{"id":726232,"date":"2026-08-03T15:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726232\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:45:13","slug":"doncaster-father-and-daughter-who-died-at-fistral-beach-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726232\/","title":{"rendered":"Doncaster father and daughter who died at Fistral Beach named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The names of a father and daughter who died after getting into trouble in the sea while visiting Cornwall have been released by a coroner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">John Peter Collins, 66, and Samantha Adele Collins, 32, from Doncaster, were pulled from the water at Fistral Beach, Newquay, on Sunday 26 July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Both were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Devon and Cornwall Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Inquests into their deaths are due to be opened at Cornwall Coroner&#8217;s Court, sitting at Pydar House in Truro, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police had previously said officers were trying to find a handbag belonging to Samantha, and appealed for the public&#8217;s help in locating it as it contained items of sentimental value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At what is an incredibly difficult time for the family, they would take great comfort in being reunited with these belongings if possible,&#8221; a force spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The names of a father and daughter who died after getting into trouble in the sea while visiting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-726232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}