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Toddler aged 17 months drowned in rainwater trough in garden of his foster carer’s Somerset home, his family say Thomas Branchflower, aged seventeen months, found ‘unresponsive’ in trough His mother, Tanya, said: ‘He was very much loved and adored by us, his parents’ Inquest is now underway, with preliminary cause of death given as drowning By … Read more
Girl, two, drowned in indoor pool after climbing fence as family held barbecue at £1.3million farmhouse, inquest hears Two-year-old Indigo Morris was found lying face down in an indoor pool in July She was rushed to Ipswich Hospital and then transferred, but died two days later Investigation by Suffolk Police found Indigo’s death was ‘sad and … Read more
Couple who drowned when they were swept out to sea after being knocked off harbour wall by huge waves are named The two died after being swept into the sea by a huge wave on November 2 Father and daughter, Matthew Smith, 47, and Bonnie Smith, 26, both drowned Tragedy happened in stormy conditions at the … Read more
A gardener afraid of water was found dead in a millionaire’s swimming pool after he heard his wife flirting with her new love when she accidentally pocket-dialled him. Gareth Rees, 49, was accidentally called into four minutes of estranged spouse Claire flirting with new boyfriend Glen Ryan and saying sexually-suggestive things during a lunch-date. When … Read more
A grandmother has been spared jail after her 11-month-old granddaughter drowned in a bath in the next room while she went to put on her dressing gown. Shirley Grenfell, 53, from Illogan Highway, Cornwall, left the bathroom for two minutes on Boxing Day morning in 2017 to get dressed in her room as baby Chanelle Grenfell … Read more
A grandmother has been spared jail after her 11-month-old granddaughter drowned in a bath in the next room while she went to put on her dressing gown. Shirley Grenfell, 53, from Illogan Highway, Cornwall, left the bathroom for two minutes on Boxing Day morning in 2017 to get dressed in her room as baby Chanelle Grenfell … Read more
Evha Jannath died after falling into the water on a Splash Canyon ride during a school trip to Drayton Manor, Staffordshire in 2017 A theme park is to be prosecuted for alleged health and safety breaches following the death in 2017 of Leicester schoolgirl Evha Jannath, it was confirmed today. Evha, 11, drowned after she … Read more
Father-of-two, 30, fell overboard and drowned while boating on the Thames with his young son after taking a ‘large amount’ of cocaine, inquest hears Jake Brown, 30, reported missing after child spotted in boat on his own in June Specialist divers discovered body next day on riverbed at Sunbury-on-Thames The coroner heard he had ingested a … Read more
A British couple drowned in Portugal after the woman was swept away by the a riptide and her fiancé tried in vain to rescue her. Kim Fletcher, 34, and Danny Johnson, 33, had been holidaying at a spiritual retreat when their group went to the beach at Zambujeira do Mar in the municipality of Odemira, … Read more
HISTORY THE WHITE SHIP by Charles Spencer (William Collins £25, 352 pp) On a cold but clear November night in 1120, almost exactly 900 years ago, a ship sailed out of Barfleur harbour on the Normandy coast, bound for Southampton. Everyone on board was cheerfully drunk but perfectly optimistic. The tide had turned and was with … Read more