2 h. ago Suella Braverman launches attack on the Tories for lacking 'courage and backbones' after their deleted statement about her mental health

The Conservatives were forced to retract a statement attacking their former home secretary following a backlash.

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6 h. ago Outrage over Tory claim Suella Braverman had mental health issues

Statement, since withdrawn, followed ex-minister becoming third Conservative MP to join Reform in just over a weekThe Conservatives are facing a backlash after claiming that Suella Braverman defected to Reform UK after “mental health” issues, as the former home secretary finally joined Nigel Farage’s party after months of denials.Braverman, who was sacked from the cabinet by both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, became the third sitting Conservative MP to defect in little over a week. She immediately went on the attack against her former party. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Tories criticised over claim Braverman defected to Reform after ‘mental health’ issues

Statement, since withdrawn, followed ex-minister becoming third Conservative MP to join Farage’s party in just over a weekThe Conservatives are facing a backlash after claiming that Suella Braverman defected to Reform UK after “mental health” issues, as the former home secretary finally joined Nigel Farage’s party after months of denials.Braverman, who was sacked from the cabinet by both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, became the third sitting Conservative MP to defect in little over a week. She immediately went on the attack against her former party. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Girl, 16, ‘took own life after escaping hospital’ – as devastated family say ‘our hearts are broken’

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl tragically took her own life after escaping a hospital, as her heartbroken family pay tribute. Ellame Ford-Dunn, from West Sussex, was found dead after "no suitable bed could be found" for her on a mental health ward, an inquest was told. The teenager, who had a history of mental health struggles, was...

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7 h. ago Tories face backlash over ‘mental health’ swipe at Suella Braverman as former home secretary defects to Reform

Conservatives forced to reissue statement over latest high-profile defection from party amid criticism across the political spectrum

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8 h. ago Teenage girl, 16, took her own life on children's ward after 'no suitable bed could be found' on mental health unit, inquest hears

Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, suffered a history of chronic mental health problems which manifested in self-harming and an eating disorder.

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10 h. ago Tories pull statement attacking Suella Braverman's mental health after Reform defection

Suella Braverman enraged the Conservatives after she abandoned her old party today to join Reform UK as Nigel Farage swells his party's ranks with Tory has-beens

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10 h. ago Tories withdraw ‘mental health’ briefing about Suella Braverman after former Tory home secretary joins Reform – UK politics live

Her defection means there are now eight Reform MPs in the CommonsKeir Starmer was being interview by Beth Rigby from Sky News this morning when he defended the decision not to let Andy Burnham be a byelection candidate.After Starmer delivered his first answer (see 10.15am), Rigby asked him to what he would say to Labour MPs who think he is being “cowardly” and just blocking Burnham to avoid the risk of a leadership contest.Millions of people will be better off if we have the continuation of a Labour government in Wales, and if we’re able to win the government in Scotland and retain and win councils across England.When I came into politics in 2015, the first thing I did was support Andy Burnham’s leadership campaign. The first team I worked in was for Andy Burnham. And in the job he’s doing now, he and I work closely together ..So there’s no question of me and Andy not working very well together. He’s doing an excellent job.The battle of our times is the battle between patriotic, Lab...

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22 h. ago Sea Shanty singer Nathan Evans shares voice note he sent himself at 'lowest point' to back Record campaign

The sea shanty star opens up about his mental health struggles and why he is backing the Daily Record’s Save Young Lives campaign to tackle youth suicide.

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26 h. ago Luke Littler and Jonny Wilkinson back campaign to tackle male loneliness

The Government’s Team Up campaign will run for one week, highlighting the role sport plays in supporting men’s mental health.

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34 h. ago Celebrity Traitors star saw mental health nurse to deal with 'stress' of BBC show

Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr had revealed that he chose to visit a mental health nurse after the series ended as he felt the show left him feeling stressed

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36 h. ago 'It was all getting to be quite stressful': Alan Carr admits he saw a mental health nurse after winning Celebrity Traitors

Alan Carr has admitted he saw a mental health nurse after winning Celebrity Traitors as he explained the BBC show became 'quite stressful'.  

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36 h. ago Josh Groban looks back: ‘Music became a liability to my mental health’

The singer-songwriter and actor on depression, becoming a sex symbol and rebelling in his 30s in his ‘middle-finger phase’Born in Los Angeles in 1981, Josh Groban is a singer-songwriter and actor. His self-titled classical-crossover debut went five-times platinum in 2001, and he has since sold more than 25m albums. As an actor, he has appeared in films such as Crazy Stupid Love and TV shows The Office and The Simpsons. Groban made his Broadway debut in 2016 in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 – a role that earned him a Tony award nomination. Groban performs his first UK show in six years at a one-off O2 event in London on 1 April.I went through a lot of phases when I was five – astronaut, firefighter, and, in this photo, cowboy. The look was inspired by the old country and western films I was watching, a kind of homemade blend of gunslinger and headband-wearing guitarist. And it wasn’t just for the back yard – I wore it everywhere. If ...

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37 h. ago Screen time limits for children are no longer enough, new US report finds

Experts say guidance is ‘refreshing’ as it puts more emphasis on responsibility of companies and societyThe American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidance on how to protect children’s mental health in the digital age – emphasizing the need for systemic changes as well as parental engagement that goes beyond limiting screen time.Jessica Schleider, an adolescent psychologist and professor at Northwestern University whose lab develops digital mental health interventions, said the new policy statement was “really refreshing to see”, because it contrasts with conventional wisdom that places too much of the safety burden on individual parents. Common advice like “limiting individual youth access to screens”, or asking parents to keep tabs on their children’s every digital movement is “not only impossible, but for adolescents in particular, potentially invasive”, Schleider said. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Michael Devlin tells all on tackling 'serious problem' of mental health in football in new PFA role

Former Aberdeen ace has hung up the boots at the age of 32 after years battling injury and is now focused on helping players in his new role.

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55 h. ago Trump’s ‘new normal’ leaves Australia marooned. We can no longer pretend otherwise | Zoe Daniel

The rules-based global order is rapidly disintegrating. It’s time for middle powers to stand togetherThe French president Emmanuel Macron borrowed some lines from Hugh Grant about bullies at the World Economic Forum in Davos. His target was Donald Trump, who had leaked a conciliatory text message from Macron who, evidently, was trying to get the US president to the table to shore up the rapidly disintegrating global order.In the love-it-or-hate-it Christmas film, Love Actually, Grant – playing the foppish British prime minister of the day – confronts the US president, saying: “A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend, and since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger.”Zoe Daniel is a three-time ABC foreign correspondent and the former independent member for Goldstein. She is the chair of Mental Health Victoria Continue reading...

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58 h. ago ITV X Factor's Christopher Maloney says he is 'permanently disfigured' as he opens up on mental health struggles

The 48-year-old is hoping to raise awareness for others struggling with their mental health

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59 h. ago Helen Flanagan shares 'brutal' mental health crisis as she makes Scott Sinclair admission

Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has opened up about the potentially life-threatening mental health crisis she experienced after welcoming baby Matilda, including vivid intrusive thoughts she describes as 'brutal and relentless'

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3 d. ago 'Lost generation' of anxious young Britons faces being 'written off' and consigned to life on benefits due to 'normal' mental health conditions, Government's work tsar warns

Alan Milburn, who served as a Labour MP between 1992 and 2010, has said there is a 'lost generation' of people in Britain.

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3 d. ago ‘There is beauty at the end of that struggle’: Robbie Williams reflects on career

Robbie Williams offered advice to struggling singers following the release of his Better Man biopic.

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