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Russian tourist Olga Perminova, 53, was on the Podi Menike train—which travels through stunning scenery in Sri Lanka—when she tragically hit her head on a rock while taking a selfie.

A mother died after getting trapped between sea defence boulders while walking on a seafront path referred to as an ‘ice rink’ by locals.

Freddie Farrow, 5, was killed in the horrific incident in a Fenwick department store in Colchester, Essex, in 2021. An inquest has opened into his tragic sudden death

Danielle Massey, 31, became ’distracted’ by a game on her mobile phone which she engaged with for nearly 30 minutes as her seven-month-old son Charlie Goodall drowned

A university student accused of rape took his mother’s ashes to a remote beauty spot and killed himself, a coroner has heard.

An eyewitness has said people have been left ‘traumatised’ by the heartbreaking scene as stewards tried to save the man

Police have now confirmed that seven people - including five adults, a baby and a child - were injured when they were hit by a car during the Chipping Sodbury Christmas event near Bristol

The body of a young baby has been found in a field in Salford.

A boy who was attacked by his own father when he was a baby has died nine years later.

Two men in their 30s and one in his 50s detained on suspicion of manslaughter and cannabis production

Skyler, 14, was visiting the Italian capital with her family when she tragically died after eating pizza and dessert at a restaurant on the first evening of their holiday

A baby born after its mother died falling from a tower block is receiving "critical care", police have said.

An elderly woman has been decapitated after falling from the 28th floor of a New York apartment building.

A girl aged four died after being struck by a minibus during the morning rush hour.

"Systematic dishonesty" from cladding and insulation companies and a government that ignored warnings about the fatal risks to people in high-rise buildings contributed to the Grenfell disaster, a report has found.

The smash took place between Staincross and Newmillerdam

Police in Kent are investigating after two elderly people were found dead at a property in Sandwich, a port town in Kent - officers have launched an investigation into the tragedy