Notes that "figures from the Office for National Statistics show there has been a 7.4% drop in suicides since 1995." Read for details.

Calls for a ban on websites that promote suicide were renewed yesterday after it emerged that a 13-year-old girl had visited such a site before hanging herself.

Reports that "suicide statistics shows that Bulgaria has the highest suicide rates in children under 14, as the number of suicide deaths has climbed to 50-60 per year."

Peek at this report from Ireland's Highland Radio published in conjunction with Suicide Prevention Week.

Reports "lmost 3,000 people commit suicide every day in the world, one victim every 30 seconds on average, the World Health Organisation said."

Reveals "Finland has finally shed a bleak record as one of the world's suicide capitals after the number of people taking their own lives in this Nordic state has dropped by 40 percent in the past 15 years."

Reports "a coroner yesterday called for "insult chatrooms" to be regulated after members of one site encouraged a man to commit suicide while dozens watched live over the internet."

SwissInfo reports "more people kill themselves each year than die from wars and murders combined, but most suicides could be prevented, according to two international suicide experts."

Reports the North's education minister, Caitriona Ruane will soon begin appointing counsellors to all post primary schools to combat a significant increase in suicide rates.

Reports that "shamed ex-EastEnders star Leslie Grantham has revealed he tried to kill himself three times in the wake of his humiliating internet sex scandal."

Reports "Web providers have been urged to step in to help curb soaring teen suicide rates in Ulster. Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has met with Bebo, Vodafone and Google representatives in a bid to stop websites being used to promote suicide."

Reports that "the first female British soldier to die in Iraq killed herself the day after she was reprimanded for getting drunk while in uniform."

Discloses " a study of more than 50,000 suicide cases in England and Wales, between 1993 and 2003, finds that once the average daily temperature exceeds 18C (64F) there is a rise in the number of people who kill themselves."

"Can online friendships ruin real-life relationships? Some users of a very popular social networking site believe so – and that’s why they’re taking drastic action, says Emma Justice."

IrelandOn-Line reports that the British government is acting to try to reduce a terrible rise in the number of people committing suicide in Northern Ireland.

Reports that "a special round the clock helpline is being set up in a new move to try and halt alarming levels of suicide in the North."

Reports "Russia’s suicide rate is the second worst in the world after Lithuania, the director of a leading Russian social and psychiatric research center." Read for details.

Reports the "Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team (BHCT) now has nearly 20 members carrying out evening patrols or working on call-outs and an aftercare service, a dramatic fall in the number of deaths there."

Reports "sleep disturbances are common among suicide attempters, and nightmares are associated with suicidality, according to Swedish researchers."

Notes "a progress report published by the National Institute for Mental Health in England today shows that good progress is being made towards meeting the Government target to reduce suicide by 20 per cent by 2010."

Berlin's top World Cup official has died four days after shooting himself in the head just hours after the football tournament ended.

Reports "people born to a younger mother are more likely to take their own life, according to new research into suicide among young people." Read for details.

Report reveals that Gerry Adams has said "a macho culture is driving many young people in the North to take their own lives." Read for details.

Reports "detectives are investigating whether people in an internet insult chatroom goaded a British man into killing himself."

Reports "more than a third of young men between ages of 15 and 24 do not know who to turn to if they are feeling suicidal according to a new survey."

Reports "The Rev. Chad Varah, who founded the Samaritans charity to offer counseling to people contemplating suicide, died Thursday, his organization said. He was 95."

Turkish Journalist Eser to be tried at Criminal Court of First Instance for news reports on a driver who committed suicide. He face up to 2 years jail each if found guilty of "insulting the memorable image of a deceased person".

Reports that "entertainer Michael Barrymore has admitted he considered ending his life after the death of a man in his swimming pool in 2001."

Reports "Leading charity NSPCC reported that an increasing amount of young girls are ringing Northern Ireland children's helpline worried about suicide."

Reports "Health Minister Paul Goggins has launched a major public information campaign aimed at de-stigmatising mental health and promoting suicide prevention and awareness."