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Hunt gives nod to predecessor in cash boost pledge for suicide prevention work

The Chancellor said £10 million would be made available to third sector organisations for their work in this area.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Teenager with severe brain damage after 'suicide bid' should be allowed to die, judge rules

The High Court heard the 16-year-old was found unresponsive at home nearly two years ago after “what it seems was an attempt to take his own life"

Wales Online · Mar 15, 2023

IIT-Madras forms internal committee to look into suicide incidents

Following the two suicides in a month at the Indian Institute of Technology here, an inquiry committee has been formed to look into such incidents, the IIT-Madras said on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 15, 2023

Connecticut woman wins right to assisted suicide in Vermont, paving way for overhaul of residency rules

Vermont has agreed to a legal settlement that will allow a Connecticut woman to be the first out-of-stater to take advantage of its decade-old law that allows people who are terminally ill to end their own lives

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

How one woman’s grooming gang lies drove three men to attempt suicide

Eleanor Williams gave several accounts of being raped and trafficked. Her claims were proven false, but not before the men implicated were made to suffer, Liam James reports

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

Dad welcomes GAA initiative to tackle gambling after losing son to suicide

"It's the casino in your pocket, the mobile phone, that's the biggest problem."

Belfast Live · Mar 14, 2023

Conn. woman 1st non-Vermonter granted assisted suicide right

Vermont has agreed to a legal settlement that will allow a Connecticut woman to be the first out-of-stater to take advantage of its decade-old law that allows people who are terminally ill to end their own lives

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

Record numbers of people are contacting Samaritans worried about money and jobs

The charity's boss has urged the Government to use Wednesday's Budget to 'genuinely help save lives'

Wales Online · Mar 14, 2023

Records numbers calling Samaritans with worries about money and jobs

The charity said it is seeing just how much the cost-of-living crisis in particular is starting to hit home.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

Government urged to include suicide prevention on national curriculum

MPs from across the political spectrum backed the appeal on Monday during a parliamentary debate on making the subject compulsory in schools.

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023