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Archive | Just Mums
Bank of Mum and Dad keeps lending
Posted on 15 December 2011.
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The best thing my mum ever did was cancel Christmas
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Looking back, I couldn’t have been more than 14 when my mother announced that she was cancelling Christmas – or at least Christmas presents.
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Carla Bruni shows even ex-supermodels feel the strain of motherhood with first public appearance since giving birth
Posted on 15 December 2011.
She might well lead a charmed existence as a former successful supermodel who is now the first lady of France. But today Carla Bruni-Sarkozy proved she was just like every other new mother.
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Does your husband ever see you as truly sexy after having a baby?
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Philippa Mason recalls that it was a friend’s wife who broke the taboo. Her warning was as shocking as it was unequivocal:
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Mother who looted Argos with her baby in her arms during London riots spared jail
Posted on 15 December 2011.
A mother caught on video looting Argos while carrying her baby in her arms during the London riots walked free from court today.
2011 was another year of wacky celebrity baby names – but what ‘outrageous’ choices will stars make for 2012′s new arrivals?
Posted on 15 December 2011.
While 2011 has been yet another year of kooky celebrity monikers, it’s 2012′s most highly anticipated new year babies that are already getting name commentators excited.
‘I had no off button’: Mother who once ate ten chocolate bars in single sitting drops three dress sizes using only mind control
Posted on 13 December 2011.
Many of us over-indulge in the run-up to Christmas.
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Son faked his mother’s death to get time off
Posted on 12 December 2011.
A man published a fake obituary for his mother so that he could get paid time off work for his “bereavement”, police said
Mother stabbed to death ‘for asking neighbours to turn down music’
Posted on 12 December 2011.
Village in shock following party killing of Emma Jones
Hainey trial: Murder accused denies being ‘monster mum’
Posted on 10 December 2011.
A woman accused of murdering her 23-month-old son has told a trial she was not a “monster mother”.
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The earth mother of all neolithic discoveries
Posted on 10 December 2011.
French archaeologists have discovered an extremely rare example of a neolithic “earth mother” figurine on the banks of the river Somme.
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Toddler saved by ‘mother’s instinct’ after she was struck by drunk driver
Posted on 08 December 2011.
A mother has been left crippled after she fearlessly jumped in the path of a drunk driver to take the impact of an out-of-control car to save her young son’s life, a court heard.
Saved by mother’s instinct: As a drunk’s car sped at her two-year-old son, Yazmin leapt in its path. Now she is crippled for life… while the driver just got 18 months
Posted on 08 December 2011.
Faced with a drunk driver speeding towards her two-year-old son, Yazmin Henderson acted instinctively.
‘She can’t give me all the attention like she used to’
Posted on 07 December 2011.
Mother spends more time with £250 ‘baby’ doll than her own daughter
What’s that you say? Michele Bachmann left speechless when eight-year-old boy says to her
Posted on 07 December 2011.
‘My mommy’s gay but she doesn’t need fixing’
Anna Friel: ‘My daughter didn’t ask to be from a broken home’
Posted on 07 December 2011.
Actress Anna Friel on her complex family life, boyfriend Rhys Ifans, broodiness and her gritty new TV drama.
Woman ‘kept away from dying mother’ in Leeds care home
Posted on 06 December 2011.
A council and NHS trust have apologised and paid £5,000 compensation to a woman after they were found to have wrongly kept her from seeing her dying mother.
Pixel appeal for cancer mother
Posted on 06 December 2011.
A Londoner who made a fortune selling pixels on a web page has launched a unique site for his terminally ill cousin, a mother of six.
Muggers snatched £250,000 diamond ring from mother as six-year-old daughter watched
Posted on 06 December 2011.
Muggers wrenched a Graff diamond ring worth £250,000 from a woman’s finger as they attacked her in front of her horrified six-year old daughter and her friend, police say.
Our children will have worse lives than we do
Posted on 05 December 2011.
Fear of millions of Britons who believe standard of living is falling
Do your duty for Gary and Britain
Posted on 05 December 2011.
A passionate plea to MPs from mother of Asperger’s victim Gary McKinnon as they vote on unfair extradition laws
Girl aged 10 brings her mother back to life thanks to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ techniques
Posted on 04 December 2011.
A 10-year-old girl brought her mother back to life after she blacked out and stopped breathing, using resuscitation techniques learned from watching Grey’s Anatomy.
Not Appy! Boy of seven runs up £1,300 bill using ‘free’ iPad app
Posted on 02 December 2011.
Mother: ‘It all happened over four days. Poor Jack was crying his eyes out because he didn’t realise he was doing anything wrong’
Youngster had been buying ‘in-app’ purchases
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‘I know my mum’s always right’
Posted on 02 December 2011.
Meet the woman behind Amy Childs’ success… her mother Julie
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Salons offer eyebrow plucking and even bikini waxing for girls as young as ELEVEN (and moms don’t seem to mind)
Posted on 02 December 2011.
Salons in New York and across the U.S. are finding a willing clientèle in little girls who have not yet even begun middle school.
Mother who juggles the school run with saving lives on the front line
Posted on 02 December 2011.
It’s your last chance to nominate someone for the Mail’s fifth Inspirational Women of the Year Awards, launched in association with Wellbeing of Women and Bhs. You have five more days in which to nominate a woman you believe deserves to be recognised. Here, Clare Goldwin talks to one of our nominees…
46% of Moms Don’t Let Their Children See Their Full Facebook Profile [STUDY]
Posted on 02 December 2011.
The oft-discussed dilemma of whether to share your Facebook profile with your mom often overlooks an important factor: Does she want to share hers with you?
‘Because I said so’: Modern mums impart exactly the same words of wisdom as their own mothers
Posted on 01 December 2011.
Survey reveals we’re repeating the well-worn phrases from our own childhood
Boy, 6, injured in explosion after mother takes him to work because of striking teachers
Posted on 01 December 2011.
A teacher and a six-year-old boy were today rushed to hospital after an explosion in a science lab at a school where staff were striking.
Jodie Kidd: I thought I’d slow down after becoming a mum, but now I’m hooked on carriage driving!
Posted on 01 December 2011.
Former model and Strictly contestant Jodie Kidd, 33, had her first baby, Indio, with her Argentine polo player boyfriend Andrea Vianini, 40 in September. They split their time between England and Uruguay. Here, she reveals a few of her favourite things…
How worn-out mothers kiss goodbye to romance!
Posted on 01 December 2011.
How worn-out mothers kiss goodbye to romance as one in three believe the man in their life no longer finds them attractive
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Mother and two babies have narrow escape after bin lorry topples over and crushes car
Posted on 30 November 2011.
A mother and two babies narrowly escaped being crushed after a bin lorry rounded a corner and toppled over onto parked cars.
Do you come Eyre often?
Posted on 29 November 2011.
Mum who lives the modern life dressed as Charlotte Bronte
Mother-of-two loses 5.5 stone in three months after being hypnotised into thinking she’d had gastric band surgery
Posted on 28 November 2011.
Those who don’t believe in the power of mind over matter should have a chat with super slimmer Sam Alderwish. For the mother-of-two claims her amazing five-and-a-half stone weight loss is down to her being hypnotised into believing she’d had a gastric band fitted. Now Sam is half the woman she used to be – [...]
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Large families ‘protect’ mother’s health
Posted on 28 November 2011.
Having four or more babies may be good for you, research has shown, as mothers of large families were less likely to die of a stroke. Despite the stresses involved with having a large family, a study has found, that four or more children might be good for women. Research involving 1300 women in California [...]
‘Best mum’ died in street mugging
Posted on 27 November 2011.
The family of a widow who died after muggers stole her handbag containing her husband’s ashes have said they had lost “the best mum in the world”.
‘Mummy’s still looking after me’
Posted on 26 November 2011.
When Gillian Lynne was 13, her mother was killed in a car crash. Remarkably, she turned a terrible loss into the catalyst for a hugely successful career in theatre, film and TV– and it was all inspired by her mother
‘He could have survived if he was properly strapped in’
Posted on 26 November 2011.
Mother killed 17-month-old son when she lost control of car
Mother’s letter to burglar: ‘you will see dark days’
Posted on 25 November 2011.
A young mother whose house was burgled has posted an open letter to the criminal telling them they deserve “sadness, misfortune and dark days” for the heartache they have caused. Angie Sowton, 33, was so “angry and upset” when her home was broken into and prized possessions stolen that she felt she had to somehow [...]
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Gary McKinnon’s mother wins prestigious accolade for tireless campaign to reform extradition laws
Posted on 24 November 2011.
The mother of Gary McKinnon last night won a prestigious award for her campaign to reform Britain’s extradition laws.
Mother guilty of killing burns girl
Posted on 23 November 2011.
The mother of a two-year-old girl who died of septic shock after suffering burns in a scalding hot shower has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Mummy’s boy! Cub lays on back of lioness after a hard day’s playing
Posted on 23 November 2011.
When you are feeling bushed after learning how to fight and fending for yourself all day there is only one person you turn to for comfort – your mother.
‘Mummy is in heaven’
Posted on 22 November 2011.
Reverend reveals heartbreaking words of boy, 3, whose mother was ‘murdered by her partner’
Flour power: Mother’s shock after toddlers cover the living room
Posted on 22 November 2011.
The ingredients sounded innocent enough – two toddlers aged one and three and a bag of flour. But it was a recipe for disaster.
Mother slammed for taking children to killer Raoul Moat’s funeral is banned from keeping animals after RSPCA find 24 cats in her squalid house
Posted on 22 November 2011.
A mother who took her children to the funeral of ‘hero’ Raoul Moat has been banned from having pets after she was caught keeping 24 cats in appalling conditions.
My career flourished when I had children
Posted on 20 November 2011.
BBC Breakfast presenter and mother of three Susanna Reid says she’s proof women can have it all
Incredible shrinking mum
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Gastric op woman’s photo diary reveals staggering 14st weight loss
Son describes moment he found his mother lying in pool of blood after ‘being tortured for her credit card pin’
Posted on 19 November 2011.
Georgina Edmonds, 77, was found in her kitchen by her son Harry
Mother-in-law’s revenge
Posted on 19 November 2011.
She sues former daughter-in-law who sold £190,000 Chinese vase she kept after divorce
Which child would I rescue first from a fire? I’d decide after saving the handbags
Posted on 19 November 2011.
My two eldest daughters have spent the week accusing me of loving their younger brother more than them. The duo, aged seven and nine, abandoned their constant bickering and bonded over their belief that the little fella is my favourite.
- Saif Mehmood: Baby born so small that midwives put him in sandwich bag to keep him warm | Mail Online
- Boy, 6, dumped in snow with no shoes by thieves who discovered him in the car they had just swiped | Mail Online
- He’s always first to the baaa! Pub takes in orphaned lamb after his mother dies giving birth | Mail Online
- Sharmila Kamaleswaran’s mother breaks down in tears as jury sees CCTV footage of Stockwell gun attack | Mail Online
- No place to go as cuts force mother-and-baby drug treatment centre to close | Society | guardian.co.uk
- Pageant mum Keetra Barnes has entered rival daughters into 70 beauty contests | Mail Online
- South Africa considers law banning sale of alcohol to pregnant women – Telegraph
- Tributes to boy who died in snow
- Chun Chun: 15.5 pound baby is biggest ever born in China | Mail Online
- Teacher who slept with 16 year-old spared jail – Telegraph
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