The Latest Breaking News from Samaritans

Samaritans Christmas Day lunch delights over a 1000 on Newcastle foreshore

'We'd be eating toast for lunch if it wasn't for here.'

Newcastle Herald · Dec 25, 2023

Stephen Fry praised for ‘poignant’ Christmas speech about mental health and loneliness

‘QI’ host told viewers ‘one doesn’t want to be unhappy, one doesn’t want to be lonely in a crowd or lonely on one’s own’

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2023

Ex-prisoner’s cry for help over indefinite jail term before his death

In a heartbreaking email to the justice secretary, Matthew Price told of the ‘psychological torture’ of living under an indeterminate sentence

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023

French actor Emmanuelle Debever who accused Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault ‘dies by suicide’ aged 60

The tragic French star appeared opposite scandal-hit Depardieu in the 1983 film ‘Danton’

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Jonathan Majors rants ‘I’m a great man’ in audio played to court during assault trial

Majors told former girlfriend Grace Jabbari: ‘I am doing great things, not just for me, but for my, for my culture and the world.’

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Teenager accused of bullying child until he took his own life via online game

The 16-year-old male allegedly harassed the victim from more than 1,200 miles away in Michigan

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

Ruth Perry: Ten more headteachers left suicidal in wake of Ofsted inspections, former inspector reveals

A former Ofsted inspector helping struggling headteachers claims it’s ‘not unusual’ for leaders to consider suicide following an ‘inadequate’ rating

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2023

Prince William sweetly surprises woman during her suicide prevention walk

‘For Prince William to come out and recognise what we’re trying to do ... it’s just amazing,’ she said

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

Sister of headteacher who killed herself condemns Ofsted chief’s ‘crass’ comments

Chief inspector said death was being used to ‘discredit’ body, days before coroner ruled inspection contributed to Ruth Perry’s death

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023

New photos show grisly scene where 13-year-old stabbed mother to death

Derek Rosa, 13, is being charged as an adult in the October murder of his mother in Hialeah

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023