Champion pigeon fancier 'killed by bird dust'
A champion pigeon fancier may have died after inhaling a toxic dust created by his birds, his grandson said.
Bill Brailsford kept his winning pigeons for nearly 80 years at his home in Alvaston, Derby. The 91-year-old won dozens of trophies but his grandson, also called Bill, believes he died as a result of dust he inhaled while cleaning out their pens.
An inquest in Derby heard Mr Brailsford died from a diseases caused by dust created from pigeon food and droppings.