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Meta's head of health and well-being to give evidence at Molly Russell inquest

Elizabeth Lagone, Meta's head of health and well-being arrives at Barnet Coroner's Court, north London, to give evidence in the inquest into the death of Molly Russell. The 14-year-old schoolgirl from Harrow, north-west London, viewed an extensive volume of material on social media, including some linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm…

Evening Standard

Instagram videos viewed by Molly Russell spark coroner’s ‘greatest’ warning

The 17 videos which contained suicide and self-harm references were played to the court on Friday.

The Independent UK

Pinterest executive admits platform ‘not safe’ when Molly Russell used it

Inquest hears teenager viewed multiple images of self-harm on Pinterest before she killed herself

The Guardian - UK

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Molly Russell’s father tells inquest: ‘We must prevent young life being wasted’

The 14-year-old took her own life in 2017 after viewing material linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide on social media

Evening Standard

We must prevent young life being wasted, Molly Russell’s father tells inquest

The 14-year-old took her own life in 2017 after viewing material linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide on social media.

The Independent UK

Youth custody system ‘dysfunctional’ and failing girls, report finds

The report involved the prisons and probation inspectorates, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and Care Inspectorate Wales.

The Independent UK

Molly Russell inquest to examine role of social media algorithms in teen’s death

Molly is known to have viewed material linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide before ending her life in November 2017

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Molly Russell: Five-year wait ends for teenager’s family as inquest set to begin

Molly is known to have viewed material linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide before ending her life in November 2017

Evening Standard

Five-year wait ends for Molly Russell’s family as inquest set to begin

Molly is known to have viewed material linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide before ending her life in November 2017.

The Independent UK

The tower is crumbling and is a 'danger to staff' and prisoners say they felt safer during Covid: Inside Strangeways this year

On the positive side, the prison's gym service has been offering badminton, football, classes for elderly, spin classes and tennis, as well as 'excellent equipment'.

Manchester Evening News

Violence and 'severe' staff shortages at prison housing Merseyside inmates

The latest report into HMP Berwyn contained four priority concerns

Liverpool Echo

Suicide attempts and self-harm ‘part and parcel of everyday life in a school’

A former Children’s Commissioner told peers there is a large legacy of children with increased mental health needs in the wake of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

FOI documents show the NT is breaching its own independent monitoring policy at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

Freedom of Information documents reveal the NT government is failing to adhere to its own independent monitoring policy at a time when self-harm incidents are surging inside its youth detention facilities.

ABC News

Tina, 14, is self-harming. How can a therapist win her trust that others can help?

Cutting is a response to intense feelings, with physical pain taking the place of psychic pain

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Cost of abortions causing Queensland women to consider self-harm, study reveals

More than 40% of women seeking help from pregnancy counselling service had exposure to family or intimate partner violence

The Conversation

1 in 4 Australians is lonely. Quality green spaces in our cities offer a solution

One in four Australian adults feel lonely, and the impacts can be dire. Loneliness increases our risks of depression, diabetes, dementia, self-harm and suicide. But likening it to a disease and proposals to treat it with a pill miss the point: we’ve been building for loneliness over many decades and…

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Student police officer saved man's life with 'catastrophic' stomach injury in Newcastle

PC Peter Cudd attended an escalating incident in High Heaton where a man was reported to have threatened self-harm and was reportedly in possession of a knife

AAP

Boys self harming in WA adult prison unit

A group of youth detainees moved to a standalone facility at an adult prison in Perth have repeatedly attempted to harm themselves at the new unit.

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WA government says transfer of Banksia Hill detainees to Casuarina has 'worked'

The West Australian government claims the relocation of young offenders to an adult prison has "worked", despite reports of self-harm emerging, and a retired judge saying the transfer represents a "broken system".

Wales Online

Children needing NHS mental health services in England ‘must be seen in four weeks’

Study calls for £1billion injection into children's care with guarantee of next-day consultations for those at greatest risk of self-harm or suicide

Wales Online

Serious self-harm among children in care 'trebled' during lockdowns

Rates among boys doubled and girls continued to be over-represented in self-harm figures, researchers said

The Independent UK

‘Alarming’ increase in self-harm in women’s prisons as more vulnerable people to be jailed, report says

Government vowed to reduce female prison population four years ago but it is now expected to jump by a third

Liverpool Echo

Prisoners 'self-harming' as wait for deportations is 'too long'

A prisons watchdog has said there has been an increase in incidents of self-harm among foreign prisoners at HMP Risley

The Guardian - UK

Prison criticised after suicide watch inmate who died was allowed razors

Inquest into death of remand prisoner at HMP Chelmsford finds officers were unaware that access to razor blades should have been monitored

Manchester Evening News

Inmates are desperate to be deported - but it's taking too long, report into HMP Risley reveals

The number of foreign nationals harming themselves has risen at the Warrington jail, says a prisons watchdog

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