By Amy Fenton & Bradley Jolly A pensioner died after falling into a scalding hot bath at his home. James Niland, 79, suffered extensive nine per cent burns and was rushed to hospital where he developed an infection and later died. His inquest opened on Thursday and heard the dad, who had advanced liver and lung cancer, was known to start running a very hot bath “first thing in the morning” each day before getting in at 2pm once the water had cooled down. Mr Niland, who was from Burnley, Lancashire, was described as being “drowsy” on arrival at the hospital on March 25 and a coroner believes hi…