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Greek coastguard vessels are filmed colliding with migrant dinghy on the same day a child drowned

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Greek coastguard vessels are filmed colliding with migrant dinghy on the same day a child drowned when their boat capsized off of Lesbos Footage appears to show the Greek coastguard firing shots at a migrant boat Turkish authorities claim Greek coastguard is harassing refugee boats Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Europe to accept migrants By … Read more

Father whose son drowned at water park claims lifeguards were distracted by slide competition

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A British diving instructor whose three-year-old son drowned at a water park has claimed that the lifeguards were distracted by a slide competition at the time of his death. William Watson, 35, took his family to the Blue Tree Water Park in Phuket, Thailand, on February 23.  But just hours later his son, Bobby, waded … Read more

Dad demands mum attends inquest of their twin babies she drowned and killed on Boxing Day

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The heartbroken father of twin babies drowned by their mother has demanded his killer ex-wife attends their children’s inquest after it was revealed today she is not expected to give evidence. Tragic toddlers Jake and Chloe Ford, both 23-months-old, were killed by their mother Samantha Ford, 38, on Boxing Day 2018 at their home in Margate, … Read more

Somali refugee schoolgirl Shukri Yahye-Abdi drowned in River Irwell

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A school girl ‘told a Somali refugee, 12, who drowned in a river to ”get in the water or I’ll kill you” but says it was said as a joke’, an inquest has heard.   Shukri Yahye-Abdi, 12, was pulled lifeless from the River Irwell near Bury on June 27 last year after her mother reported … Read more

Somali refugee schoolgirl Shukri Yahye-Abdi drowned in River Irwell could not swim inquest hears

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The mother of a Somali refugee who drowned in a river told an inquest today she had never been swimming before her death.   Shukri Yahye-Abdi, 12, was pulled lifeless from the River Irwell near Bury on June 27 last year after her mother reported her missing.  The inquest into her death resumed today at Rochdale … Read more