A Nottinghamshire father whose daughter took her own life at university says the handing in of a petition to Downing Street calling for tougher regulation is a 'milestone'. Natasha Abrahart died on April 30, 2018, at the age of 20 - the same day she was due to give a presentation in a 329-seat lecture theatre at the University of Bristol.
The university was later ordered to pay £50,000 in compensation after a court found it did not make reasonable adjustments for Natasha's social anxiety disorder. But a petition was also launched by a group of bereaved families who lost relatives whilst they were studying at university, calling for universities to be made legally accountable for how students are treated.
That petition has now received more than 100,000 signatures, meaning it can now be considered for debate in Parliament, and it was handed in to Downing Street by some of the affected families on Tuesday (April 25). Bob Abrahart, the father of Natasha, who grew up in West Bridgford, said: "As parents, we have lived with this every day since we lost our daughter.
