WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Dylan Phelan has been sentenced to six years and four months for encouraging vulnerable Travis Dyer to die by suicide on a twisted video call. But what drives this warped online behaviour?
Janine, from Cheshire, spent hours a day on her all-consuming habit between 2006 and 2017
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Parents who have lost their children through social media attend Downing Street today to ask for the age to be 16 before social media can be used on their children’s phones (Picture: w8media)
The parents of Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell told Sir Keir Starmer to show courage and political leadership as they met with him to demand action on the dangers of social media.
The Prime Minister was…
Jane, Christina and Rebecca were sisters, from the Uxbridge area of London. (Picture: Family handout)
The family of three sisters who drowned in the sea off Brighton beach have said they ‘don’t have the answers’ about what they were doing there or how they entered the water.
The ‘inseparable’ siblings – Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32 and Rebecca Walters, 31, all from the Uxbridge…
Georgina Owen, 21, from Saffron Walden in Essex, had been following the plant-based diet for three years before her death in September 2019 (Picture: Family Handout)
A student ended her own life while suffering ‘delusions’ triggered by her vegan diet, a coroner has found.
Georgina Owen, 21, from Saffron Walden in Essex, had been following a plant-based diet for three years before her death…
The emergency services are at the scene of the incident after somebody was hit on the tracks between St Albans and Bedford with all services blocked as work continues
A body was found near Half Moon Lane in Tonbridge as part of the search for missing Joanna Lewis (Picture: Kent Police)
A body has been found during the search for a missing woman.
Joanna Lewis, 59, vanished from Tonbridge, Kent, last Wednesday, April 29.
Police grew increasingly concerned for her welfare and launched an urgent appeal to find her.
She had last been seen in the Colts Hill…
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Perry Davenport, who was with Wendy Duffy when she died at the controversial Pegasos clinic, has spoken out about her controversial death
The number of domestic abuse victims taking their own lives has outstripped the number being killed by an intimate partner for the third consecutive year (Picture: Getty Images)
A teenage girl has been identified as being driven to end her own life because of domestic abuse for the first time, with ‘toxic influencers’ and violent porn blamed for a worrying rise in abuse among teenagers.
The…
‘My brother was never unkind or bitter. Nobody ever had a bad word to say about him – he was just so loveable,’ says Johnny (left – pictured with Philip)
Philip de Mouilpied never recovered after losing his mother to breast cancer at the age of 10.
When Kathleen died 37 years ago, there was no bereavement support, leaving Philip, his younger brother Johnny, and their sisters, Caroline and…
Matt’s daughter Millie died when she was just six (Picture: Supplied)
‘I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t contemplated it and been close,’ says Matt Ridout, 39, from Dunstable. ‘I haven’t because I know Amelia wouldn’t want me to – but I completely understand Wendy’s motivation.’
Dad of one, Matt is talking about assisted dying.
Two weeks ago, no one had heard of 56-year-old Wendy Duffy, from…
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Wendy Duffy, the bereaved mother who has today ended her life at an assisted dying clinic, has spoken out about being 'super-organised' ahead of her one-way trip, making her poignant final requests clear
Christopher Trybus at Winchester Crown Court where he has been on trial charged with the manslaughter of his wife Tarryn Baird, who died in November 2017 (Picture: PA)
A husband accused of driving his wife to suicide by subjecting her to a ‘tsunami’ of physical and sexual abuse has been cleared of all charges.
Tarryn Baird was just 34 when she was found hanged at the family home in Swindon…
Trolls took issue with Sophie posting a picture of her next to her daughter’s coffin (Picture: Instagram/Sophie May Dickson
It’s a cesspit of a thread – a staggering 49 pages long and counting. Hundreds upon hundreds of comments piled one on top of another, with the words dipped within varying degrees of malice.
The anonymous comments oscillate between concern, disgust, crude sexualised…
Ellen Roome and Lisa Kenevan want the government to act now
Bereaved parents are calling on Keir Starmer to ‘stop dragging his heels’ and back a ban on social media for children under 16 in a crucial vote on the issue tonight.
The mums and dads of children whose deaths have been linked to social media will deliver an urgent demand to Downing Street alongside cross-party MPs and Peers.
The…
Pawel lost his confidence after the dental treathment, a court heard
A man took his own life after a botched dental treatment in Turkey left him no teeth, an inquest has heard.
Pawel Bukowski, 48, died in April last year after he fell into a mental health crisis over the failed medical procedure.
The dad-of-three went to a cut-price clinic after he spent years suffering with a chronic dental…
The excerpts cited here are taken from St. Justin Martyr’s First Apology.
Justin appeals to Old Testament prophecies and to written records by Pilate, which were still in existence, to convince the Roman authorities of the divine origin and historicity of the Christian faith. Justin’s knowledge of Messianic prophecies is truly remarkable since he cites a plethora of OT texts to prove that Jesus…
Christopher Trybus arriving at Winchester Crown Court, where he is charged with the manslaughter of his wife Tarryn Baird, who died of hanging in November 2017 (Picture: PA)
A man accused of driving his wife to suicide after subjecting her to a ‘tsunami’ of abuse has told a jury that finding out about her death was ‘the worst day of my life’.
Christopher Trybus, 44, is on trial at…
Christopher Trybus leaving Winchester Crown Court, where he is on trial for manslaughter (Picture: Solent News)
A woman allegedly driven to suicide by her husband ‘dreamed up’ a series of ‘horrific’ false allegations of domestic abuse as a way to escape from her boring and lonely life, a court has heard.
Christopher Trybus, 43, is on trial accused of manslaughter over the death of Tarryn…
The unidentified man was left in critical condition in hospital after sustaining injuries from a woman, whose body fell onto him in Melbourne's CBD neighbourhood
Hatton was found dead at his home last September (Picture: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Boxing legend Ricky Hatton died from injuries ‘consistent with hanging’, an inquest has heard.
Hatton, one of British boxing’s most celebrated figures, was found dead on the morning of 14 September last year aged 46.
An inquest at Manchester South Coroner’s Court on Friday heard the former world champion was…
Louie Day likely died ‘instantly’ and was thrown from his vehicle when it crashed on the A414 near Ongar, Essex (Picture: BPM Media)
A popular trainee police officer died by suicide after crashing his car into a tree at almost 100mph, an inquest has ruled.
Louie Day likely died ‘instantly’ and was thrown from his vehicle when it crashed on the A414 near Ongar, Essex, in the early hours of…
Christopher Trybus is charged with the manslaughter of his wife Tarryn Baird, who died of hanging in November 2017 at the age of 34 (Picture: PA)
A man accused of driving his wife to suicide through a ‘tsunami’ of abuse says she hadmental health problems and was ‘addicted’ to the attention she got from making false allegations, a court has heard.
Christopher Trybus, 43, is on trial at…
Tarryn Baird was just 34 when she ended her life at the family home in Swindon in November 2017 (Picture: KnowMore/BNPS)
A woman was driven to suicide after enduring years of ‘extensive and escalating’ domestic andsexual violence at the hands of her husband, a court has heard.
Tarryn Baird was just 34 when she ended her life at the family home in Swindon in November 2017.
Christopher…
Strictly Come Dancing star Robin Windsor tragically took his own life in February 2024 – two years on from his death an inquest is taking place to look into the circumstances
From left to right: Mannix Pedro, Michael Holmes and Kyle Mehment have all been jailed
Three men who plotted a £1.1 million jewellery shop robbery and tied up its manager who then took his own life have been jailed.
Kyle Mehmet, 40, Michael Holmes, 35 and Mannix Pedro, 38, were found guilty of conspiring to rob more than 70 watches from 247 Kettles, in Richmond, London, in May 2024.
Oliver…
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