Dr Giles worked at the Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London. From her own website: "I am a NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and my research focuses on using satellites to better understand the physics of the ice covered polar oceans and how they are changing."
Aged 35, cycling to work on a Monday morning she was killed by a tipper truck at 8.25am. the driver was questioned by police at the scene but was not arrested.
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Dr Katharine Giles
Retired GP killed by a lorry while cycling, at 9.40am on a Monday. The driver stopped but was not arrested. Dr Richards lived in Whetstone, had worked as a GP at the Hornsey Rise Health Centre ...
This photo was attached to the tree when we visited. The hairstyle is a Mohawk or Mohican, a Punk fashion from the 1980's. Price would have been aged 13-23 years at that time so we think the photo ...
17 year-old Olatunji was killed by a car while cycling across a pedestrian crossing. The driver, Barry Normah, aged 28, sped through a red light, drove off after the collision and then dumped the ...
For many years commuted by bike from West Drayton to his job as a cycle courier at Rico Logistics in Tabernacle Street, EC2. Died when hit by a left-turning Terravision airport bus at about 1 pm o...
Graphic designer from Clitheroe, Lancashire. Cycling to work one morning was killed by a left-turning truck. The ghostbikes.org website gives more details about this cyclist and our colleague And...
When this authority was formed it took over responsibility for water supply from a number of other bodies including the Metropolitan Water Board.
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