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Anyone who remembers Pulling, the fabulous and fabulously filthy comedy that Sharon Horgan co-wrote and starred in (and which was criminally not recommissioned by some eeeediot at the BBC), might be surprised by this. How to be a Good Mother with Sharon Horgan (Channel 4)? Really? Isn’t that a bit like How to be Sober [...]

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A pregnant security worker who tried to steal a television during rioting in Croydon was spared jail today. Laura Foley, 22, admitted taking the flatscreen TV from outside a branch of Argos shortly after helping a terrified mother and baby escape the mob. Judge Roger Chapple at Inner London crown court said the offence was [...]

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A mother has told how her daughter was left unconscious after a hospital issued medicine that was incorrectly labelled. Three-year-old Ruby Plummer was diagnosed with epilepsy last March, a condition which affects the brain and causes seizures. The youngster was prescribed buccal midazolam, a muscle relaxant which is rubbed into the gums and used to [...]

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A natural chemical known as the ‘cuddle hormone’ makes people kinder and could help millions suffering from psychiatric disorders such as autism, say scientists. Researchers found that women with higher levels of oxytocin – a hormone produced in the brain – were more affectionate towards their babies. Meanwhile another study found participants who were given [...]

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The crush developed early on Tuesday after security guards at the South African university opened a small gate to admit applicants through the university clearing system. As students and their parents pushed to get through the gate, some fell to the ground and were trampled while others were forced against the sharp metal fencing. One [...]

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A mother accused of murdering three of her daughters and her husband’s first wife in an honour killing broke down in tears while testifying today in an Ontario court. Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, is accused of conspiring with her husband, Mohammad Shafia, 58, and their eldest son, Hamed, 21, of running one of their family [...]

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A mother who stole over £76,000 from her employers after becoming addicted to online bingo has been jailed for 16 months. Lucienne Mainey became addicted to online gambling after her marriage collapsed, a court heard yesterday. A trusted member of staff, the 41-year-old began stealing money from the company as her addiction got worse. via [...]

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A mother-of-two has told how her husband’s illness motivated her to lose 11-stone in six months. Tabby Shaw, 40, tipped the scales at 20 stone but when her partner John was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes she decided to tackle her life-long weight problem. In a bid to avoid developing the same condition as her [...]

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When I was in my early 20s, my mother told me she wanted to kill herself when she reached the age of 70. She was completely calm as she explained her decision. By contrast I sat on the floor of my flat, shaking. Ignoring my distress, my mother continued to discuss her plan to commit [...]

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People value their holidays, but one woman resorted to extreme measures to ensure that hers would last a bit longer. Joan Barnett, who works at the Manhattan High School of Hospitality Management, weaved an elaborate lie that her daughter died of a heart attack in Costa Rica so she could get an additional week off [...]

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A young ‘miracle’ mother claims a two-month NHS delay in approving specialist cancer treatment has left her facing death and unable to beat the disease. Kerry Dunn, 46, asked her local Primary Care Trust to fund £18,000 Cyberknife radiotherapy treatment in October to help battle cancer in her mesentery tissue. But the mother-of-one, who gave [...]

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The mother of the teenage girl whose body is feared to be the one discovered on the Queen’s estate in Norfolk this week has spoken for the first time – and told of her guilt. A tearful Anzela Dmitrijeva, whose daughter Alisa, 17, went missing in August, told how she had quit poverty in Latvia [...]

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The dilemma I am 27, and it feels childish to admit, but I am still afraid of the dark. I am a very confident and assertive woman who has no problem walking home alone at night, but when I am in my room at night, I feel reduced to the state of a child. My mind [...]

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“Three million people saw your bottom!” So ran the shocked letter I received in the late 1960s after I had presented Late Night Line-Up wearing a daringly short skirt. Back then, minis were still news: Jean Shrimpton had recently caused an international storm by wearing one at the Melbourne races in Australia. Certainly, no women [...]

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A friend asked me years ago, when Tony Blair was in his first term and the Macpherson inquiry was lumbering on and on and Doreen Lawrence’s angry, focused face was in the Evening Standard day after day, what I would do if someone cut my son down in the street and killed him, whooping with [...]

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A young mother returned home with her baby boy yesterday just 13 days after a nightmare labour which put her into a coma. Fiona Moore had two heart attacks and lost 14 pints of blood while giving birth to her second child. During the delivery, she fell into a coma which lasted two days, while [...]

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High on the sheep-speckled downs that rise up behind our Cotswolds village is an old hill fort, from whose green ramparts you can see across four counties on a clear day. It’s the perfect place to walk off a spell of festive over-indulgence, and a favourite place for us to head with family or friends. [...]

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When Gaby Hinsliff resigned as political editor of The Observer in 2009 many at the newspaper were very surprised. Of course she had a toddler at home and a working husband but couldn’t she stagger on regardless like everyone else? Yes, she explained in her swansong article, she could. But she didn’t want to. Leaving [...]

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She’s been with her handsome boyfriend for almost a year now and things are going well, if their New year’s trip to Mauritius is anything to go by. But Pixie Lott has revealed that although she is very happy with model Oliver Cheshire – there’s a red-headed young royal that has also caught her eye. [...]

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Every week day after school, Nathan grabs a quick supper and then completes two hours of demanding piano and violin practice, followed by at least another two hours of homework. Television and play dates are both outlawed during term-time; it is simply too difficult to fit them in. Nathan is ten-years-old. He is polite, articulate, [...]

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n Christmas Day, 18-year-old Sarah McKinley lost her husband to lung cancer, leaving her the sole caregiver to their three-month-old son. On New Year’s Eve, the Oklahoma mother proved she was anything but defenceless after she shot and killed an intruder breaking into her home. Two men tried breaking into Ms McKinley’s house, one armed [...]

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On the outskirts of Bristol, set back from a wide road, half hidden by a high hedge, Naomi House looks like any other house – and to neighbours and passers-by that’s all it is. Step inside, though, and it’s clear this is no ordinary home. The first room on the right is neither a front [...]

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A mother of three has created a wristband to help children find their parents when they get lost. Now Claire Bardner hopes her award-winning invention will become a high street hit. It can store up to five telephone numbers, each accessed by pressing a button. When a button is pressed the number flashes up so [...]

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A young mother, Kirsty Treloar, was dragged from her family home and allegedly murdered by a jilted boyfriend who was last night being sought by police.

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A voice was apparently heard pleading for mercy before a young mother was kidnapped from her home and killed.

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French women are tougher on their children who have fewer tantrums than British and American youngsters, according to a new book.

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The mother of a young boy whose organs saved the life of five people has backed an appeal for more members of the public to sign up to the organ donation register.

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Penny Smith remembers flushing her sports pants down the loo and hanging out with the bad-girl outlaws

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World’s heaviest mother reveals painful journey from 600lbs and fat fetish videos to her new healthier life

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Mark was in Barbados, Carol was skiing. Only the intervention of her housekeeper saved Thatcher from spending Christmas alone

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This is hard to write, as I have so much I want to say.

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Children who have a poor emotional relationship with their mother are more than twice as likely to become obese, research claims.

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Housewife acts after burglar holds machete over her terrified son’s hand
Mother praised in court for her ‘bravery’

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Mother-of-five loses presents for her children after loading them into the WRONG car

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Mother, 35, and daughter, 17, give birth to boys six hours apart in same hospital with same doctor’s help

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The ghost of Christmas 100 years past arrived early for a County Down man when he discovered the Santa letter his late mother wrote when she was a girl.

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As new statistics reveal the pressure work puts on family life, Femail investigates…

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The lives of three women have been saved by organ donations from an aspiring architect who was stabbed to death after he asked a gang to stop throwing conkers at him.

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Girl was taken to hospital with suspected fracture to her eye socket following attack
‘Out of control’ two-year-old is nicknamed ‘Chucky’ after violent doll from the film Child’s Play
Parents demand nursery expels ‘out-of-control’ girl after she ‘attacks 10 other children’

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This is the touching image of a young boy with his mother whose life he managed to save while he was still in the womb.

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A mother from Enfield who devotes her time to helping young people find a way out of gang culture has been honoured with an award.

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It sounds like the most unlikely thing to take place in a family home, but new research has shown that more and more single mothers are supplementing their income by operating phone sex lines. Now three women have revealed exactly why they decided to take on such work. They told Good Morning America how they [...]

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An evergreen pensinoer has defied the odds to celebrate her 105th birthday – despite only being given 12 hours to live when she was born in 1906.

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Two years ago she was written off by social workers as ‘too dumb’ to marry, let alone become a mother.

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When Dee Lazarou went into labour early at home, she knew the risks of having a home delivery.

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A young mother collapsed and died of a blood clot just days after giving birth – because doctors refused to send her for a scan at a weekend.

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A 29-year-old new mum died from a blood clot hours after her GP told her she had cramps in her leg and gave her painkillers, an inquest has heard

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Most women who are told they look like a celebrity would feel rather flattered.

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Court told that accused was making toast at the time of murder

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One in four with paracetamol-induced liver damage have taken a ‘staggered overdose’
Desiree had emergency liver transplant to try and save her but her body rejected the organ

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