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The personal library – which includes several albums with the Princess’s name scrawled in pen on them – contains a variety from Bob Dylan’s Hard Rain to several Beethoven classics. It also includes country and western legend John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High and The Eagles’ Greatest Hits.   The late princess had personally signed the collection [...]

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Sharlotte Hydorn, a retired science teacher, pleaded guilty in December to a federal charge of failing to file income tax returns from 2007 through 2010, a period during which investigators said at least seven customers used her kits to kill themselves. Prosecutors said Ms Hydorn sold about 1,300 of the do-it-yourself asphyxiation hoods during those [...]

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Seven Up! first hit the screens in May 1964, and was intended as a one-off programme, a snapshot of the British class system and the way it conditioned so much of life. Tim Hewat, the Australian founding editor of World in Action, had the idea for the programme, and took as its starting point the [...]

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As she clutches her newborn baby Paula Lackie has more reason than most new mums to feel euphoric. After more than two decades of trying 7lb Isla is a ‘little miracle’ who has defied doctors’ by becoming Paula’s first child. The proud mother, who is now 43, was just 21-years-old when doctors shattered her dreams [...]

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The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne last night backed the Daily Mail’s campaign for an automatic block on online pornography. Sara Payne said she feared easy access to hardcore images on the web could encourage perverts to turn their fantasies into reality. The campaigner, whose eight-year-old daughter was abducted and killed by paedophile Roy [...]

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Most kids suffering leukemia dream of going to Disneyland or meeting their favourite pop star as they near the end, but not Evan Lacks. The brave eight-year-old from Texas just wanted to blow something up. Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Evan, who has battled the illness for half of his life, got to join the [...]

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A British family who lived in the overseas territory of Bermuda for 20 years were ordered to leave because its government is clamping down on immigrants from the UK. Stephen and Kirsty Tomlinson and their two children were given barely a month to get off the North Atlantic island after his workplace burned down. Now [...]

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The sight of David Cameron weighing into the “internet porn filters” debate – in a move nicely timed to distract the Conservative press from the uncomfortable news of Tory councillors losing seats by the score – isn’t exactly one to fill the more web-savvy with confidence. Let’s point out first that we’ve been here before, [...]

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The parents of a toddler who died in a day home mystery have spoken of their pride after their young daughters organs have since been used to give life to four children. Mackenzy Woolfsmith was rushed from a day home on Elgin Heath S.E. in Calgary last Wednesday after reports she had fallen down the [...]

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Thousands of pills filled with powdered human flesh have been discovered by customs officials in South Korea, it was revealed today. The capsules are in demand because they are viewed as being a medicinal ‘cure-all’. The grim trade is being run from China where corrupt medical staff are said to be tipping off medical companies [...]

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A last-minute change of plan meant that Sergeant Tim Goldsmith was home in time to see his son being born. Not only that, but he would be the one to deliver his newborn in a cramped bathroom at his wife’s parent’s barn in Cass County, Kansas. On Friday night, the 25-year-old arrived back from deployment [...]

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A father-of-two is lucky to be alive after he was shot through the neck with an arrow as he went for a walk in a park in Russia. Konstantine Myakush, 38, was on a family outing with his two daughters near a sports centre in Moscow when he was struck by the stray 20-inch-long arrow. [...]

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A shop assistant who broke his arm chasing after a thief, has said he was ‘blessed’  to have been injured – after a scan of his injury revealed he had cancer. Shop assistant Paul Ford, 50, grabbed the man’s legs to stop him getting away with a pair of sunglasses from a duty free store [...]

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South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled drug capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies, which some people believe can cure disease. The capsules were made in north-east China from babies whose bodies were chopped into small pieces and dried on stoves before being turned into powder, the Korean customs service said. Officials refused [...]

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Teenagers will soon be sucked into school gymnasia. Helpless parents will look at their watches at home and wonder. Teachers will open papers and nod wisely: “As I expected…” Outside an indifferent natural world will flourish in the sunshine. Swallows will swoop and scream. The exam season will have arrived.   Anyone who has taken [...]

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The six-year-old daughter of supermodel Natalia Vodianova has landed her first modelling job. Neva, who is the second of the Russian-born beauty’s three children with ex-husband Justin Portman, poses in a red dress for childrenswear label Caramel Baby and Child. She follows in the footsteps of Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia, ten, who shot her first [...]

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Mitt Romney has added twin boys to his brood of grandchildren – thanks, controversially, to a surrogate mother. The presumptive Republican presidential candidate’s eldest son, Tagg, welcomed twin sons to the world on Friday, describing the happy news as ‘a miracle’ on Twitter. Uploading a photograph of himself cradling one of the newborns, Tagg tweeted [...]

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After housewife Avril Keys has washed, dressed and fed her three children then dropped them off at school and nursery, she uploads a picture of what she wore to take them there. Photos of her in outfits like a brightly coloured shirt over a pair of skinny trousers and practical flat pumps — always from [...]

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In her role as Bianca Butcher in EastEnders, we’re used to seeing Patsy Palmer covered up in tracksuits and her signature quilted jacket. But as she takes a six month break from the show, the actress is a world away from her character’s depressed life and wardrobe as she soaks up the sun in the [...]

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Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study. ‘The rates are very, very low,’ said Dr. Mark Holbreich, the study’s lead author. ‘So there’s something that we feel [...]

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Sitting on a Winnie The Pooh blanket, a baby girl waves her chubby arms with joy as she attempts to stack up some wooden bricks, chuckling each time they fall down. At less than a year, she would be the perfect child for any couple unable to have a baby of their own. You would [...]

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Jack Osbourne and his fiancé Lisa Stelly were overjoyed to welcome their first child into the world two weeks ago. And now the delighted new parents have shared the first public photo of the tot. The couple can be seen with their arms around  Sharon Osbourne as she cradles her new granddaughter, Pearl. The touching [...]

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Prescriptions for ‘chemical cosh’ drugs to treat hyperactivity have soared four-fold in a decade amid evidence that children as young as three are taking the medication. The number of prescriptions for Ritalin leapt from 158,000 in 1999 to 661,463 in 2010, NHS figures have revealed. Psychologists said they were seeing a sharp rise in the [...]

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Two months before the death of the Princess of Wales, Prince Charles decided it was time to tell his boys about the woman he loved. He sat them down together and tried to explain how Camilla Parker Bowles had re-entered his life — after a youthful love affair — and made him deeply happy. When [...]

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Charity The Fostering Network has warned that the UK needs an estimated 8,750 more foster carers to head off a foster care crisis. Clare Marshall, who went through more than 40 different foster homes between the age of two and seven, says it was a “difficult and lonely time”. “All I wanted was a family [...]

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Kate and Gerry McCann declared they will never give up their search for their missing daughter Madeleine as they took part in a 10-kilometre charity run. Just three days after the fifth anniversary of Maddie’s abduction, the couple took part at the busy Liverpool event for the first time. Kate, 44, wore a white vest with [...]

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They say being a bride and becoming a mother are two of the best days in a woman’s life. And Danielle Clewlow managed to achieve both in one day, when just after saying her vows, she gave birth to a bouncing 7Ib 7oz baby boy. Incredibly, just-married Danielle and her new husband Aaron, 25, even [...]

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Seven-week-old Kodi Sarah Wall was placed in an ‘unsafe sleeping environment,’ a pathologist told an inquest at Barrow, Cumbria. The coroner warned parents that a settee was a ‘very unsafe’ place for babies to sleep. Kodi’s mum, Samantha Louise Wall, put her to sleep on the living room settee, on top of a cushion resting [...]

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In 1965 The Beatles played Shea Stadium, Malcolm X was assassinated and Goldfinger had just hit screens across the country. It was also the year when 13-year-old Jeff Cokeley discovered an eastern box turtle in his backyard, carved his initials and the year onto its shell and then let the creature go. Flash forward 47 [...]

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The 54 year-old, who celebrated his birthday last week, lost his footing as he walked along the cliffs at Mullion, Cornwall, with his 44 year-old wife Samantha and two children, 12, on Friday night.   It is thought Mr McCabe, who was holidaying in the area with a friend and their child, was trying to [...]

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The river takes its time to meander through a wooded valley. You’ll want to, too, as you wind gently along its banks, crossing the water by this famed Exmoor monument. The River Barle is knee-deep to a toddler, every shining blue-grey stone visible on its bed. Children scout in the shallows for sticklebacks and splash [...]

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A teenage girl has died at a campsite and three other people have been taken to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. West Mercia Police said officers were called to the site in Bucknell, South Shropshire, by the ambulance service at around 10am today. Detective Inspector Gavin Kinrade said: “I can confirm that we are [...]

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My daughter Tatum reminds me of a jungle cat, graceful, commanding, and yet always wary. We had once been close, but Tatum did not take well to the arrival of Farrah Fawcett in my life. By 1984, the situation with my daughter is tentative at best. She’s dating tennis bad boy John McEnroe, but it [...]

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In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Mr Oliver, alongside leading health figures, call on him to introduce a minimum 24 hours of practical cooking lessons and food education for all pupils aged four to 14. The group laments that the “pride” of hosting the Olympic Games has been “tainted by the shameful fact [...]

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The children of a soldier killed by enemy mortar fire in Afghanistan have paid a touching tribute to their father saying: “We wish yesterday had never happened.” Corporal Andrew Roberts, 32, died on Friday alongside Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi in the northern part of Nahr-e-Saraj district in Helmand province. Friends and relatives hailed their bravery [...]

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Middle-class children hear 33 million words by the time they start school – 23 million more than poorer children of the same age, a Government adviser has revealed. A collapse in parenting skills in poor homes with unstable families blights a child’s prospects by the time they are three-years-old, according to the Government’s adviser on [...]

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India Hicks, granddaughter of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and second cousin to the Prince of Wales, sees herself as a free spirit. Her ancestry and accent may suggest the grouse moor – her mother is Lady Pamela Mountbatten and her late father David Hicks, the interior designer – but she lives “on a rock in [...]

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I would really appreciate your advice. My Dad is 68, fit, active, young at heart and retired. He and Mum were childhood sweethearts and have been married for 47 years. They are totally different people. Mum prefers a quiet life with family while Dad has always been far more sociable and now likes to get [...]

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My mother is a bully. Every time I see her she is at best condescending, at worst appallingly rude. I am often upset for days afterwards. I keep thinking she might change, but she won’t. My husband says I should consider stopping seeing her. This breaks my heart, but seeing her is breaking it, too. [...]

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A former English Ballet dancer has been charged with fraud after allegedly fooling dozens of children into believing they will perform at the Olympics. Stephen Moonesamy was charged with four counts of fraud by false representation after he was arrested on Friday. The alleged scam involved 75 children from three different schools who were led [...]

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A teacher spun a deceitful web of lies, including pretending her young son was dying from cancer, just to get paid leave from her school. Kelly Baker, 31, said the three-year-old had fallen into a coma, and pretended her father had died, as well as inventing 13 fake health problems. Using her computer at home, [...]

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The miniscule foot of baby Carolina Terzis – who miraculously survived being born four months premature – is dwarfed by the palm of an adult. The tiny infant is thought to be Brazil’s smallest surviving baby, weighing just 12oz and measuring only 27cm tall. Her mum Alexandra, 32, who gave birth in November five months [...]

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Social networking sites and celebrities are creating a generation of ‘mean girls’, a leading public school headmistress has warned. In a fierce attack, Dr Helen Wright  said sites such as Facebook encouraged teenagers to believe ‘bitching is good’. She added: ‘They’re far more used to defriending friends online rather than befriending them in reality. If [...]

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At first I thought the words were aimed at someone else. ‘Selfish cow,’ said the young woman heading towards me and pushing a pram. Then I realised there was no one else around us in beautiful Roundhay Park, Leeds, where I was jogging that afternoon. She was talking to me, but surely I’d misheard. ‘You [...]

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Just when it seemed as though the trend for glamping, with its four-poster beds and ensuite bathrooms, had sucked every last frisson of adventure out of sleeping in the wild, an activity centre in Bavaria is taking camping to new heights – literally. Using equipment developed by climbers for overnighting on sheer rock faces, the [...]

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I get back from Dubai and pop over to see the kids. I’d found an amazing candy store out there and bought them loads of strange sweets and chocolates that you can’t get in the UK. We then headed out for supper, the children both sucking on giant Willy Wonka gobstoppers. Since it is nearly [...]

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The dilemma My best friend is pregnant with her second child. I am godmother to her first child, a girl, and she has asked me to be the new baby’s godmother, which I treat very seriously. My friend said the reason she was asking me was because she sees all I do for my goddaughter [...]

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Fertility treatment increases the risk of birth defects in babies, according to the largest scientific study of its kind. Babies conceived by assisted techniques are at least one-third more likely to suffer from congenital problems than those conceived naturally, the new research has found. Birth defects including heart, spinal and urinary tract problems, limb abnormalities [...]

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Last month a woman named Anne Cox received the following message on Twitter: “I hope you die because you are a bitch.” This particular troll also tweeted that Cox has “big boobs and a big bottom she looks like a bitch”. The absence of a comma is the least troubling aspect of that message, but [...]

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Parents believe they are more involved in their children’s education than their own parents were – and that children now have more opportunities in school, suggests a survey. The survey for the National Association of Head Teachers looked at how parents viewed their children’s schooling. Almost three quarters believed they were more engaged with their [...]

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