The Nottinghamshire people who died after loss or change of their benefits
“I think there will be many more that will be unrecorded.
04:00, 10 MAY 2021
Mum Philippa Day. (Image: Imogen Day)
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An investigation has revealed the stark reality behind the deaths of people who had been claiming benefits.
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image captionSteven Oscroft s wife and two grandchildren were with him in the car when he died
A much-loved grandfather was killed when a concrete slab fell from a lorry load and smashed through his car windscreen, an inquest has heard.
Steven Oscroft, 60, was driving along Netherfield Lane near Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, on 7 July last year when the object hit his car.
Assistant coroner Gordon Clow said Mr Oscroft died instantly after suffering extensive traumatic head injuries .
He concluded his death was from a rare traffic collision . Catastrophic
Nottingham Coroner s Court heard the accident happened about 11:35 BST as Mr Oscroft, from Shirebrook, Derbyshire, drove his wife and two grandchildren home from a morning strawberry picking.
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Paul Wainwright Construction Services, on Wigwam Lane, Hucknall, and Steven Oscroft (inset). (Image: Joe Raynor / Nottinghamshire Live)
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Woman died in ferocious house fire after cooking dinner for her husband
An inquest has heard the tragic final moments of her life
16:10, 6 MAY 2021
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The tragic final moments of a woman s life have been heard in an inquest after she died in a house fire while her husband sat in shock in the garden having escaped.
Steven Oscroft died instantly in the tragedy in Perlethorpe cum Budby, Notts, after the rubble, which weighed more than a bowling ball, fell from a truck passing in the opposite direction.