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Mother speaks out after son fell to his death in high-rise railing incident

Joshua Robbins fell five floors after a communal railing collapsed; his family’s campaign demands mandatory safety standards for high-rise balconies and window boxes.

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The mother of a 23-year-old who fell five floors to his death when the railing he leaned on came away has warned that the same thing "could've happened to anybody". Joshua Robbins fell from the communal landing outside his father's flat in Newton Street, London, after going to see if the pizza they ordered had arrived.

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Mother speaks out after son fell to his death in high-rise railing incident

No More Falls, a campaign set up by Joshua's family, is calling for mandatory safety standards - as his mother says she wants his death "to mean something".

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Sky News UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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