A HAMPSHIRE woman died after being exposed to asbestos, an inquest heard.

Jean Nixon, 70, of Kings Road, Alton, died at Southampton General Hospital on April 18 following a battle with cancer.

Winchester Coroner's Court heard that between 1966 and 1973 Mrs Nixon washed her husband's work clothes whilst he was working in communications tunnels under central London.

It was thought that the asbestos dust was on the clothing, and she would have inhaled it while washing the clothes.

Senior coroner Grahame Short recorded a conclusion of industrial disease.