Ellen Mercer News Today

Ellen Mercer, described as "a truly beautiful and gentle soul", died of complications related to sustained nitrous oxide "abuse" after inhaling two to three large bottles of the gas every day

Sharon Cook, 54, whose daughter Ellen Mercer, 24, died after inhaling up to three large bottles of nitrous oxide has called for the hippy crack to be made a Class A drug.

The Mirror has found brazen dealers are selling potentially fatal laughing gas which is being delivered within 20 minutes in cities including London and Manchester

Stressed and unhappy, the then 26-year-old Billie Dee turned to the cheapest way she knew to unwind - nitrous oxide gas, or nos, in balloons.

A devastated mum has spoken out after losing her daughter to a laughing gas poisoning.

Business student Ellen Mercer died from complications after she had been abusing nitrous oxide canisters for a high, an inquest in Berkshire heard earlier this week

An inquest found that ‘part’ of Ellen Mercer death was linked to the substance, which has been made illegal in the UK

Sometimes called laughing gas or nos, and sold in little silver cannisters that litter the streets, former users have described it as more addictive than cocaine.

Angela Rayner, Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester since 2015, faces a police investigation over the sale of a house - but she stresses she's done nothing wrong

Business student Ellen Mercer, 24, from Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, died in hospital on February 9 last year after suddenly becoming unwell.