Death

Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. Israel’s refusal to investigate her death and its failure to apologise is despicable | Geoffrey Robertson
Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. She and her six colleagues were traveling in a clearly marked humanitarian convoy to distribute food to starving Palestinians on a route...
Charity campaigner’s death from microlight crash injuries was accidental, coroner rules
The death of a disability campaigner after a microlight crash while filming a TV programme for Apple was an accident, a coroner has concluded.An inquest heard on Thursday that...
Love You to Death review – is this all they asked the woman who faked her son’s illnesses?
There’s an increasingly common pattern emerging whereby documentary makers take a story that was run through the Outrage-A-Tron by the tabloids to produce headlines that warped public understanding (“Britain’s...
London flat where boy fell to death could have had more safeguards, inquest told
An inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy who fell from a 15th-floor window has heard that more measures could have been taken to make it safer.Aalim Ahmed,...
Hayden Panettiere’s Autopsy Confirms “No Signs of Trauma” Contributed to Her Death
Some questions have been answered when it comes to Hayden Panettiere’s tragic death.  After the Heroes actress suddenly died at age 36 Aug. 16, an initial autopsy report confirmed...
Cyclists criticise ‘catastrophic’ safety measures after Finlay Tarling’s death
The professional cycling community has reacted with fury to the death of the teenage Welsh rider, Finlay Tarling, in the Volta a Portugal, with a leading former professional describing...
Murder inquiry opens after death of man bitten by dog in West Yorkshire
Police in West Yorkshire have launched a murder investigation into the death of a man after he was bitten by a dog.Officers were dispatched to Wakefield just after 1.30pm...
Zimbabwe boat accident death toll hits 68 as 22 more bodies recovered
Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered after a boat accident in Zimbabwe, taking the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday.The ferry capsized on Tuesday on Lake Kariba,...
Finlay Tarling’s NSN team withdraw from Volta a Portugal day after his death
Finlay Tarling’s NSN Development team withdrew from the Volta a Portugal on Saturday, the day after the death of the 19-year-old British rider in an accident during the race.Tarling,...
Tributes paid to Jason Arday after former Cambridge professor’s death
Andy Burnham has called the death of Jason Arday, whose body was found at his home in south London on Friday, a “tragedy on so many levels”.Arday resigned as...