Fire chief took his life following claims of harassment about his qualifications, inquest reveals

Tragic Passing of First Black Fire Chief in the UK The fire chief’s suicide is believed to stem from months of harassment and questioning of his credentials, which may have become unbearable for him. Wayne Brown, who served as the UK’s first black fire chief with the West Midlands Fire Service, was discovered deceased in […]
Warwick Davis’s wife Samantha died hours before hospital discharge, inquest finds | UK news

Actor and campaigner Samantha Davis, wife of Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, passed away after suffering cardiac arrest before the hospital planned to leave her, questioning found. Davis, who co-founded Little People UK, is a dwarf charity known as “an essential resource for Little People and their families,” passed away on March 24th last year […]
Inquest rules out Jeremy Kyle Show filming as cause of participant’s death | Jeremy Kyle

An inquest into a man who died by suicide a week after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show has ruled there was “insufficient evidence” to say his death was caused by his participation in the programme. Steve Dymond, 63, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, is believed to have taken his own life seven days after finishing filming […]
Harry Dunn’s family say US ‘obstructing’ inquest into his death | UK news

The parents of Harry Dunn, the teenage motorbike driver killed in a road crash, have accused the US of “obstructing” their son’s inquest, saying they look forward to working with the next Westminster government to launch a public investigation. Neither representatives from the US embassy nor the killer’s driver, Anne Sacoolas, attended the four-day inquest, […]
Pandemic meant no lifeguards at Cornish beaches when three died, inquest hears | Cornwall

Three men have drowned on a Cornish coast while the Royal National Lifeboat Society’s lifeguard service is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, a coroner has announced. Cornwall’s chief coroner, Andrew Cox, said he would write to the UK government and the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to highlight the issues raised during the inquest into the three […]