Parents of architecture graduate, 32, who hanged himself say mental health bosses ‘let them down’

The parents of an architecture graduate who took his own life after his sister was killed by a dangerous driver have said they were ‘let down’ by a health trust who failed to prevent his death.     Stephen Thurm, 32, was found hanged at the Dunham Forest Golf Club and Country Club in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, … Read more

British barmaid in Magaluf, 23, hanged herself because she was ‘exhausted’ by anxiety, inquest hears

A British barmaid working in the Spanish party resort of Magaluf took her own life after she penned a heartbreaking suicide note detailing how she was too ‘exhausted’ to carry on living, an inquest heard. Danielle Finlay Brookes, 23, had publicly called herself a ‘Queen building her own empire’ on social media and to friends … Read more

Sutton Hoo tour guides in ‘murder-suicide’ after husband choked wife to death then hanged himself

A man in his 70s choked a woman to death before hanging himself at a £500,000 Grade II-listed house in Suffolk, police said. Forensic teams arrived at the scene in Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, after emergency services were alerted just after 6.15pm on Saturday.    The couple found at the house have been named locally as husband … Read more

Sutton Hoo tour guides in ‘murder-suicide’ after husband choked wife to death then hanged himself

A man in his 70s choked a woman to death before hanging himself at a £500,000 Grade II-listed house in Suffolk, police said. Forensic teams arrived at the scene in Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, after emergency services were alerted just after 6.15pm on Saturday.    The couple found at the house have been named locally as husband … Read more

Tricky’s daughter hanged at psychiatric hospital after fearing her gig had gone badly, inquest told

The daughter of Massive Attack collaborator Tricky was found hanged after fearing her band had played badly and people were laughing at her, an inquest heard today.  Mina Topley-Bird was found hanged at West Park Hospital, Darlington, in May 2019 after performing with the Guildford music collective 404, in Newcastle days earlier.  An inquest into … Read more

British Army soldier, 24, hanged himself after being told to ‘man up’ when he asked for time off

A British Army soldier hanged himself after being told to ‘man up’ when requesting time off to look after his daughter during lockdown, an inquest heard. Rifleman Mitchell Matthews, 24, was given time off to care for his then four-year-old as his nurse wife Katy worked on the NHS frontline during the pandemic. But in … Read more

British Army soldier, 24, hanged himself after being told to ‘man up’ when he asked for time off

A British Army soldier hanged himself after being told to ‘man up’ when requesting time off to look after his daughter during lockdown, an inquest heard. Rifleman Mitchell Matthews, 24, was given time off to care for his then four-year-old as his nurse wife Katy worked on the NHS frontline during the pandemic. But in … Read more

Four men are hanged in Iran for gang-raping mountain climber in front of her husband

Four men are hanged in Iran for gang-raping mountain climber in front of her husband The men attacked the woman who was climbing a mountain in Khorasan Razavi They tied up her husband’s hands and feet and made him watch the gang-rape They were hanged on Monday after the Supreme Court in Iran found them guilty … Read more

‘Chaotic’ care home fined £40,000 as judge rules they failed to protect patient who hanged herself

A healthcare charity has been fined £40,000 after failing to protect a vulnerable teenager who took her own life whilst in their care. Sophie Bennett, 19, was found hanged in a bathroom in Lancaster Lodge, a residential care home in Richmond, west London, in May 2016 – just over a year after she was admitted … Read more

‘Chaotic’ care home fined £40,000 as judge rules they failed to protect patient who hanged herself

A healthcare charity has been fined £40,000 after failing to protect a vulnerable teenager who took her own life whilst in their care. Sophie Bennett, 19, was found hanged in a bathroom in Lancaster Lodge, a residential care home in Richmond, west London, in May 2016 – just over a year after she was admitted … Read more