All news on the topic: Inquests

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Brit, 27, dies in storm after drink spiked with cocaine at festival in Colombia
Thomas Arthur had gotten lost on a hike in Tayrona National Park in Colombia with wife Carolyn when her went into cardiac arrest - potentially caused by cocaine in his system
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Failing police 'could leave serial killer free to murder like Stephen Port'
The police inspectorate said murderers probably continue to escape justice because their crimes are not spotted by poorly supervised and inexperienced officers
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Woman with peanut allergy dies 4 years after reaction at brother's wedding party
Tania Kaur Khasriya, 24, consumed nuts while tucking into a meal at the celebration at the Mehfil Restaurant in Southall, west London, on 26 July 2018 and never regained consciousness
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Mum's agony as she fought through thick smoke to find daughter who died in fire
Natasha Broadley, 35, was staying in a fire in Sealands Caravan Park in Ingoldmells, in August 2021, when the blaze broke out after starting in the boiler cupboard
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Mum 'forever haunted' by son's final moments after nightclub fire leaves 48 dead
Gertrude Barrett has told an inquest in Dublin that she is "forever haunted" over what happened to her son Michael in his final moments after he was one of 48 people to die at the Stardust Ballroom nightclub tragedy
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Dad found dead after finding out his mum was dying before she died 5 days later
Robert David Courtney, 35, from Lancashire, was found dead in his bedroom after hearing that his mother was terminally ill and she died five days after him, an inquest was told
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Gran killed in dog attack 'likely' to have been breaking up 2 fighting bulldogs
Ann Dunn, 65, was found collapsed with "catastrophic injuries" at her Liverpool home and it is likely that she was trying to break up a fight between two American bulldogs, an inquest heard
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Woman dies after swallowing a pen years earlier - which pierced her bowel
Anita Gibbs, who suffered from mental health issues, died after being admitted to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital last year after the tip of a pen pierced part of her bowel
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Much-loved mum who 'lost her spark' found dead at home after night out with pals
Nicola Hanley had spent the afternoon and night of Friday December 30 last year with friends in her local pub in the village of Langho, Lancashire
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Teen stowaway found dead after falling from plane to Heathrow days before Xmas
An inquest at West London Coroners Court heard authorities have made "sterling efforts" to find the teenage boy's family after his body was found on railway tracks in 2020
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Cadet found dead at Sandhurst after affair 'suffered unnecessarily' dad says
Olivia Perks, 21, was found dead at elite military training school Sandhurst in February 2019, with a damning report revealing that she had been a victim of "a complete breakdown in welfare support"
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Pub landlord who fell taking pic was electrocuted when he grabbed wire
Ivan Brown was on holiday in India and taking a photo of the Himalayas when he fell and grabbed a live wire for balance, an inquest into the former pub landlord's death has heard
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Mum, 52, killed in front of husband after 'high speed' jet ski hits her boat
Jane Walker died when the boat she was on was hit by a jet ski. An inquest heard the woman suffered a significant head injury as well as spinal cord damage and chest injuries
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Mum told her son was vomiting because he was hungover - the next day he was dead
Joshua Kerfoot became unwell and started throwing up after a Friday night out in October last year - after being sick for a few days, he suffered a heart attack and tragically died
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Hero dad 'loved by all' who saved child from burning building found dead in car
Justin Swain, from Ilfracombe, had a number of jobs including working for the Saudi Arabian embassy and in later life for the London Fire Brigade before his death in January last year
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Couple found dead together at home in 'very rare but entirely coincidental' case
Aleasha Sullivan, 32, and Joshua Sandercock, 30, who were found dead in the same house at the same time, both died of natural causes completely independently of each other
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Man learned his husband had drowned when he checked news on holiday in Spain
Andrés Navarro, 25, from Ballybough, drowned after falling into the Royal Canal from the towpath near the bridge in Dublin in the early hours of August 21, 2022
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Mum's tearful outcry at inquest result after daughter, 2, killed in caravan fire
Louisiana Brooke Dolan died after a fire started from a cupboard in the caravan where the boiler hadn't had its gas safety certificate renewed for five months
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Trainee nurse, 22, dies after bungling medics inserted breathing tube wrongly
Jodie McCann, 22, died after a breathing tube was incorrectly inserted while she was in hospital with pancreatitis, and a coroner said she would likely be alive today but for the error
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New mums died with herpes after being treated by same NHS surgeon 6 weeks apart
Mid Kent and Medway Coroners is investigating the cases of Kimberly Sampson, 29, and Samantha Mulcahy, 32, who died in 2018 after the same obstetrician conducted their Caesareans
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British family's death certificate struggle after son dies in Nepal plane crash
Ruan Crighton from Brentwood, Essex, was one of 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines Flight 691 from Nepalese capital Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara when it crashed
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Mystery of elderly couple found dead at the bottom of cliffs on anniversary trip
John and Imogen Kesteven, from Greenford, west London, were on a coach tour when they failed to return to their hotel in Devon in September last year
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'Healthy' doctor, 32, dies after rare severe reaction to AstraZenenca Covid jab
Dr Stephen Wright from Sevenoaks, Kent, was among the earliest groups of people to be given the vaccine during the pandemic - he died 10 days later
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Girl, 17, dies from rare reaction to NHS drug - as coroner warns 'more will die'
The teenager suffered an 'unpredictable' fatal anaphylactic reaction a common anaesthetic after she was given the drug following a routine procedure to remove her tonsils with the NHS in Reading, Berkshire
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Young dad died after making almost 100 calls for help to emergency services
In one of the 98 calls placed to emergency services in a space of six months before he died, Thomas Owens, told police there was a man with a gun outside his flat