Inquests

The grieving parents of a 20-year-old whose remains were found in a quarry six months after a police chase feel the force just ‘left him to die’.

The cause of a fatal crash in which a man died in a collision with a fire engine will never be fully known, a coroner has ruled.

An inquest has opened into the deaths of two teenagers killed in a crash.

The mother of a boy who died after he was given the wrong milk in school has spoken of the ‘devastating truth’ about what happened to her son.

A schoolboy died because he was given cow’s milk accidentally at his school, an inquest jury has determined.

A jury that will determine how a five-year-old boy died following an allergic reaction at school has retired to consider its verdict.

An emergency call made during the attempted resuscitation of a five-year-old has been heard at his inquest.

A pupil who suffered a severe allergic reaction collapsed suddenly while talking about Christmas, his teacher has told an inquest.

An allergy specialist says evidence that could have helped determine how a young boy died was thrown away.

Evidence from McVitie’s suggests traces of milk or nuts were not present in the snack a young boy ate before suffering a fatal allergic reaction.

Body-worn police camera footage has been shown to an inquest jury examining the circumstances surrounding a five-year-old’s death.

A school caretaker and a visiting music teacher were involved in trying to save the life of a pupil who suffered a fatal allergic reaction.

A teaching assistant has recounted the action she and other school staff took to try to save a pupil from an allergic reaction.

Questions have been raised at a young boy’s inquest about the care he was given through his school and the NHS.

A driver was on his phone moments before a crash that claimed ‘two wonderful lives’.

A prisoner was just days away from release when he took his own life.

The family of a teenager who died following mental health problems say they have been vindicated by the results of an inquest into her death.

An inquest has found that a series of missed opportunities contributed to the death of a teenager with mental health problems.

Questions have been raised about the discharges of a teenage girl from specialist mental health wards in the months before she died.

The parents of a girl who suffered with mental health issues have told an inquest their daughter was “systematically let down time and time again”.