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A bereaved mother who is campaigning for an amendment to the government's Data Bill has said she will not stop until she understands why her son took his own life.Ellen Roome's 14-year-old son Jools ...
Ellen Roome, 48, has been left not knowing why her son Jools Sweeney died for years, after she found his body in his room on 13 April 2022, having spoken with him on the phone earlier in the ...
Ellen Roome has been asking for access to Jools' social media accounts since he took his own life in April 2022 A bereaved mother has said getting more rights for parents would take her one step ...
A grieving mother whose teenage son died by suicide is urging social media companies to release children's data to bereaved ...
Jools's inquest was by then closed. Ms Roome is preparing a case to go to the High Court to get a fresh inquest and is crowdfunding the £86,000 cost to find answers. The government issued a ...
Ellen Roome, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, has been fighting for a change in law since her 14-year-old son, Jools Sweeney, took his own life in April 2022. Ms Roome believes his death could ...
Ellen Roome found the body of her son Jools Sweeney in his room on 13 April 2022, having spoken with him on the phone earlier in the evening when he told her he had been playing football with his ...
Ellen Roome, from Cheltenham, believes her 14-year-old son Jools died after an online challenge went wrong and his social media accounts could provide the evidence needed. She has been campaigning ...
Jools Sweeney with his mum Ellen Roome (Ellen Roome/PA) Social media firms should be required to hand over children’s data to bereaved parents “now, before its too late”, a mother has urged.