The owner of a popular restaurant facing bankruptcy was found hanged the day after he promised his girlfriend he would get his life under control.

A mother remains convinced her son died from taking a legal high after a post-mortem showed he did not have any traces of illegal drugs in his system.

A man has relived the moment his best friend showed him the bridge where he planned to kill himself - before ploughing his car into it at high speed.

A stunned driver has told an inquest how she saw a motorbike "aquaplaning" along a road after the young rider was thrown off in a mystery crash.

A mother recovering from alcoholism was killed by the hooves of a large horse just hours after discharging herself from hospital, it has emerged.

A man took his own life by jumping from the QEII Bridge while being investigated for a robbery involving goods worth millions, a coroner has heard.

A young driver who killed himself and his teenage passenger in a crash was almost three times the drink limit.

An inquest into the death of a teacher whose badly-burned body was found in a desert has been opened today - but how she died remains a mystery.

Staff at Maidstone Hospital told the parents of a fitting newborn baby that she had hiccups, an inquest heard.

The family of a man who plunged a knife into his own heart say they will never forgive his girlfriend for leaving him for dead.

A young soldier killed by a single shot that went through a target in a training exercise died in a tragic accident, an inquest jury has ruled.

A father-of-two killed when he plunged a knife into his own heart was left for 11 hours by his girlfriend who pulled the blade out, an inquest heard.

The death of a man swept away after trying to save two girls in the River Thames when a prank went wrong was a tragic accident, it has been ruled.

The Kent brother of a former SAS soldier found hanged in Zimbabwe says he believes he was murdered... and is offering a £15,000 for evidence.

The inquest into the death of a man found in the River Medway and Strood has been opened and adjourned.

A man who spoke of his fears over the government's bedroom tax was found hanged in his home, an inquest has heard.

A young waiter died from head injuries in an alleged attack while he was in his pyjamas getting ready for bed, a coroner has been told today.

A council worker died after he left a hotel drinking binge through the wrong door and plunged down a flight of stairs in his wheelchair.

A 22-year-old quad biker died of 'traumatic' head injuries when his machine smashed into a tree, an inquest's heard.

A drink driver tragically died during a police chase... days before he was due in court on a similar charge.