A Conservative campaigner who was found dead at the foot of cliffs last year took her own life, an inquest has ruled. Jade Smith, 21, became well-known after featuring on BBC’s Mighty Redcar programme, campaigning for the Conservative party and talking about her ‘I love Boris Johnson’ leg tattoo. Jade, from Redcar, was found dead … Read more
Judges have ruled that a coroner wrongly narrowed the scope of an inquest into the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018 after handling a perfume bottle containing a chemical poison. Judges heard that the mother was exposed to the … Read more
Iron Age gold ring and Medieval silver brooch featuring two flag-bearing centaurs discovered by metal detectorists in Shropshire are declared ‘treasure’ in first inquest held over video link The items were found by detectorists Mark Lambert and Christopher Mussell The brooch — which features two centaurs — dates back to 1200–1300 AD From 400–200 BC, the ring meanwhile … Read more