All news on the topic: Inquests

An inquest at Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire Coroner's Court hard Zak Thompson had been playing with his brother and cousin in West Angle Bay, Wales, when he was killed

Riain Brennan-Byrne had been playing with a swing made from a blue cord wrapped around the branches of a tree while visiting his mum in Leicestershire during the summer holidays

Kevin Holding, 60, was working on the pop-up urinal in London when it "fell quite suddenly" and crushed him before he died two hours later, an inquest heard

A forensic analysis of the 12-year-old’s mobile phone uncovered a number of messages in which he refers to experiencing low mood but he ended up dying 'during a prank or experiment that went wrong'

An inquest into Archie Batterbee's death continued today and proceedings heard a voice note on his phone from four days before his death jested his mother had wanted an abortion

Archie Battersbee's life support was withdrawn on August 6 last year after his parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, failed in bids to overturn a High Court ruling

Leo Gradwell 'lost control' of the Fiat 500 in Golborne, Greater Manchester before colliding with a Kia Sportage and then a Renault Clio, on October 11, 2019

Kathy McKellar, 74, had been walking her dog in Grindleton, Lancashire, during a holiday when she was found trampled to death by cows, as her family urged people to be careful

The story of Laura Winham, whose body lay unnoticed for years after her death, is not an isolated example of how disabled people are falling through the net, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Emily Williams, 34, died suddenly at an address in Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire, just days after celebrating her birthday and appearing to be 'absolutely fine'

Mackenzie Croxford-Cook and a group of friends snuck into a funfair in Dover in August last year, the morning before it was due to open, and began climbing on rides, leading to the tragic accident that saw him lose his life

Teresa McMahon, who worked for ITV News Granada Reports, was found dead less than two weeks after Greater Manchester Police saw her in her flat in Salford

Professional dog walker Natasha Johnston suffered catastrophic injuries to her neck in the dog attack at Gravelly Hill near Caterham, Surrey, earlier this month

Lorna Bartlett was known by family to be stressed about her credit card bill and the cost of living before she died, and was later found in a hole on a coastal path

Police launched a search for Iain MacNicol, 77, after he failed to return from a walk near his home in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, on January 23 last year

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years after no one from social services or her apparent support network had checked on her well-being in years

Laura Winham, 38, is thought to have died in November 2017 but wasn't found until May 24, 2021 - her brother Roy called the police to break into the flat when he thought he saw a foot under a blanket through a letterbox

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years and had written 'I need help' on her calendar a short time before her death in Woking, Surrey

Erin Cresswell, of Gateshead, who was described as an "exceptional" Cambridge University student was found dead in her college room and "had sadly been dead for some time", an inquest heard

Laura Winham's sister said the 38-year-old had been 'badly let down' by social services after her body was found almost four years after she died in her social housing flat in Woking

Kellinu Portelli set off from Britain for the 4,5000 mile trip to the Himalayas. He said "just one more sleep and I'm off on an adventure of a lifetime"

Lewis Birch had taken his young cousin Greyson on a day out before stopping at Swanwick Lake, but in the brief moments the 18-year-old looked away, the toddler fell into the lake leading to his tragic death

Yi Chen and her son Xingduan Yuan were discovered at the family home in Barnet by her husband after he returned from taking their other son to school

Yee-King Ho moved to London from Hong Kong in April 2022, but the young woman struggled with life in England, eventually rationing her meals as she became so unwell her hair fell out

David Potter was showing his brother Mark Potter a lorry he was looking to buy at Harris Commercial Repairs Ltd in Basildon, Essex, when he accidentally struck him with the vehicle