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A man who had expressed a desire to be clean from drugs died as a result of multi-drug toxicity, an inquest has concluded. Jamie Garbett, 34, was found unresponsive by his brother Stephen Garbett on ...

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One hundred and fifty years ago this month, on July 29, 1875, a 38-year-old woman died unexpectedly in a Benton farmhouse.

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