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A new crisis hotline, 988, is coming this summer. Is Washington ready?

SEATTLE — A green light blinks quietly on an office phone monitor. A volunteer named Mark McAllister quickly transfers the call to his direct line. A soft voice comes through his headset: "I've been feeling a little bit sad lately."

Tribune News Service

Derry 'Ironman' who raised over £100k for mental health wants people to get involved in latest challenge

Registration is now opened for those looking to take part

Belfast Live

Will Young ‘honoured and proud’ to make Channel 4 documentary about twin brother’s death

The singer tragically lost his brother Rupert to suicide in 2020

Daily Record

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Woman graduate student behind suicide attack at Pakistani university

A woman suicide bomber who killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan was a teacher who had enrolled for a master's degree months before her attack, carried out on behalf of separatist insurgents, a Pakistani official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Two Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Suicide Bombing North of Baghdad

Two Iraqi soldiers, including a major, were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up during an army raid targeting ISIS militants north of Baghdad. The two soldiers belonged to a joint force of the 6th Division of the Baghdad Operations Command and the Iraqi National Security Service, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Edinburgh mum had 'armed intruders' at door after demanding answers over son's death

Daniel Thomson Crerar, 27, was found dead in Firhill in 2020, with a police investigation ruling the tragic event as a suicide. However, his mother, Audra, has demanded the events are re-investigated.

Edinburgh Live

15-year-old Chicago student died by suicide after relentless bullying, lawsuit alleges, while school turned a ‘blind eye’

CHICAGO — A 15-year-old student at the Latin School of Chicago was “tormented on a regular basis” by students at the prestigious school until he died by suicide in January, a lawsuit filed this week alleges.

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Latin School student died by suicide after ‘increasingly cruel’ bullying ignored by adults, suit seeking $100M alleges

Students spread a false rumor that the boy was unvaccinated, the suit against the private Gold Coast high school said. Administrators “willfully turned a blind eye” despite the boy’s pleas for help, the suit said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Proposal would provide benefits to spouses of police officers, other first responders who die by suicide

The push for the suicide benefits ordinance, which would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018, included pleas from two women whose husbands took their own lives after serving a combined 30 years on the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Gobsmacked' veterans call for overhaul of benefits system as government blocks inquiry

Former members of the armed forces say they feel let down by a government decision not to investigate the war pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, and have launched a petition

Daily Mirror

Criticise Rahul at your own risk: Jagga Reddy

Hyderabad

The Hindu

Brit couple found dead in 'murder suicide' at French home after financial issues

John Boyes, 64, is believed to have repeatedly hit and strangled wife Kathryn Boyes, 65, at their house in the village of Boudrac, south of Toulouse.

Daily Record

Earth Day immolation on SCOTUS steps

A friend called the self-immolation "a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis"

Salon

Caroline Flack: Flackstock festival announced in honour of Love Island presenter

Among the acts already announced for the festival are Natalie Imbruglia, Louise Redknapp and Fleur East

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Daily Mirror

'Body dysmorphia left me suicidal - I didn't even know men could suffer from it'

Danny Bowman was just 15-years-old when he developed a fixation on his physical appearance that was so debilitating it halted his education for years and left him housebound

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool prisoner who took his own life couldn't share cell due to violent past

An inquest heard Ian Galtress died from hanging in his single-occupancy cell in HMP Liverpool

The Independent UK

Suicide blast in southern Pakistan kills 3 Chinese, driver

Pakistani officials say an explosion ripped through a van inside a university campus in southern Pakistan, killing three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver

Reuters

Female suicide bomber kills three Chinese teachers and Pakistani at Karachi university

A suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers in Karachi on Tuesday, police and officials said, drawing strong condemnation from Beijing, in the first major attack this year against nationals of long-time ally China working in Pakistan.

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Daily Record

Will Young's life after Pop Idol - Masked Singer, activism, and brother's death

Will Young shot to fame with a string of hits after his victory on Pop Idol - but what is the star up to these days?

Reason

She Says Her Son Died After Smoking Insecticide While He Was Supposed To Be on Suicide Watch. Now She's Suing.

The lawsuit says there have been multiple deaths from neglect and poor suicide prevention policies at the Louisiana prison where Javon Kennerson died.

ABC News

From Sale to Goodwood, footy clubs are evolving to help their players with mental health

Justin McLay had never shown any signs that he was battling with his mental health before his tragic death. It is why his country footy club and others like it are going above and beyond to support their players during their darkest days.

Liverpool Echo

HMP Liverpool prisoner who took his life inside cell was not on 'suicide watch'

Ian Galtress died in HMP Liverpool in October 2018

The Guardian - UK

Private mental health hospitals repeatedly criticised for unsafe care

Private chains treating NHS patients criticised at inquests dozens of times over past 10 years

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Family attempts suicide in Vijayawada hotel

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Liverpool Echo

Dad of two who 'dedicated his life' to his kids dies, aged 28

Rean leaves behind his two daughters aged two and three

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