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Maharashtra: BJP leader from Beed shoots self dead with licensed revolver

MUMBAI/BEED: The chief of the Maharashtra BJP's Beed city unit allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a licensed revolver at his house on Tuesday, police said.

The Times of India

Starbucks barista claims he was fired for wearing suicide awareness pin in honour of former co-worker

Starbucks spokesperson said barista was fired for ‘refusal to abide by dress-code policy’

The Independent UK

Amazon facing lawsuit for allegedly selling ‘suicide bundles’ to teenagers

‘This is different from them selling rope, knives, or other implements that can be used for death because there is no household use for [the chemical],’ lawyers argue

The Independent UK

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Nearly 6 in 10 LGBTQ youth who came out before age 13 ‘seriously considered suicide’ in past year, researchers say

More than half of LGBTQ youth who came out before they were teenagers “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, new data released Monday shows.

Tribune News Service

World Mental Health Day observed

Sanjeevani, a voluntary organisation for suicide prevention, organised various programmes

The Hindu

World Mental Health Day: One in four employees experience suicidal thoughts at work

Businesses have been urged to ramp up mental health provisions for staff as new figures revealed that one in four employees experience suicidal thoughts at work.

Evening Standard

Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide

Campaigners calling for the decriminalization of assisted suicide in the Netherlands have taken the Dutch government to court arguing that its ban on helping a person end their life breaches human rights norms

The Independent UK

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‘It is too late to help my own brother’: Sajid Javid calls for improved suicide prevention

Former health secretary opened up about his brother’s suicide and called on government to introduce new 10-year suicide prevention strategy

The Independent UK

Dutch right-to-die group fights to widen legal euthanasia boundaries

A right-to-die group told judges on Monday that a Dutch law which allows physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands but criminalises others who help people end their own lives violates European human rights law and must be declared unlawful.

Reuters

More needs to be done to prevent suicide, says Sajid Javid, as he talks about brother’s death

The Government must do more to help prevent suicide, the former Health Secretary said on Monday, as he spoke about his brother’s death.

Evening Standard

Mum and seven-month-old baby found dead with tragic note in suspected murder-suicide

Kate Donohoe, 35, and seven-month-old Vincent were found in an upstairs bedroom by gardai in Dublin on Saturday afternoon - a friend raised the alarm after not being able to get in touch with her

Daily Mirror

As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental health

Rising suicide rates among active service members have forced the Pentagon to review the military's mental health protocols

The Independent UK

Ex-athlete in 900 mile walk for mental health after lockdown and failing marriage saw him contemplate suicide

Andy Caine, from Northumberland, is on a 900 mile walking challenge for the next 10 weeks

Chronicle Live

Dan Walker says his children must sign contracts before getting mobile phones

The former BBC presenter reveals ‘strict’ rules

The Independent UK

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A parents' lawsuit accuses Amazon of selling suicide kits to teenagers

Amazon sold the food preservative sodium nitrite, which lawyers say has no household use at high purity levels, to people who later killed themselves using the substance, the suit claims.

Daily Mirror

One million people with mental health problems ignored by NHS in 12 months

One patient said she only survived because her parents used £11,000 of their savings to put her in private care after was turned away from A&E after a suicide attempt

ABC News

Life-saving medical innovations and burns treatments that came from the Bali bombings, 20 years on

Just after 11pm on October 12, 2002, terrorists detonated three suicide bombs in Bali. What happened next changed Australian emergency responses and burns treatments forever.

Daily Mirror

Molly Russell's dad reveals heartbreaking final words to daughter before her suicide

Heartbroken Ian Russell spoke with his 14-year-old daughter Molly before she took her own life, with the teen's mum discovering her lifeless body the next morning

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Instagram still hosting self-harm images after Molly Russell inquest verdict

Online content was blamed for the 14-year-old’s death yet some harmful posts remain live on site, including suicide-related content

Zenger

Those With Early Onset Dementia More Prone To Committing Suicide

People stricken by young onset dementia are up to seven times more likely to commit suicide, warns new research.

ABC News

Bali bombing survivor and AFL hero Jason McCartney on life and recovery in the spotlight

The former AFL star bears the scars of that fateful night when a suicide bomber entered Paddy's Bar in Kuta. As Australians approach the 20th anniversary of the tragedy, he has some advice.

Belfast Live

Derry mental health champion announces new challenge dedicated to those impacted by suicide

"It’s been a year and I’m ready for a new challenge, I want to continue my journey"

The Guardian - US

CDC researchers found that Black and Hispanic communities saw the sharpest increase in firearm deaths in the US

Evening Standard

BBC programme to explore ‘hidden epidemic’ of construction industry suicides

Construction workers set to feature on the show said there was ‘no support’ for many employees on building sites

Liverpool Echo

New guidance introduced for universities to reduce student suicides

Universities UK has shared new advice for institutions to bring student suicide rates down.

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