A man who threatened to throw himself off Nottingham's Trent Bridge has spoken out about how he managed to turn his life around. Darren Cox, a Bestwood man born and bred, ended up on the bridge in Nottingham in 2022 thinking the world would be better if he was no longer in it.
The 39-year-old had lost his job as a chef when the pub he worked at in Scarborough shut during lockdown. He then ended up sleeping rough in Hull for two weeks after a relationship breakdown. It was on the day he returned to Nottingham when he made the decision to end his life.
"I remember the day vividly", he told Nottinghamshire Live. "I was on the phone with my brother, I did not have anywhere to go - and I told him I might as well just go ahead and jump. He said he was going to phone the police.
