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February 2016 www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk 1 2 www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk February 2016 Editor Gary Skentelbery Production Paul Walker Editor’s Comment Advertising AFTER my glowing comments about Warrington’s Mayor Geoff James Balme Settle in our last issue it came as a complete shock to hear he Freephone had been de-selected for the forthcoming elections this May! councillors purely on the basis of 0800 955 5247 Whatever your political opinions he is more than happy to leave the their gender. 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From 2.30pm Tuesday to Thursday The publishers are not liable for local news any statement made or opinion Fresh Tasty Homecooked Food expressed by third parties in this and sports publication. 8 Bold Street, Warrington Printed by TwentyFourSeven Tel 01925 654000 7 days a week! www.shellysrestaurant.eu February 2016 www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk 3 Grieving dad’s tragic journey GRIEVING dad Adrian Derbyshire is preparing to embark on “I am now left wondering if I “I can certainly tell any young the most difficult journey of his life following the tragic death could have done more to help as person out there, there is nothing of his teenage daughter. a father and through mental health beautiful about self-harming and Julia Derbyshire was just 16 a secret life – with hidden phones services and school etc. She was taking your own life,” added when Adrian found her body at the and a false identity as a member clearly deeply troubled due to an Adrian. family home in Warrington. of website groups which promoted abusive and neglectful past. I keep “I now plan to keep Julia’s name He desperately battled to save teenage self-harming and suicide asking the question was she let alive raising awareness about the her life with CPR, trying to start her and glorifying a “beautiful death.” down?” problems of teen self-harming and heart again until the emergency This secret life only became Now, despite, questioning his suicides and providing support for services arrived. But after five apparent when he looked through own mortality, Adrian has made families who have gone through days in hospital on a life support her things following her death. the difficult decision to continue something like this, as from my machine, Adrian had to make the Through the Internet via phones on his anti-hate and anti-bullying own experiences there is certainly heart-breaking decision for it to be and computers she had access to campaign and will include a lack of a support network due to switched off. graphic and disturbing pro self- his daughter’s name in a new the pressures teens face online. “The lack of oxygen to her brain harm and pro-anorexia websites campaign attached to his own For more information about meant she would have had no and materials. charity which he was in the process Adrian’s work visit www. meaningful life,” said Adrian, who Adrian said: “If as a trained of setting up. adrianderbyshire.co.uk suffers from an inoperable brain counsellor and ambassador for tumour and relies on a wheelchair anti-stigma, bullying and hate to get about. crime I was unaware of what was The irony of the situation was going on, what chance have other that Adrian, who battled on with parents got? his disability to become a medal “Even though I tried to prohibit winning Great Britain swordsman, unsuitable use of the internet she has dedicated his life to speaking was able to access these through to more than 58,000 children and other sources such as friends. young people in schools and over “She was able to talk with 100,000 in communities around and ‘meet’ strangers online who the UK as an anti-hate, stigma and encouraged her to self-harm without anti-bullying campaigner, with Julia thinking of the consequences. I also joining him on many occasions, discovered Keyboard Warriors’ helping spread the message to help and ‘Trolls’ who criticised her save young lives. online. Adrian was aware his daughter “Through social media she was had suffered years of abuse during able to create an online persona her formative years in America who she created to be a ‘bad’ girl and was eventually successful but then felt the pressure of living in bringing her “back home to up to that in reality. Warrington” where she had “She didn’t talk to anyone appeared to have settled during the or utilise the services she had past 18 months. available to her so no one was able But unknown to Adrian, Julia had to help her. 4 www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk February 2016 Michael Hello and welcome to my Mahoney is monthly column . a Clinical Hypnotherapist. He has research, and patient trials experience. 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