash on the Heathrow Airport runway, tearing his main blood vessel and going into cardiac arrest

Zane Gbangbola's dad, Kye, has raised concerns over history repeating itself, as housing developers continue to build properties near dumping grounds which are believed to contain cyanide

Anthony Draper, 29, from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, went for a last ride on his KTM motorbike after agreeing to selling it - but fatally crashed while attempting a wheelie

Andy White and wife Naomi had been drinking together but he went home early as he was going on holiday the next morning. He found her frozen outside, and despite being given CPR she died of hypothermia

The bodies of Ethan John and his sister Elizabeth John were found at their home near Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, and later identified by their own mother, a coroner said

The families of Brits Joanna Toole, Samuel Pegram, and Oliver Vick claim their lives were 'stolen' by Boeing after they suffered a tragic death onboard a flight to Ethiopia

Little Mabli Cariad Hall died from a traumatic brain injury four days after a car collided with pedestrians outside Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Tony Dodd has warned people about open water after his brother Wayne drowned in Ashton Canal, Greater Manchester, in 2011 aged 43 after falling in while walking home from a night at the pub

Olly Vickers died four months after he was born at the Royal Bolton Hospital, with a coroner ruling "neglect" played a role in his tragic death after mistakes were made by the midwives

Jack Johnson, 10, brothers Samuel and Finlay Butler, six and eight, and their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, died in a frozen lake last year in Solihull, after feeding the ducks and skimming stones