5 d. ago Woman ‘overwhelmed’ by loneliness killed herself and disabled daughter, coroner says

Full-time carer Martina Karos and Eleni Edwards, eight, were found dead at home in SalfordA translator who became a full-time carer for her severely disabled eight-year-old daughter killed herself and her child after becoming “overwhelmed” by loneliness, a coroner concluded.Martina Karos, 40, and Eleni Edwards were found dead at their home in Salford, Greater Manchester, after police were called when the girl did not turn up at school on 23 September 2024.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Woman pulled out of UK ultramarathon after death threats over Afghanistan fundraising

Sarah Porter was running 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South race when security team had to disable tracking deviceA woman was pulled out of Britain’s most gruelling ultramarathon after receiving death threats over her fundraising for Afghan women and girls.Sarah Porter was nearly a third of the way through the 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South endurance race when organisers made the “difficult decision” to withdraw her due to threats to her life in relation to the foundation she runs helping women and girls in war zones. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Woman dragged from car by ICE agents yells ‘I’m disabled’ in chaotic scene in Minneapolis

Latest clash between federal immigration agents and member of the public caught on video less than a week after the killing of Renee Nicole Good

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8 d. ago ICE agents wrench random disabled woman out of her car in terrifying Minnesota clash

Warning: Distressing content with strong language. The woman said she was trying to drive to a doctor appointment when ICE reportedly broke the windows of her car, cut her seatbelt and yanked her out of the vehicle - arresting her as protesters cried "let her go"

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3 w. ago Artist murdered at $2m home on millionaires' island 'by son, 45,' during bloodbath that saw her younger disabled son and second woman killed at nearby $1m house

Danielle Cuvillier was found dead at her home alongside her son Mackenzie Williams, 45. Her disabled son Nick and a woman were killed at a second $1m home.

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3 w. ago Bedbound disabled woman struggling after cancer death of husband faces TV Licence prosecution

TV Licensing brought the prosecution against the woman after noting she is disabled and has mental health struggles

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3 w. ago TV Licence conviction for bedbound disabled woman struggling after cancer death of husband

TV Licensing brought the prosecution against the woman after noting she is disabled and has mental health struggles

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