Fatal accident inquiry into custody deaths set to start in new year
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is set to go ahead in the new year into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives at a young offenders
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Law to ensure all deaths are examined by medical examiner or coroner
All deaths will be reviewed by a medical examiner or coroner in a move which ministers hope will give bereaved families “greater transparency on the circumstances surrounding the death of
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Killing of couple by paranoid schizophrenic was ‘entirely preventable’ – coroner
The deaths of a retired couple who were killed by a man with a severe mental health illness were “entirely preventable”, a coroner has found. Pensioners Marjorie and Michael Cawdery,
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Prime Minister defends Eat Out To Help Out during six-hour Covid inquiry hearing
Rishi Sunak made an impassioned defence of his Eat Out To Help Out scheme during a six-hour evidence session in front of the Covid inquiry. The Prime Minister, who served
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Sunak says he has no Covid-era WhatsApps as he changed phones ‘multiple times’
Rishi Sunak confirmed that his pandemic-era WhatsApps were not available to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, saying he had changed his phone “multiple times” in recent years and not backed up
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Boris Johnson denies using ‘let the bodies pile high’ phrase during pandemic
Boris Johnson has denied claims that he used the phrase “let the bodies pile high” during the Covid-19 pandemic. The former prime minister dismissed as “absurd” the claim by former
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Care home boss lied about being by man’s side when he died, Covid Inquiry told
A care home manager allegedly lied to a man, stating he was with his father when he died, the Scottish Covid Inquiry has heard. William Jolly, of Scottish Covid Bereaved,
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Boris Johnson attacks ‘absurd’ partygate representation in emotional hearing
Boris Johnson complained of “absolutely absurd” characterisations of the partygate debacle, as defended his handling of the latter stages of the pandemic. The former prime minister insisted on Thursday that
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Ofsted inspection ‘likely contributed’ to death of headteacher, coroner concludes
An Ofsted inspection “likely contributed” to the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, a coroner has concluded. Mrs Perry (pictured) took her own life after a report from the watchdog downgraded
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Bereaved family members call Johnson’s apology at Covid inquiry ‘meaningless’
Family members of people who died during the pandemic have criticised Boris Johnson after he admitted his government “underestimated” the threat of coronavirus. Appearing at the Covid-19 Inquiry in London
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