60 minutes ago Cher, 78, announces retirement after 60 year career but will do one major thing first

Iconic singer Cher is ready to turn her back on music after over six decades in the industry after the release of her latest album

Politics

64 minutes ago Mothers demand action over 'boiling' maternity ward likened to 'scene from war movie' as babies go floppy, women faint and discharge themselves early

Among those raising concerns is Anna Clarkson (pictured), who described conditions at Homerton University Hospital as 'boiling' and 'like a scene from a war movie'.

Events

73 minutes ago How Labour's new green drive will cost you £32,000: JEFF PRESTRIDGE's guide reveals all

Homeowners are once again being encouraged to rip out their gas boilers and replace them with expensive heat pumps to help save the planet.

Economics

73 minutes ago Decorated West Lothian Paralympian Jim 'The Swim' inducted into Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

Jim Anderson, affectionately known as ‘Jim the Swim,’ is a celebrated Scottish former Paralympic swimmer whose remarkable career spanned two decades

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83 minutes ago The Taste of Mango review – powerful memoir of family secrets in Sri Lanka

Film-maker Chloe Abrahams combines documentary and memory in candid conversations with the women in her familyThe mango taste is bittersweet in this documentary-memoir of family pain and secrets from film-maker Chloe Abrahams. Using a small digital videocamera and her smartphone, Abrahams records intimate, candid conversations with her mother and grandmother, and the resulting movie is a lucid, emotionally honest account of trauma that lies beneath the smiles of family photos and wedding videos.Abrahams shows the crisis of loyalty and agony of an abusive marriage, but shows also how the generational trauma can be healed when the generations come together. It’s a quietly powerful film to put, perhaps, alongside Victoria Mapplebeck’s Motherboard or Lina Soualem’s Bye Bye Tiberias. Abraham...

Society

94 minutes ago Heartbreak as two baby elephants die at British zoo in devastating circumstances

A UK zoo has issued a devastating statement following the tragedy after the two seriously endangered Asian elephants lost their babies

Events

2 hours ago Single mother of teenagers, 43, says she is 'disgusted' with herself because she 'accidentally' slept with a 19

A woman revealed on British parenting platform Mumsnet, saying she was freaking out because she slept with a 19-year-old by mistake after invited people back to her house for drinks

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2 hours ago Carla Ward: ‘People hang on Emma Hayes’s every word, and rightly so – she’s the best’

The former Aston Villa manager on helping USA to Olympic glory, pushing herself to the limit and a return to the dugoutFully in “holiday mode”, Carla Ward had enjoyed a few drinks when the surprise phone call came from Emma Hayes. The USA head coach was asking her to come and work for her during a large sporting event taking place in France in July and August. “I’ll be really honest, I’d had a few glasses of wine or a few strawberry daiquiris, I can’t remember which, and I didn’t take it seriously,” the former Aston Villa manager recalls. “I was like: ‘I’ve got a holiday booked, let me see if I can change it.’ And my friend said: ‘What is wrong with you? This is the Olympics!’ – then it dropped in my brain. Emma meant: ‘Come to the Olympics.’”Ward is certainly glad she said yes. The 40-...

Events

2 hours ago Women on social media are horrified to hear 'almost all men' are guilty of revolting toilet habit

Tales of such disgusting discoveries abound on social media with wives, girlfriends sisters and mothers unearthing collections in bedrooms kept like an aristocrat's wine cellar.

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