The Latest Breaking News from Samaritans

I’m a Celebrity star Barry McGuigan left in tears as he opens up about daughter’s death

TV personality Coleen Rooney also shared her grief after revealing her sister died aged 14

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024

Vet killed himself after becoming distressed at wealthy owners asking him to put down their pets

Dr John Ellis tricked a veterinary nurse to give him deadly medication by claiming he was going to put down a friend’s ‘large dog’

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024

David Walliams opens up about suicide attempt: ‘My mother’s boundless love got me through’

‘Little Britain’ star said the incident ‘broke his mother’s heart’

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024

John Smyth victim says ‘sadistic beatings’ drove him to attempt on own life

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The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024

Heston Blumenthal recalls being sectioned by his wife: ‘I wouldn’t be here if she hadn’t’

The chef was diagnosed with bipolar earlier this year

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024

Person dies after being hit by train on Glasgow railway line

A PERSON has died after being hit by a train on a Glasgow railway line...

The National (Scotland) · Nov 12, 2024

Glasgow train lines closed after person hit by train

A PERSON has been hit by a train on a Glasgow railway line...

The National (Scotland) · Nov 12, 2024

Labour warned UK is facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ in farming as thousands march on London

Farming leaders are urging Labour ministers to rethink plans to impose inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1m

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

Call to review ‘cancel culture’ in universities after ‘ostracised’ Oxford student takes own life

Alexander Rogers’s body was recovered from the River Thames in January

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

Fishmongers’ Hall hero warns of more IPP prisoner suicides as he is finally freed from indefinite jail term

Marc Conway, who helped tackle a terrorist wearing a fake suicide vest, has backed The Independent’s campaign for all IPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024