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
Suicides in England and Wales rise by ‘deeply concerning’ 11 per cent with 4,620 deaths recorded in 2019 by coroners, according to new figures Men accounted for three times more suicides than women, MoJ data showed Charity head warned suicides were the result of austerity and inequality in UK Accident or Misadventure was the most … Read more
Entering the sitting room at the rectory of the small parish of Nevendon, in rural Essex, the maidservant saw her mistress, Augusta McGowan, the young wife of the rector, lying prone on a chaise. She was dead — with the two bottles marked ‘poison’ lying nearby suggesting suicide. The high-spirited Augusta, 24, was apparently happy … Read more
Up to 150,000 Britons could die from non-coronavirus causes because of the UK’s draconian lockdown, it is feared. A tentative estimate circulating in Whitehall suggests a six-figure death toll from a long-term lockdown, caused by a spike in suicides and domestic violence. Official figures show around 9,000 Britons have already died after testing positive for … Read more
Up to 150,000 Britons could die from non-coronavirus causes because of the UK’s draconian lockdown, it is feared. A tentative estimate circulating in Whitehall suggests a six-figure death toll from a long-term lockdown, caused by a spike in suicides and domestic violence. Official figures show around 9,000 Britons have already died after testing positive for … Read more
Suicide rates among young girls are surging in the US and catching up to the number of boys that take their own lives, new research finds. Men and boys have always been at greater risk of dying by suicide – although attempts are more common among girls and women – but that gap is closing. … Read more
The number of people taking their own lives in England has jumped more than a quarter in two years according to provisional figures collated by the Office of National Statistics. The data compares the final three months of 2019 with the same period of 2017. It shows that there were 1,413 deaths attributed to suicide … Read more