UK Tragedy

Funeral Of Nurse Jacintha Saldanha To Be Held In India

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.12.2012 | UK

The funeral of the nurse found dead after answering a prank call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge is to take place in India on Monday...

Baby Dies At Nursery After Choking On Food

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK

A nine-month-old girl has died after reportedly choking on food at a nursery. The youngster was taken to hospital from Ramillies Hall School in Che...

Runner Dies In Birmingham's Half Marathon

PA | Posted 21.12.2012 | UK

A runner has died taking part in a half marathon in Birmingham. The runner, who has not yet been named, was running in the Bupa Great Birmingham Ru...

Schoolboy In 'Life Threatening Condition' After Being Struck By Lightning

PA | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK

A schoolboy is in hospital after being struck by lightning, police have said. The 11-year-old, who is believed to be a pupil at the Dorcan Academy ...

Hillsborough - The Real Truth: How the Media Twists Into a Baying Mob

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 13.11.2012 | UK
Dr Raj Persaud

Sociologists from the University of Central Lancashire and La Trobe University, Australia, argue in a recent study of the tragedy, that the singular word 'mind' over its plural 'minds', reveals a collective solidarity which is uniquely Liverpool.

Fire At Clothing Factory In Pakistan Kills 100

Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK

A fire in a clothing factory in Karachi has killed more than 100 people, many of them women and children. More than 40 fire engines tried to tackle...

Girl, 5, Dies After Accident at Vintage Steam Fair

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.09.2012 | UK

A five-year-old girl has died in a "tragic accident" at a vintage steam fair after being hit by a slow-moving vehicle. Frantic efforts to resuscita...

Horror As Woman Dies After Being Hit By Window Frame

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK

A woman has been killed by a falling window frame in central London, after it fell on her as she walked past a construction site in Hanover Square, Ma...

Man Dies In Oil Drum Explosion While Making BBQ

PA | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK

A handyman was killed when an empty oil drum exploded as he attempted to make a home made barbecue. The 48-year-old, named in reports as Ian Simps...

Teenager Dies After 40ft Fall From Cornwall Cliffs

PA | Posted 23.07.2012 | UK

A teenage holidaymaker who was seriously injured after falling 40ft from a cliff and landing on rocks has died in hospital, police said today. The ...

Woman Crossing Road With Pushchair Killed By Lorry

PA | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

A woman was killed by a lorry while crossing the road with her 20-month-old son in his pushchair. Dawn Graves, 25, is believed to have gone to the ...

Woman Crossing Road With Pushchair Killed By Lorry

PA | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

A woman was killed by a lorry while crossing the road with her 20-month-old son in his pushchair. Dawn Graves, 25, is believed to have gone to the ...

Woman Crossing Road With Pushchair Killed By Lorry

PA | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

A woman was killed by a lorry while crossing the road with her 20-month-old son in his pushchair. Dawn Graves, 25, is believed to have gone to the ...

Woman Crossing Road With Pushchair Killed By Lorry

PA | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

A woman was killed by a lorry while crossing the road with her 20-month-old son in his pushchair. Dawn Graves, 25, is believed to have gone to the ...

'Heart Of Gold': Family Pay Tribute To Hostage Killed In Nigeria

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK

The family of Christopher McManus, the British hostage killed in Nigeria, have paid tribute to to him on the day of his funeral, as someone who had a ...

Was Tunnel Design Responsible For Swiss Coach Crash?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK

Swiss investigators are examining whether the design of a tunnel contributed to a school coach crash which killed 28 people. A British boy, 11-year...

Crouch End Victim Of Swiss Coach Crash A 'Little Cherub'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK

The British victim of the Swiss coach crash went to school in North London before his parents moved to Belgium, it has been revealed. Sebastian Bo...

PICTURES: Coffins Loaded Onto Belgian Military Planes Ahead Of Repatriation

Posted 16.03.2012 | UK

The bodies of 22 children and six adults have been loaded onto a military aircraft and are waiting in a hangar to be flown back to Belgium, after the ...

British Boy Amongst Swiss Coach Crash Victims

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK

A British boy was among the 28 people killed in a horrific bus crash in a Swiss tunnel, it has emerged. Sebastian Bowles, 11, was one of the 22 chi...

Parents Grieve At Site Of Swiss Coach Crash (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 15.03.2012 | UK

Relatives of the 22 school children and six adults who died in a coach crash on Wednesday have visited the site where their family members were killed...

Happy Children Pictured Before Tragedy Struck

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.03.2012 | UK

A picture has emerged of the children from the Swiss coach crash before they left for Switzerland and the ski trip that would end in tragedy. The ...

After Fatal Coach Crash, Belgium Prepares To Fly Bodies Home

Posted 15.03.2012 | UK

The bodies of 22 children and six adults are to be flown back to Belgium later on Thursday, after a fatal coach crash in Switzerland . The Belgian ...

Children On Tragic Ski Trip Wrote Of Swiss Adventures In Blog

Posted 14.03.2012 | UK

Students on the fatal trip which killed 22 children kept a blog about their "adventurous" holiday and how much they missed their parents. A blog by...

Four-Year-Old Girl Killed By Car Reversing Down Driveway

PA | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK

A four-year-old girl has died after being run over by a reversing car on a driveway. The youngster was trapped under the Ford Focus on a drive in C...

Divers Find 17th Body Submerged In Ship

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK

Divers searching the Costa Concordia wreck have found a the body of a woman on the partly submerged ship, bringing the total death toll to 17. A sp...