The Government must ensure lessons are swiftly learned from a series of self-harm related deaths in prison over the last three years, ministers have been warned. There have been 10
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The family of a woman who took her own life in a young offenders institution are receiving partial legal aid for representation at an inquiry into her death, a court
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Teaching suicide prevention in schools, better support for middle-aged men and a national alert system to highlight new methods of suicide could all help to bring down suicide rates in
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A Scout leader who was accused by two women of sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers took his own life, an inquest has confirmed. Phillip Perks’ (pictured) body was
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Any change in the law to make assisted dying legal in England is a matter for Parliament but the Government would not stand in its way, a minister has said.
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A joint fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is to be held into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives while serving sentences at a young offenders institution.
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TV presenter Charlie Webster said she was left in tears after the story of her childhood friend who suffered sexual abuse and ultimately took her own life was raised in
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An autistic teenager tried to take his own life after a video of him spread online and social media platforms refused to take it down, a former victims’ commissioner has
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The death rate by suicide is much higher among disabled people than those who do not have disabilities, the latest data suggests. The highest rates of suicide were in disabled
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Two women who say they were sexually abused by their Scout leader when they were teenagers have accused the organisation of “silencing” them and “protecting” their attacker. They also claim
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