A woman wept as she criticised her son's friends for leaving him stranded after a night out - as a coroner ruled he slipped into a river and drowned.

A teenage soldier found dead in a river after going missing during a night out had refused several offers of a lift home, an inquest has heard.

A war veteran who beat the odds to survive 25 missions as a D-Day rear gunner was killed by a water-borne disease at his sheltered home.

A man was crushed by his Land Rover Discovery after it fell off ramps as he worked underneath it.

A woman is still waiting to learn if the firm where her son died when a tyre exploded in his face will be prosecuted.

A doting father who stayed at his young son's side for more than three years while he battled leukaemia has died in agony from a mystery illness.

A woman whose self-harming daughter hanged herself asked an inquest why she wasn't sectioned .

Police have confirmed drugs paraphernalia was found at Peaches Geldof's home as they investigate who supplied her heroin.

Read the full statement as read to the inquest into Peaches Geldof's death

A soldier was fatally injured after his motorbike slid and threw him into the path of an oncoming car, an inquest heard.

An inquest today heard how a 32-year-old serving police officer died at the wheel of his car after crashing with a bus.

A man questioned but released by police after his friend was found dead at his flat has died from cancer.

An inquest into the mystery death of Peaches Geldof at her Kent home is set to open next week, it has been confirmed.

Parents of a three-year-old boy - who never woke up after climbing into bed with his mother - have told how their "lives ended" the day he died.

A much-loved father and football club stalwart died in a tragic accident when a ladder gave way while he repaired storm-damaged tiles.

A man who suffered severe burns while trying to light a gas heater - because his electricity had been cut off - died in hospital.

An Army sergeant tragically died in his sleep hours after cracking his head when he "couldn't walk or talk" during a drinking binge.

Tributes have been paid to a man found dead in a park after a row with his girlfriend, an inquest heard.

A man's due before magistrates later today accused of murdering Gus Allman in February.

Neighbours of Peaches Geldof gathered in their village church today to say prayers for the tragic 25-year-old and her grieving family.