Fellow New Zealand rider Morgan McLaren-Wood, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, paid tribute to Richardson on social media. “Struggling to find the words for what happened,” he said. “Rest in peace Shane and Owen. My heart goes out to both of their families during this heartbreaking time.” New Zealand Hutt City councillor Brady...
Ian Youngs & Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Flintoff needed extensive facial surgery following the crash Andrew Flintoff has given his first account of the car crash he was in while filming Top Gear, saying he thought he “was dead” in the immediate aftermath. The England cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries...
US actress Michelle Trachtenberg died a natural death from complications caused by diabetes, according to the New York City medical examiner’s office. The 39-year-old actress was found “unconscious and unresponsive” in her New York City apartment in February. Officials did not perform a post-mortem examination, but said toxicology tests determined Trachtenberg’s cause of death. The...
Getty Images Gene Hackman with his wife Betsy Arakawa in 1986 Nests and some dead rodents were found in outbuildings of the house where Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead. New Mexico Department of Public Health records seen by BBC News document evidence of the animals in eight detached...
Samantha Davis, the actress and wife of Warwick Davis, died after suffering a cardiac arrest hours before a hospital was planning to discharge her, an inquest has found. Ms Davis died aged 53 at University College Hospital in London on 24 March last year. She had been admitted to hospital on 7 February following a...
Tom Grundy BBC News Reporting fromManchester Coroner’s Court PA Media Kevin Campbell played for Everton for six years in the Premier League Retired Premier League footballer Kevin Campbell died of natural causes after becoming seriously ill with heart and kidney failure, a coroner has concluded. The former Everton and Arsenal striker died aged 54 at...
Gavin Bevis BBC News, East Midlands Supplied David Howard died at the scene, police said A man who died in a house explosion that saw dozens of people evacuated from their homes has been named as David Howard. Emergency services were called to John Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, on Saturday shortly before 20:00 BST. Nottinghamshire Police...
The horse developed pleuropneumonia – a bacterial respiratory infection – after the race. The infection resulted in the onset of sepsis, which is “likely to have been a key factor” in the cause of death. Blood tests taken on the day of the race indicated that the infection had not been present in the horse...
Okay. So there’s a bridge, a bridge too far, and then there’s just tossing yourself off one without thinking twice. That’s pretty much what the head of the Democratic National Committee, one soy boy named Ken Martin, decided he would do earlier today. The spark that lit little Ken’s...
Two people who died following a fire at a caravan park have been named by police. Lee Baker, 48, and his 10-year-old daughter Esme Baker, who were from the Nottingham area, died at Golden Beach Holiday Park, in Ingoldmells, Skegness on Saturday. They had been “excited to be spending the first weekend of the holidays...
BBC A coroner’s report found Mary Pomeroy suffered fractures after an incident at Derriford Hospital and died 12 days later An 89-year-old woman died at a Devon hospital after being pushed to the ground by a fellow patient who had carried out similar attacks, a report has found. Mary Pomeroy suffered fractures after the incident...
An emotional Jack Grealish dedicated his first Premier League goal in almost 16 months to his younger brother Keelan in the 25th anniversary of his death. On his first league start since December, the Manchester City midfielder scored a second-minute opener in the 2-0 win against Leicester at Etihad Stadium. As he celebrated, it seemed...
Three victims of a house fire at a converted railway station have been named as Mayci Fox, four, her mother Emma Conn, 30, and Louie Thorn, 23. They died after a blaze at a Grade II-listed property in Rushton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, at about 22:30 GMT on Friday. A 54-year-old man from Kettering who was...
Three people have died after a house fire in a village. Firefighters, police officers, and paramedics were called to the blaze at the former station house in Beswick Close, in Rushton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, at about 22:30 GMT on Friday. Northamptonshire Police said three people later died. Three police officers needed hospital assessment after breathing...
Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC News Family handout William Hewes died of sepsis less than 24 hours after he arrived at hospital A 22-year-old man who died from sepsis did not receive the antibiotics and fluids “with the urgency that he should have”, a coroner has said. William Hewes died within 24 hours...