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Bereaved families hope for ‘long overdue answers’ at Croydon tram inquest Ross Lydall Bereaved families were today hoping for an apology and “long overdue answers” as the inquest finally began into the death of seven people in the Croydon tram crash. The hearing, twice delayed by Covid, opened this morning at Croydon town hall, four-and-a-half years since the early-morning tram came off the rails in darkness as it rounded a bend at more than three times the maximum speed. Of the 70 people on board on November 9, 2016, seven died and 62 were injured, 19 seriously, as th...
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The areas of Hull where hardly anyone votes in local elections Eight Hull City Council wards had turnouts of less than 20 per cent in the last local elections in 2019 05:00, 24 APR 2021 Marfleet ward has one of the lowest election turnouts in England. (Image: Hull Live) Low voter turnout tends to be feature of local elections, and polls for Hull City Council have historically been no exception. The proportion of registered voters who turned out to vote in the last Hull City Council elections in 2019 was 22.6 per cent. In contrast, turnout in the city's three parliamentary constituencies of Hu...
The driver involved in the Croydon tram crash is using “sick notes” to avoid having to “face the music” at an inquest, a lawyer representing the victims’ families said. Alfred Dorris is attempting to be excused from giving evidence at an inquest on the grounds of having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Seven people died and a further 51 were injured in the derailment on November 9 2016. Andrew Ritchie QC, acting on behalf of the families of five of the deceased, urged south London senior coroner Sarah Ormond-Walshe to provide a summary of Mr Dorris’s “symptoms, treatment a...