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A coroner has called into question not having a mandatory eye test for everyone who wants to drive at 70. An inquest into the deaths of four people killed by drivers with failing eyesight has found enforcement of visual legal standards for motorists is…
An inquest into the deaths of four people killed by drivers with failing eyesight has found enforcement of visual legal standards for motorists is “ineffective and unsafe”.HM Senior Coroner for Lancashire Dr James Adeley has sent a report to Transport …
He made the remarks at the inquests of Marie Cunningham, 79, Grace Foulds, 85, Peter Westwell, 80, and Anne Ferguson, 75, held earlier at Preston Coroner’s Court.Friends Mrs Cunningham and Mrs Foulds were struck by Glyn Jones, 68, in his Audi A3 as the…
A coroner has said the current system for ‘ensuring’ drivers meet the visual legal standards is ineffective, unsafe and unfit
17:47, 17 Apr 2025
Police at the scene of the crash in Whitworth(Image: Manchester Evening News)
A coroner called the UK’s d…
7 April 2025, 14:35
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has launched a public inquiry into the Southport murders after three young girls were killed last July. Picture: Alamy
By Alice Padgett
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has launched a public inquiry into th…
A former armed robber died when he crashed his motorbike on his way home from a day out, an inquest heard. Pave ‘Paul’ Corkovic, who was 60, died of multiple injuries after his green Kawasaki Z900 hit a kerb and crashed into the central reservation on …
Pave ‘Paul’ Corkovic died from “multiple injuries” after a crash on his way home from a day trip to Merseyside
08:31, 01 Apr 2025Updated 08:33, 01 Apr 2025
Pave “Paul” Corkovic pictured in the 1990s
A dad died following a crash on his way home from a…
Malcolm Houghton, 68, of Southport, died on the morning of October 12, after crashing into the back of a stationary HGV in a layby on the A590 westbound after leaving Junction 36 near Kendal.
The incident occurred at around 6.20am, and Mr Houghton, kno…
The total number of people arrested for disorder in Merseyside now stands at 144
11:43, 07 Nov 2024
Rioters descended on County Road, Liverpool(Image: Liverpool Echo)
A man and three teenagers were arrested following violent disorder across Merseysid…
The latest criminals put behind bars in Bristol this week include a man jailed for attempted murder, a trio of drug dealers who supplied large amounts of cocaine to Weston-super-Mare and a double rapist. Three people have also been sentenced for their …