All news on the topic: Suicide
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Mother suffocated nine-year-old son before taking her own life, inquest finds
A mother suffocated her nine-year-old son and took her own life before the pair were found dead at their home in Cornwall, an inquest has heard.
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Police officer exposed as serial rapist after victim’s report uncovered years of abuse
A police officer who took his own life in May was a rapist who attacked at least nine women over 14 years.
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Child predators increasingly coerce victims into creating abuse images and self-harm, experts warn
Cases of predators coercing children into producing sexual photos and videos of themselves have surged globally in the past year, a cruel phenomenon known as “sadistic online exploitation”, child safety experts and law enforcement officials warn.
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Brother of late Love Island host Caroline Flack dies aged 55
Caroline Flack’s brother has died six years after the former Love Island host took her own life.
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Army women face greater risk of being killed by fellow soldiers than in combat, investigation finds
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Roque had been in the Army for just over four years when a man fatally shot her in the head.
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Coroner agrees to record trans man as male after family’s legal fight
A fresh inquest will take place into the death of a 20 year old trans man after the original inquest was overturned following a legal challenge.
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Over 30,000 Scots sought urgent mental health help — two thirds turned away
Two thirds of Scots seeking urgent mental health help are turned away, with waits in some areas stretching beyond three years.
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Seven deaths at “squalid” HMP Pentonville expose crisis in Britain’s prisons
Within one year, seven men died at the ‘squalid’ and ‘inhumane’ prison.
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Jeffrey Epstein cellmate claims he tried to kill himself three times before death
Jeffrey Epstein tried to kill himself in jail at least three times before the vile s-- fiend was finally successful in August, 2019.
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South London tragedy as family plunges from 36th floor of luxury apartment block
A family of three has died after falling 400ft from the balcony of their luxury apartment in South London.
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Mystery deepens over British tycoon’s death in Thailand as $4m crypto fortune vanishes
When the news broke that British retail tycoon Quentin Griffiths had died in an apparent suicide in Thailand, those who knew him were baffled that he would take his own life.
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"NOT WORTH IT": New Epstein note fuels fresh questions over convicted paedophile’s jail death
A note said to have been written by Jeffrey Epstein shortly before his suicide has been released, nearly seven years after the convicted sex offender was found dead in a New York jail cell.
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Son of Norwegian diplomats linked to Epstein dies by suicide after files reveal childhood trip to his island
The son of two senior Norwegian diplomats under investigation over their ties to Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide — after files revealed his parents took him to the pedophile’s island when he was just 10 years old.
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Man acquitted of manslaughter linked to wife’s suicide starts new life with another partner
A man who has been found not guilty of manslaughter after being accused of driving his first wife to suicide has started a new life with another woman.
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Court holds husband responsible for wife’s suicide in first-of-its-kind case
A man has been jailed for killing his wife in a first-of-its-kind case after she jumped to her death from a road bridge following a campaign of domestic abuse.
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Private school student, 16, dies by suicide a day after seeking guidance from ChatGPT on how to end his life
An ’academically gifted’ teenager asked ChatGPT for advice about how to kill himself before taking his own life the next day, an inquest heard.
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Former Kursk governor tells court he delivered contractor kickbacks worth about $1 million to Russia’s transport minister Roman Starovoyt
Ex-governor of the Kursk Region, Smirnov, testified in court that the former regional head and subsequent Transport Minister, Roman Starovoyt, received kickbacks amounting to tens of millions of rubles from contractors involved in the construction of fortification structures.
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Trump lied about ties to Jeffrey Epstein, says financier’s brother
Mark Epstein, 71, said there were "so many lies coming out" of the US President’s mouth when it came to discussing the child sex offender.
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Prison guard who discovered Jeffrey Epstein dead in his cell allegedly linked to mysterious payments
The prison guard who discovered Jeffrey Epstein’s body in prison googled the billionaire pedophile just minutes before finding him dead while delivering his breakfast.
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Former Norwegian PM Thorbjørn Jagland rushed to hospital after corruption charges linked to Epstein
A former Prime Minister named in the Epstein Files has been rushed to hospital after an alleged suicide attempt.
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Royal decorator who painted William and Kate’s bedroom found hanged after health fears and loss of Sandringham work, inquest hears
A royal decorator who painted the Prince and Princess of Wales’ bedroom was found hanged after ’King Charles’ reportedly criticised one of his paint jobs, an inquest has heard.
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From off-plan fraud to embassy death: what drove Russian intelligence officer Anton Panov
The media have learned new details about the troubles of SVR employee Anton Panov, who took his own life at the Russian embassy in Cyprus. Anton and his wife Natalia had invested a large sum in the purchase of off-plan real estate in one of the projects of the developer KSK in Crimea.
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Single mother dies after plunging from 10th floor of Madrid tower block with three-year-old twins
A woman has died after falling from the tenth floor of a tower block with her three-year-old twins in her arms.
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Ex-Strictly star says media and online harassment pushed him to breaking point
Former Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans has admitted that he ’ended up in hospital’ after attempting suicide following his various scandals on the show. The 53-year-old competed on the dance competition’s series last year and was partnered with professional dancer Katya Jones.
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OpenAI reveals over a million weekly ChatGPT users show suicidal indicators
More than a million ChatGPT users each week send messages that include "explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent", according to a blog post published by OpenAI on Monday.
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