Humber Bridge footpaths are closed after six suicides in month as petition is launched

Humber Bridge footpaths are closed after six suicides in month as petition is launched calling for extra security measures to stop people taking their own lives Humber Bridge has closed its pedestrian walkways after a spate of suicides Six people have taken their lives in the last month at bridge in East Yorkshire For confidential … Read more

Young suicides have spiked by 57% since 2006, CDC data shows

The suicide rate among Americans between ages 10 and 24 rose by 57 percent from 2007 to 2018, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  In 2018, suicide was the second leading cause of death for the age group, as well as those between 15 and 34.  Between 2016 … Read more

UK travel restrictions on Switzerland make planning assisted suicides ‘impossible’, say campaigners

Travel restrictions imposed on UK travellers returning from Switzerland could make planning assisted deaths ‘almost impossible’ for terminally-ill patients and force loved ones to grieve in isolation, campaigners said. Travellers arriving in England from Switzerland after 4am on Saturday will have to self-isolate for 14 days, a rule which was also enforced in Scotland last … Read more

Five frail couples brutally slain. Five apparent ‘murder suicides’

A serial killer feared to be behind the double murders of five elderly couples could be on the loose, a sensational report claims. The dossier by a senior coroner’s officer claims there are striking similarities between the deaths of the couples in Cheshire, Manchester and Cumbria between 1996 and 2011. In each case the husband … Read more