Final resting place of D-Day heroes discovered thanks to a gold ring
The wreckage of a missing RAF Lancaster bomber shot down 68 years ago on D-Day has been identified by a British historian – from the inscription on a crew member’s gold ring.
First picture of brave husband killed by raging bull
This is the first picture of a brave husband who sacrificed himself to protect his wife as they were attacked by a raging bull. Tragic Roger Freeman, 63, was gored to death by the beast as he leapt in front of terrified wife Glenis, 67, who scrambled under a hedge. Glenis, who is understood to…
Headless body found decomposing in field
A woman’s headless body was found by a dog walker in a field near a busy motorway, police revealed today. The fully-clothed decomposing corpse is thought to have been lying in the field near Swindon, Wilts., for several months. The head was found nearby. Tests are now underway to discover the body’s identity but police…
Mystery as real-life ‘Shirley Valentine’ starves to death after leaving UK for new life
The family of a real-life Shirley Valentine who starved to death after leaving Britain for a new life in the Caribbean yesterday released this shocking image of her just hours before she died. WARNING: Contains graphic picture lower down article page Former shop manageress Virginia Owen, 48, fled to the Dominican Republic with her £200,000…
Death of Norfolk girl in Gran Canaria sends shock waves through village
The death of six-year-old Megan Thrower has sent shock waves through her small Norfolk community. A tribute to the tragic youngster, who drowned while on holiday with her family in Gran Canaria, was released by her primary school in Gayton, King’s Lynn. John Marshall-Grint, headteacher of Gayton First School, described Megan as a ”happy, responsible…
Third Trowbridge pupil from same school dies in suspected suicide
A 19-year-old girl has become the third pupil from the same Trowbridge school to die in a suspected suicide, it emerged today. Pretty Kayleigh-Ann Thompson, who attended John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge, Wilts., died at her home in nearby Westbury on Tuesday. Her death follows that of Francis Scane, 15, who was found hanged…
Second Cambridge University student found dead in a week
Cambridge University was rocked yesterday after a law student was found dead – the second in just one week. Second year undergraduate Pavel Kantchev, 22, was discovered in his bedroom at historic Girton College on Monday. Just one week earlier, the body of George Starling, 19, a second year engineering student at Peterhouse College, was…
Family warn of drug dangers following son’s death
The heartbroken family of a 20-year-old man warned of the dangers of drugs yesterday after he collapsed and died at a party while celebrating his birthday. Tragic Samuel Thornton fell ill at 5am after taking an ”illegal substance” at a one-off event where he and his friends had gone to mark the milestone on Saturday….
No charges for company which provided tasers fired at Raoul Moat
The security company which supplied the long range tasers fired at killer Raoul Moat will not face charges after its director, Peter Boatman, committed suicide. Mr Boatman, 57, was found dead on October 1 just three days after his company’s license was removed by Home Secretary Theresa May. The former police inspector left the force…
Prison inmate charged with murder of serial paedophile
An inmate has been charged with the murder of a serial paedophile at the prison where they were both held, it emerged today. Robert Coello, 44, was allegedly stamped to death by Lee Foye, 27, in his prison cell at HMP Grendon in August. Former bus driver Coello, who was jailed for life in 2006…
Thug killed man by forcing him to drink spirits
A thug who killed a factory worker by forcing him to drink almost a full bottle of brandy has been jailed for 10 years. Killer Aurimas Zarembra, 23, held Gediminas Kirstukas, 23, captive before forcing him to drink booze and dumping him in a field where he died. Lithunaian-born Zarembra (pictured above, left) was found…
Dying ‘cheaper than it was a year ago’
Dying is cheaper than it was a year ago, a study revealed today. An annual report showed in 2009 the average cost of death was £7,098 including cars, probate, flowers and other essentials. Now grieving families can expect to have to find around £6,801 – a drop of £297 – to bury or cremate a…
First picture of woman found dead in suspected shooting
This is the first picture of a woman found dead in a suspected shooting – just weeks before she was due to become a grandmother for the first time. Mother-of-two Amanda Sorrell, 52, was discovered after colleagues at the council where she worked raised the alarm when she failed to turn up. She was found…
Investigation after woman found dead near man with “serious injuries”
Police were investigating today after a woman was found dead and at her home along with a man suffering ”serious injuries”. Officers were called to the house in Stoke Climsland, near Callington, Cornwall, around noon yesterday after concern was raised when the woman did not turn up for work. The man was taken to Derriford…
Couple dead following bizarre ‘chemical suicide pact’
A young couple were found dead yesterday following a bizarre ‘chemical suicide pact’ when their car was filled with toxic fumes from a lethal cocktail of bath salts and household detergent. Fire crews wearing specialist chemical protective clothing were called to a car park on an industrial estate in Braintree, Essex, at 8:25am yesterday. A…
Father who died with son in aircraft crash was a hero pilot
A father killed alongside his son in a light aircraft crash was a hero commercial pilot who once saved 119 passengers from almost certain death, it emerged today. Tragic Michael Willis, 73, and son James, 42, died when their plane plummeted to the ground following a mid-air collision during a race on the Isle of…
Axa worker falls to death from office balcony in Bristol
An officer worker who had recently been signed off with stress fell more than 50ft to his death from an atrium balcony in front of horrified colleagues. The man, named by staff as Bob West, plunged from the third floor of insurance giant Axa’s HQ in Stoke Gifford, Bristol. Dozens of staff witnessed the fall…
