Dr Alex George has been appointed one of ITV’s mental health advisors in the wake of three suicides linked to its flagship show Love Island. The medic, 30, who starred on the ITV2 show’s fourth season in 2018 before returning to his doctor job at Lewisham hospital, will help the channel in promoting better wellbeing … Read more
ITV launches ‘woke’ self-care classes to help the well-being of staff – including origami, paint-pouring sessions and ‘racial fluency’ – in the wake of three suicides linked to its flagship show Love Island ITV launched a range of networking groups welcoming minority and ethnic staff Insider says some white hetrosexual men irritated by lack of … Read more
ITV launches ‘woke’ self-care classes to help the well-being of staff – including origami, paint-pouring sessions and ‘racial fluency’ – in the wake of three suicides linked to its flagship show Love Island ITV launched a range of networking groups welcoming minority and ethnic staff Insider says some white hetrosexual men irritated by lack of … Read more
England’s first coronavirus lockdown did not lead to a rise in suicides, a study has claimed. Mental health charities worried at the start of the pandemic that widespread social isolation and massive job losses could lead to a rise in the number of suicides. Fake news stories spread on social media in 2020 claiming the number … Read more
England’s first coronavirus lockdown did not lead to a rise in suicides, a study has claimed. Mental health charities worried at the start of the pandemic that widespread social isolation and massive job losses could lead to a rise in the number of suicides. Fake news stories spread on social media in 2020 claiming that the … Read more
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
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
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
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
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