Some Bridgend deaths linked to drink and drugs

ONE of 17 young people thought to have killed themselves in the same community in south Wales was plagued by the death of his best friend, an inquest heard yesterday.

Leigh Jenkins was found hanging four weeks after Allyn Price, who lived in the same street, died the same way.

Inquests were held yesterday into the deaths of five of the 17 young people thought to have taken their own lives in Bridgend since January last year.