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A worker from a company tasked with the area's redevelopment, while inspecting the roof of a warehouse, fell from about 6 meters due to a plastic skylight that gave way under his weight.

Kaitlin Sullivan is a health and science journalist based in Colorado. She's been part of multiple award-winning investigations into health topics including the international medical device ...

He then fell through the skylight after it buckled under his weight ... the café via a window from the flat above and had sat on a plastic skylight, which had then given way.

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“The man had gone out onto the flat roof of the café via a window from the flat above and had sat on a plastic skylight, which had then given way. “The man was in the property having gone ...

“Whilst sitting in a social club/café a little after 7.30pm on 7 July 2024, Mr Ahmet was hit by a man falling through the skylight above”, the coroner wrote. “The man had gone out onto the flat roof ...