An elderly recluse may have been dead for months in her home with just coffee and sugar in her kitchen, an inquest heard.

An inquest has begun after a mother-of-two was killed in a boating tragedy on the Amazon.

A former headteacher slipped into a coma and died on a charity trip to Africa two months after a fall, an inquest was told.

Colleagues of a county council education specialist with an "infectious sense of fun" have spoken of their shock after he was discovered dead at home.

It was to be Jagan Babwah's perfect day - when his only daughter walked down the aisle. Unfortunately it was also to be his last.

The final hours of a gardener - whose body was found floating in the sea just days after he bought a car - will remain a mystery.

A depressed university student wrote a harrowing message on her wrist before taking her own life.

An obese woman who died of a blood clot after falling in high heels was not given life-saving drugs because her case did not fit guidelines.

A computing student took his own life by jumping from a bridge hours after a housemate discovered he spent £250 using his card, an inquest heard.

The grieving widow of a driver killed in a lorry crash has today paid tribute to the "decent, honest and hard-working" young father.

A woman accidentally took an overdose of morphine tablets prescribed for her back pain, an inquest has heard.

A veteran rugby player died after being tackled at the end of a match, an inquest has heard.

The soaring summer temperatures are starting to kill off crops on Medway farms.

The father of a man who took his own life after taking acne medication is pleading with youngsters to stop taking the drug.

A police officer discovered dead in a hotel room was left feeling "anxious" after making a statement about alleged corruption, an inquest heard.

A man has described the horrific moment he ran back to his house to find his wife engulfed in flames after setting herself on fire.

A girl might have been swerving to avoid an animal when she lost control of her car in a crash that killed her and her boyfriend, an inquest heard.

Stunned council staff have today paid tribute to a popular colleague found dead at home after apparently taking his own life.

A cyclist died when he crashed into the back of a parked lorry, an inquest heard.

A mother died in hospital when she contracted anthrax after injecting herself with contaminated heroin, an inquest has heard.