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Miriam Toews: ‘Forgiveness is a religious construct, a means of maintaining the status quo’

The Canadian author tells Helen Brown about how two devastating family suicides informed her latest novel, ‘Fight Night’, and what the Mennonite community made of the Oscar-winning film adaptation of ‘Women Talking’

The Independent UK

Call for probe into work-related suicides after headteacher’s death

Open letter says Ruth Perry’s family believes stress associated with Ofsted inspection led to her suicide.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer pledges Labour government will cut suicide rates and NHS waiting times

Labour sets NHS targets on ‘biggest killers’

The Independent UK

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'My 13-year-old daughter died after watching chilling self-harm TikTok videos'

When going through Maia’s TikTok, her dad Liam found two “chilling" videos that both heavily discussed and portrayed suicide and self-harm

Irish Mirror

Labour vows to reverse rise in suicides in England and Wales within five years

Labour leader to say plan for reforming NHS will focus on ‘biggest killer of young lives in this country’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to pledge Labour’s mission will be to cut suicide rates

The Labour leader will also vow to bring NHS waiting times back to safe levels.

The Independent UK

'I jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and prayed to God as I immediately regretted it'

Kevin Hines succumbed to the voices in his head and jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, but he 'instantly regretted it' the moment he let go

Daily Mirror

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A Chelsea garden for our darkest days

Darren Hawkes, garden designer and Samaritans helpline volunteer, has created a space full of empathy at the Chelsea Flower Show. By Donna Ferguson

The Guardian - UK

'My daughter died in self-harm gone wrong after watching chilling TikToks'

Maia Walsh tragically died at her mum's home in Hertford in what her dad Liam believes was an act of self-harm gone wrong, and now the heartbroken parent is determined to get to the bottom of what led her there

Daily Mirror

Tragic death of dad led to 23,000 lives saved in his memory

Jessica Gallier set up The Martin Gallier Project after her dad died by suicide in 2017

Liverpool Echo

Manchester Arena bomb survivor's incredible bond with hero who saved her

Lucy Jarvis was struck by 50 pieces of shrapnel when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated his backpack after the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena in 2017

Daily Mirror

Co Antrim woman turning her own mental health struggles into a positive to help others

Natalie Swann is speaking out to mark Mental Health Awareness Month this May.

Belfast Live

This high school senior's science project could one day save lives

An 18-year-old from Texas created an app using artificial intelligence that may someday help detect suicide risk.

WEKU

West Lothian mum who tragically lost son to suicide shares last texts to help others

West Lothian mum Debbieanne Marriott has shared her son's final text messages in a brave effort to urge people to "reach out", following the death of her beloved boy Jamie.

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Daily Mirror

Faces of tragic youngsters who left for university - then took their own lives

Parents of British students who died by suicide are demanding UK universities be given a legal duty of care. The mums of Oskar Carrick and Phoebe Grime spoke to The Mirror for Mental Health Awareness Week

WEKU

Inmates continue to die in tribal jails despite promises of reform

At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016.

Tribune News Service

Navy, in suicide probe, admits it ‘failed’ crew of USS George Washington

NORFOLK, Va. — After months spent investigating a series of suicides of Hampton Roads-based sailors last year, the Navy has concluded that it failed its own personnel on an individual and systemic level.

The Independent UK

Navy probe prompted by suicides condemns conditions at shipyard: 'We let our people down'

A Navy investigation triggered by a series of suicides is recommending widespread improvements in housing, food, parking and internet for sailors, as well as changes to mental health and other personnel programs

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Co Tyrone mum who set up suicide prevention charity says need never greater

Catherine McBennett set up the Niamh Louise Foundation in 2005 following the death of her daughter Niamh

The Independent UK

Saving the farm: Heartland clergy train to prevent agriculture workers’ suicides

Factors largely outside of farmers’ control – from the increasingly unpredictable weather to growing costs of everything from fuel to loans – make the threat of losing the beloved family farm a constant worry

Daily Record

Mum who lost beloved son to suicide bravely shares last texts to help others

Debbieanne Marriott wants people to "reach out" following the death of son Jamie

The Independent UK

Internet users encouraging self-harm to face five years in jail under new plans

The addition to the Online Safety Bill will build on existing laws which make it illegal to promote or assist suicide, the Ministry of Justice said.

ABC News

How Sydney Roosters star Connor Watson is helping lead the fight against Indigenous youth suicide

Six years after a family tragedy opened Connor Watson's eyes to the issue of suicide among Indigenous youths, the Roosters star is doing more than ever before to make a difference.

Glasgow Live

East Kilbride physiotherapist died in burning car after getting day pass from psychiatric hospital

A Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Yvonne Robson heard she was allowed to leave Hairmyres Hospital on a day pass hours after attempting suicide and despite an appeal from her brother to keep her on the ward.

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire dad shares son's heartbreaking final words hours before he took his own life

Neil McPherson has shared his family's heartbreak in a bid to break the stigma surrounding male suicide and hopes their story will help others struggling to cope with their mental health.

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