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Chris Ramus was a keen shot and fisherman Christopher Ramus, known as Chris, 72, and his wife Elizabeth set up Ramus Seafood in 1974, later opening fresh fish shops in Harrogate and Ilkley. The company became a major importer of Canadian lobsters and began supplying Bettys with fish in 1981. Following his retirement, Mr Ramus' moods became 'low' and he struggled with insomnia and stress. In a statement to an inquest held at County Hall in Northallerton on February 1, Mrs Ramus gave the coroner an account of how a number of issues had culminated in her deciding to end their 40-year marriage. A...

Much-loved ferryman drowned in river bank accident, inquest hears A MUCH-LOVED and well-respected ferryman drowned when he slipped on the muddy bank of the River Ouse close to his volunteer ferry, an inquest heard. Michael Anthony Turnham, 77, went out as it was getting dark to find his mobile phone because he believed he may have lost it on a walk earlier that day, his wife Patricia told the coroner’s officer. She asked him to take a torch and when he didn’t return within 45 minutes, she raised the alarm.  Sgt Simon Pape told the inquest Mr Turnham’s village of Nun Monkton tu...

The footbridge at York Railway Station. Google Streetview A CORONER recorded an open verdict after a young man fell from the footbridge at York Railway Station. Passengers and paramedics fought for 40 minutes to save Luke Ashley Harris’ life on Platform 5 but were unsuccessful, an inquest heard. York mental health nurse Isabel Taylor said she had assessed the 21-year-old as not at immediate risk to himself or anyone else less than three hours before his death. She said she didn’t have access to his medical records in West Yorkshire. Mr Harris’ mother Georgina Hall told the inq...

The footbridge at York Railway Station. Google Streetview A CORONER recorded an open verdict after a young man fell from the footbridge at York Railway Station. Passengers and paramedics fought for 40 minutes to save Luke Ashley Harris’ life on Platform 5 but were unsuccessful, an inquest heard. York mental health nurse Isabel Taylor said she had assessed the 21-year-old as not at immediate risk to himself or anyone else less than three hours before his death. She said she didn’t have access to his medical records in West Yorkshire. Mr Harris’ mother Georgina Hall told the inq...