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.

A child sex offender's death was triggered by a superbug he was carrying before he was admitted to hospital, an inquest's ruled.

A coroner has ordered police to carry out an investigation after a PC destroyed a taxi driver's suicide note before showing it to his grieving family.

The family of a young woman who froze to death on a night out without a coat have urged others not to make to the same mistake after her inquest.

A 12-year-old boy with a keen interest in street magic and knots accidentally hanged himself when an escapology stunt went wrong at his family home.

A former policeman died after a catalogue of failings in his treatment at a nursing home, an inquest's heard.

A schoolboy shot himself dead just hours after being spoken to by police about text messages with a girl, an inquest heard.

A popular 18-year-old died after jumping in front of a car's path as she ran across a road, an inquest's heard.

A father jumped from the top of a multi-storey car park, leaving a note that read "you're better off without me", an inquest heard.

An inquest into the death of a teenager found dead in the River Medway has recorded an open verdict.

A woman has slammed carers for allowing her partner who overdosed on insulin to take the drug unsupervised - despite attempting suicide 30 times.

A woman who hanged herself just weeks after leaving a rehab centre formed a forbidden sexual relationship with a staff member, an inquest heard.

A damning new report has revealed a "very serious failure" by social services might have led to the drugs death of a grammar schoolboy.

A forgotten man who lay dead in his kitchen for almost two years was a businessman who wore cowboy boots and drove a Rolls Royce, it's been revealed.

Thousands of people passed the house where an eccentric lay dead for almost two years... with classical music still playing and the heating on.

A question mark still hangs over the death of a popular teenager found on a beach - after an inquest recorded an open verdict.