Gloucestershire mum wins landmark High Court battle for fresh inquest into son's death

Gloucestershire mum wins landmark High Court battle for fresh inquest into son's death

Gloucestershire mum and social media safety campaigner, Ellen Roome, has achieved what's being described as 'a British legal first', winning her battle for a fresh inquest into the unexplained death of her teenage son, Jools.

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Gloucestershire will have a single unitary council under local government reorganisation

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