Suspect who killed wife and their six kids revealed to be American Heart Association VP who lost his job weeks earlier The family’s pets also died from fire and smoke exposure The Independent UK · Jul 28
Lindsay Clancy loved her three kids ‘right up to the time of their death,’ lawyer tells jurors at mom’s murder trial Lindsay Clancy admits to killing her children, but her lawyer argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and therefore not criminally responsible for their deaths The Independent UK · Jul 27
What is postpartum psychosis? Lindsay Clancy’s defense at trial over murder of her children IN FULL The Independent UK · Jul 27
Parents found dead alongside six kids in burning house ID’d, as police hint at motive Mandy Karolkiewicz, 39, and her husband, Kris Karolkiewicz, 47, were found dead in their home Friday along with their six children, ages 5 to 15 The Independent UK · Jul 26
How one man’s heartbreak after losing his best friend sparked a nationwide pub-based campaign to tackle loneliness Shattered by the death of his best friend to suicide, Dean Perryman tells Holly Patrick about his Empty Chairs campaign to fight loneliness across the UK and bring communities back together at their local pub The Independent UK · Jul 26
Police told to reinvestigate suspected Grindr blackmail death after homophobia claims The police complaints watchdog said Hertfordshire Constabulary made ‘several errors’ after Scott Gough was found dead just one day after a gang appeared at his home The Independent UK · Jul 26
Some of eight family members, including six children, found dead in Michigan house fire had been shot: police The investigation remains ongoing as sheriff's detectives and state police arson investigators await autopsy results The Independent UK · Jul 25
Young girls being groomed on Roblox and forced into ‘unspeakable’ acts IN DEPTH : Secret networks of sadistic teenage boys are luring their targets to Discord and Telegram. Neither platform is included in the government’s proposed social media ban for under 16s, as Nicole Wootton-Cane reports The Independent UK · Jul 25
Republican admits she doesn’t want daughter to work on Capitol Hill because of the ‘culture of creepiness’ When asked if she would tell parents to send their children to work on Capitol Hill, Florida Republican Kat Cammack responded: ‘Not in this environment, no’ The Independent UK · Jul 23
How I learned to stop feeling guilty about cheating on my partner FIRST PERSON: Alex Croxford had a seemingly perfect life until she was unfaithful to her husband in the first year of marriage with a man who meant nothing to her. Now a relationship coach, she is helping women like her understand there’s a betrayal of the self that happens long… The Independent UK · Jul 22
Ofcom ‘unable to take further legal action against suicide forum’ The operator of the suicide forum was fined £950,000 in May for failing to comply with duties under the Online Safety Act. Evening Standard · Jul 20
French Family Seeks Answers After 21-Year-Old Dies Following Alleged Racist Harassment The family of Joris Laurencin, a 21-year-old from France, seeks witnesses and an independent investigation after his death, believed to be linked to years of alleged racist harassment. International Business Times UK · Jul 20
Instagram to send messages to parents if their children are having distressing conversations with its AI ‘We understand how distressing these alerts may be for a parent to receive,’ parent company Meta says The Independent UK · Jul 16
ITV drama will tell story of teen whose death was ‘linked to online dare’ ITV has commissioned a new drama based on the story of Jools Sweeney, a 14-year-old whose death his mother believes was due to an online challenge. Jools was found unconscious in April 2022, with an inquest returning a narrative verdict ruling that it was unlikely Jools had intended to end… The Independent UK · Jul 15
The Independent UK · Jul 15 ITV drama to explore tragic death of teen believed to be linked to social media dare Jeff Pope, director of ‘Believe Me’ and ‘Little Boy Blue’, will work with the mother of late Jools Sweeney
The Independent UK · Jul 13 Man who was given psychedelic mushrooms in therapy fell from 4th-floor window and spent months in hospital: lawsuit Jacob Ramirez suffered blunt force trauma to his head and injuries to his chest and lungs after falling out of the window while on psilocybin, according to a report
The Independent UK · Jul 10 Heroic police officers scale Brooklyn Bridge to rescue woman A heroic police officer scaled Brooklyn Bridge to coax down a woman who was threatening to jump.
The Independent UK · Jul 10 Police investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to fly to US to speak to Virginia Giuffre’s family Detectives plan to talk to Sky and Amanda Roberts about Guiffre’s claims of sexual assault by former prince
The Independent UK · Jul 9 Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets mentioned cyberbully in suicide note, police reveal Reality star, 67, died by suicide in April this year
The Independent UK · Jul 9 Inquest into death of Sheffield United footballer Maddy Cusack adjourned for second time this year Maddy Cusack was found unresponsive at her home in September 2023
Evening Standard · Jul 8 Katie Price reacts to her kids Junior and Princess crying over her 'scary' drug binges The former glamour model, 43, battled depression and a cocaine addiction in the late 2010s
The Independent UK · Jul 4 ‘I had 12 vials of Botox injected into my face at age 24 – but it had nothing to do with looks’ The rise in women being diagnosed with temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMJ, has forced a turn towards Botox for pain relief
The Independent UK · Jul 3 Maddy Cusack’s former teammate tells inquest her death was ‘definitely preventable’ Maddy Cusack’s former teammate spoke at an inquest on Friday following Cusack’s death in 2023
The Independent UK · Jul 3 Man carrying Tibetan flag dies from severe burns near UN headquarters, police say He was an Uber driver and went to the scene with a Tibetan flag, local news site reports