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Suicidal? Lonely? Self-Harming? Jim discovers there are people & places to turn to.

In an emotional interview with Jim, Dorothy Hughes of Shropshire Mind describes the lives of some people who鈥檝e turned to them for help 鈥 and who in turn have let their 鈥渂efrienders鈥 help them.

There are people in Shropshire who find life difficult and are struggling to deal with such loneliness that they鈥檙e "skin-hungry"(desperate for the touch of another person), depressed, grieving, suicidal 鈥 But there are places and people who can help as Jim鈥檚 guest this morning, Dorothy Hughes from Shropshire Mind describes.

And how would you feel about paying an extra 50p on your landline (if you still have one) to improve broadband across the country? And would that investment be enough when many people don鈥檛 yet own a computer?

3 hours

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  • Tue 23 Mar 2010 09:00