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Teen died alone in hospital room despite five-minute checks by health workers

Sarah-Louise Doyle, 19, was found hanging from a bathroom door by a support worker - prompting concerns about the checks being too predictable

Wales Online

Tragedy as teen takes her own life in five-minute window between hospital checks

The 19-year-old, described as the 'life and soul of the party' and someone who was 'always helping everybody out', had struggled with mental health.

Daily Record

'Kind' teen, 19, will 'fly high' after she died during five-minute window in hospital

Sarah-Louise Doyle was described as someone who 'would always help everybody out'

Liverpool Echo

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Melissa Arbuckle: Depressed Melbourne mother who killed infant daughter spared jail

Melissa Arbuckle’s lawyer says she was suffering ‘severe postpartum depression and psychosis’

The Independent UK

Kurt Cobain’s final days to be adapted by Royal Opera House

The Nirvana frontman battled addiction and depression before taking his own life in 1994

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland mum diagnosed with cancer after being told she was 'too over anxious' about symptoms

“The doctor obviously did not agree with my suspicions as I was given the number of the Samaritans help line, a prescription for beta blockers and told to make an appointment for the following Tuesday for blood tests"

Belfast Live

'Kind and quirky' teen died in five-minute window while alone in hospital room

Sarah-Louise Doyle was an inpatient at Clock View Hospital when she took her own life

Liverpool Echo

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Michelle Carter pushed Conrad Roy to suicide via text. Now his family fear Hulu show will defend her deadly words

In 2014, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III died by suicide. His phone soon revealed texts from 17-year-old Michelle Carter urging him to take his own life. Eight years on, the victim’s family is worried that new Hulu series ‘The Girl from Plainville’ may defend her ‘evil actions’. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

‘Toxic’ boyfriend of woman, 24, sent vengeful sex act video to friend before she plunged 80ft to her death

Alessio Bianchi, now 30, threatened to send recording to student Damilya Jussipaliyeva’s family one week before she died in London

The Independent UK

New York State Supreme Court Judge John Michalski dies by suicide after agents raid his home

Judge Michalski, 61, was found deceased at his home in Amherst, NY shortly before noon

The Independent UK

'I'm sorry for trouble I caused' says man who held gun to head outside Royal Liverpool Hospital

Donald Coleman, 61, held a loaded gun to his head outside the A&E entrance

Liverpool Echo

Michelle Carter pushed Conrad Roy to suicide via text. Now his family fear Hulu show will defend her deadly words

The Independent UK

Michelle Carter pushed Conrad Roy to suicide via text. Now his family fear Hulu show will defend her deadly words

The Independent UK

The Girl from Plainville: What is the true story behind the Michelle Carter case?

Ellie Fanning drama recounts notorious ‘texting-suicide’ trial that shocked America

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Brother of assisted suicide sisters hits out at Swiss clinic that let them take ‘the easy way out’

Exclusive: Cal Ammouri says his sisters Lila Ammouri and Susan Frazier were cremated and asked to have their ashes ‘scattered over the countryside’ in Switzerland

The Independent UK

The Girl from Plainville review: Elle Fanning anchors heavy-hearted true crime series

In a new Hulu series, Elle Fanning stars as Michelle Carter, the teenager from Massachusetts who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 after sending texts encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life

The Independent UK

Michelle Carter pushed Conrad Roy to suicide via text. Now his family fear new Hulu show will defend her deadly words

The Independent UK

F1 boss Max Mosley ‘found with fatal gunshot wound after learning he had terminal cancer’

The former president of the motorsport’s governing body FIA for 16 years between died at home in Chelsea west London

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The Independent UK

Husband and wife found dead with ‘DNR’ written on their foreheads ‘took their own lives’ inquest hears

Peter Norris and wife Marguerite were found dead in their home in Devon in April last year

The Independent UK

Arizona sisters who died by assisted suicide in Switzerland were ‘tired of life’

Lila Ammouri, 54, and Susan Frazier, 49, were suffering from medical ‘frustrations’ and decided it was ‘time to go’

The Independent UK

Oklahoma congressional candidate ends run after ‘berating young girls’ in rant

Abby Broyles, 32, announced that she’d checked into rehab and was terminating her campaign for Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District

The Independent UK

Prisoner calls to Samaritans helpline increased by 60% during pandemic

Calls to the charity’s dedicated prison line rose from 266,076 in 2019 to 424,509 in 2021, according to data obtained by the PA news agency.

The Conversation

Online safety bill: ambiguous definitions of harm could threaten freedom of speech – instead of protecting it

The UK government’s much anticipated online safety bill has now been released. The bill seeks to impose a duty of care on companies, such as social media platforms, to remove illegal content, and in some cases, “legal but harmful” content, quickly.

Wales Online

Lonely Dad who tried to take own life urges others to open up about mental health

Speaking during Samaritans' Real People, Real Stories campaign, the agricultural worker didn't realise he had problem until he contemplated suicide

Wales Online

'Just talk' says pioneering train driver after tragedy inspired her to take on new mission

Heather Waugh is Scotland's only female freight train driver but has a second passion which is helping to save lives

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