BURNLEY was branded as a suicide capital of Britain in a shock report produced on behalf of the Government.
The town was found to be second only to London for the number of men taking their own lives.
Depression was also taking its toll in Pendle and Hyndburn which were also in the top ten for self-inflicted deaths.
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