Brighton bombing kills policeman 31 years on: Anti-terror officer dies of cancer after being exposed to asbestos as he sifted through rubble at the scene

A former anti-terror officer who was one of the first on the scene of the Brighton bombing in 1984 has died from cancer after inhaling asbestos while sifting through wreckage at the site 31 years ago.

Jonathan Woods, a former Metropolitan Police detective, was exposed to asbestos after arriving at the Grand Hotel on October 12, 1984, after a deadly IRA explosion tore the building apart.

Source: Daily Mail