Atherton teen girl may have taken fatal insulin overdose ‘to lose weight’, inquest hears
An Atherton teenage girl who took a fatal overdose of insulin may have been taking the hormone as an aid to lose weight, an inquest heard.
Tragic Hyde mum triples cash target in aid of charity who helped her survive ‘darkest days’ after daughter’s suicide
Martina Brincat-Baines, 36, took on the challenge of walking coast to coast from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay for the charity Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) – whose support she claims saved her life.
Broken-hearted Manchester college tutor jumps to death only weeks after begging to be taken to euthanasia clinic
Vicar’s daughter Rowena Golton, 45, jumped from the top of a building just hours after hospital staff put her severe bout of suicidal depression down to ‘sleep deprivation’.
Ex-England rugby starlet and pal died after drink and drugs horror smash in mum’s car, inquest hears
Jack Christian, 22, and Lee Perris, 23, had been drinking and taking drugs before taking Mr Perris’s mother’s car and driving it off on a frosty night without clearing the windscreen properly
Body of Madchester rocker once tipped as next Nirvana ‘lay rotting for a month’ after suspected drug overdose
Elidh Bradley’s 1990’s grunge trio Solar Race had been a favourite of the late Radio One DJ John Peel and critics including music journalist John Robb tipped them to be the ‘next Nirvana’
GMP worker ‘so addicted’ to Nurofen she begged chemists not to sell them to her dies after Class A drug cocktail
Nikola Bradford, 36, became so hooked on taking the non-prescription tablets for her bad back she tried to kick her habit by urging local chemists not to sell them to her.
Revellers branded a ‘disgrace’ for wall of silence over Oldham teen’s esctasy death plunge
A coroner has castigated revellers as a ‘disgrace’ after they refused to speak to police investigating the death of an Oldham boy who plummeted 40 feet off a balcony during a riotous party.
Heartbroken Oldham mum’s warning over drug ‘peer pressure’ after teen son’s ecstasy death plunge
Joanne’s Kelly’s son Kyle Winterbottom, 16, lost his footing and fell to the ground as he clambered onto a third floor balcony rail in Oldham in a bid to climb down to the floor below during a party.
Bolton dad, 26, plunged to his death from motorway bridge despite ‘courageous’ efforts of police to cling onto him
Kyle Smith, 26, fell from a motorway bridge and was killed by a car
Woman battling depression tells family ‘don’t feel sad’ before jumping in front of Manchester-bound train
A young office manageress, who jumped in front of a Manchester-bound train to end her life, had been suffering from a depressive illness an inquest has heard.
Wigan mum endured 15-hour labour before being told son ‘died’ – but he was still alive, inquest hears
A first time mother from Wigan who was mistakenly told her baby was dead after enduring a 15 hour labour felt ‘something could have be done’ to prevent his death, an inquest has heard.