andrine killed herselfjust before her 18th birthday.ntacted by some norwegian journalists. i got a text message that they were working with a project about youths and suicides and social media's impact on this, and in their research andrine‘s name often comes up. i did a report a year ago in a small community in norway where three young girls, 15 and 16—year—olds, had killed themselves within a short period of time. and it turned out that one of these girls had been on instagram and had a secret account sharing self— harm and suicidal thoughts. annemarte started researching this instagram community — this network of hundreds of locked accounts posting often disturbing content. her team discovered at least 1a other suicides linked to the community. then we started calling, phoning, talking to all the families to confirm the suicides, and that's when i got hold of andrine's mother, and she said after talking to me for, i think, a couple of times, she said, "well, i've actually got her mobile. it's in the hallway in a cardboard box. it cam

andrine's mobile phone had been unopened since her death. she found a secret locked instagram account where andrine had documented her struggles with mental health problems, self harming, and finally her suicide. the hardest thing was that she had documented her last days, her last hours. it was almost like she was streaming her death. so this is our investigation room... heidi learned about the account from norwegian journalists investigating suicide and self—harm communities on instagram. she let the investigation tea m instagram. she let the investigation team use the phone to go through andrine's followers, and in turn their followers. they found connections to 1000 locked secret accou nts connections to 1000 locked secret a ccou nts a cross connections to 1000 locked secret accounts across 20 countries, all posting similar often disturbing content. among them at least 1a other suicides in norway alone. journalist annemarte moland says these sort of networks reward harmful behaviour. the average age is 19. they are often in and out of ho

heidi thinks her daughter andrine was pushed to greater extremes by instagram.how active she was on that instagram community, i realized that... ..instagram basically took my daughter's life. that's what i feel. if she didn't have instagram, she would have sought more help in real life. instagram technically doesn't allow images that promote self—harm or suicide. this year, it's completely banned all graphic self—harm posts, but their computers can't catch everything. some images are missed. some people now post more abstract pictures to represent their suicide attempts. so these are from just the last week and a half. these are all posts from suicidal girls, either very strong suicidal thoughts or actual suicide attempts. it's 48 of them. from your time inside the network, how does the way instagram works, its algorithms push this kind of content towards people? we've seen, injust the past few weeks, we've been able to see how norwegian girls who have tried to kill themselves and posting it on instagram, in the same day are being recommended to other girls on t

heidi now wishes she had talked to andrine more about her instagram life.you are affected by anything in that report, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support. there is information at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time, to hear recorded information — 0800 066 066. scientists say a do—it—yourself test could revolutionise screening for cervical cancer, which is at a 21 year low. women could carry out a urine or swab test at home and send the sample by post for analysis, saving them a trip to the gp‘s surgery. our health reporter michelle roberts has the details: smear tests can be life—saving but millions of women are not going for them. women aged 25 to 64 in the uk are invited for checks, but the numbers taking up the offer of falling. figures suggest one in four women did not attend a smear test when invited. experts say it could be down to embarrassment, lack of awareness of awareness of people putting it up. researchers say a new form of test carried out by women themselves at home could get more women

heidi now wishes she had talked to andrine more about her instagram life.ndergone a lot of changes in that time and its latest upgrade should ensure its light is clearer than ever. the old revolving lamp is being replaced by a powerful led light. anna varle reports newsreel: treacherous currents flow around the coast and a friendly lighthouse on portland bill warns passing mariners of their danger. many boats and lives have been lost on this stretch of coastline. these waters hide shallow reefs, deep ledges and a clashing of tides. it‘s so hazardous, lighthouses have stood here to guide ships around the bill since the 18th century. and now, this historic landmark is undergoing a major change once more. the main optic will be brought down from the top. we will be craning it down when weather permits. and it will be built up as an exhibit for visitors to come and see. the tower is currently closed to visitors, but we‘ve been given special access to see how it‘s being brought into the 21st century. it‘s hard to believe that this old lamp — there are bits of it

welcome to equal india and some of the rug coming to you from mumbai today we'll take a closer look at andrine cover in our cities and in the countryside the city of mumbai has lost 60 percent of its screen cover over the last 40 years most of the city has now been peeved and concretized by policy makers try to find the middle ground in the environment was his development to be to india a popular japanese technique of growing forests is providing a stopgap solution let's see how feasible it is for a city like mumbai. a. unique union. it is almost impossible to believe that this 4 acre land called the lungs of thought up world was once an industrial dumping ground. transformation took just 3 years. yes. this used to be an extremely unhygenic talk to players and there was always a stench from all the garbage dump including plastic of rubber and bags of chemicals we could not be allowed to be here were going to as well as other. yes the 25 feet tall man made politest is now home to over 30000 trees of 38 with idees and several species of birds reptiles and subsoil creatures see just 100 kilometer