Day: August 29, 2024

UK News: Police Scotland arrest 52-year-old after decision made to open murder inquiry based on postmortem results

A 52-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in Scotland, police said.

Brodie MacGregor, 23, was pronounced dead inside a flat after emergency crews were called to an address in the Springburn area of Glasgow at about 10.15am on Monday. Continue reading…
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Samaritans charity calls on government to invest in suicide prevention as it has with smoking reduction

Ministers have been urged to treat suicide as a public health crisis after the rate at which people killed themselves in England and Wales reached the highest level in more than two decades.

The official figures, described by the suicide prevention charity Samaritans as “worse than expected”, showed 6,069 suicides were registered in the two nations in 2023, up from 5,642 in 2022 and the highest rate since 1999. Continue reading…
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