A veteran weightlifter was killed when the metal bar he was lifting fell on his neck and suffocated him to death, an inquest heard. Carl Hughes, 61, was found trapped under the 60kg bar after working ...

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The fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white North Las Vegas officer during the civil rights era led to the first-ever Clark County coroner's inquest into a death caused by police. Racial ...

A teenage motorcyclist succumbs to injuries after a road crash. A tourist drowns on a day out at the beach. A worker dies while at their place of employment. Each of these sudden deaths — and plenty ...

A High Court judge last month dismissed the application by Irish tycoon, John McManus, for judicial review against former coroner Graveney Bannister, who ...