A popular butcher had appeared “distressed” and told doctors he was thinking of taking his own life in the week before he was found dead.

An inquest has been opened into the death of a 29-year-old man who crashed into the central reservation on a busy road.

The family of a teenager who died after taking too many painkillers have questioned why she was prescribed the pills after three previous overdoses.

The cause of death for a Kent couple killed after a yacht they were on sunk is still unknown, an inquest has heard.

A man may have suffered a ‘violent or unnatural’ death at a beach as he was called repeatedly by his son throughout the morning, an inquest has heard.

A fatal explosion that tragically claimed the life of a much-loved mum is believed to have been triggered by gas in her kitchen, an inquest has heard.

A hospital trust has been told to take action following the “avoidable” death of a primary school teacher.

A 17-year-old girl who attended a festival at Dreamland died after taking drugs which she may have bought in Kent days earlier, an inquest has heard.

A pensioner died after choking on chicken nuggets at a care home because staff failed to cut up his food and monitor his eating.

A young woman whose body was found in undergrowth 12 days after she was reported missing died of cocaine toxicity.

A much-loved 18-year-old who died at a railway station was electrocuted on a live line before later being struck by a train, an inquest has heard.

A van driver who knocked down and killed a seven-year-old boy would have only had a split-second to react before the collision, an inquest has heard.

An inquest has opened into the death of a “unique” dad who was “loved by everyone”.

A private ambulance driver died after his van drifted into the path of a lorry.

A 32-year-old took eight lines of cocaine and lost control of his car before a fatal crash.

A 64-year-old man at the centre of a murder probe died from stab wounds to the chest, a coroner has heard.

A retired GP died from a gunshot wound and his wife had fatal levels of potassium cyanide, an inquest has heard.

Police officers found a suspected murder victim in his flat with a “knife between his shoulder blades”, an inquest heard.

A geologist suspected of having been murdered by his wife died from stab wounds to the chest, an inquest heard this morning.

A grandad-of-two died after he suffered an epileptic seizure while walking his dog.