19 minutes ago 'I refused to give up my train seat for tired mum with kids – my needs matter too'

Most trains offer priority seating to be given up for pregnant, elderly or disabled people - but one man still faced the wrath of a tired mother for sitting in a normal seat by the door

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33 minutes ago Mikel Arteta singles out Arsenal star after 'one of his best performances'

Arsenal thrashed Sporting Lisbon 5-1 on Tuesday to boost their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase, with Thomas Partey among their best performers

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35 minutes ago Ten years ago Ebola tore through Sierra Leone. Can a vaccine drive stop history repeating itself?

Memories of 2014, when the disease ravaged west Africa, are raw, while risk remains high. This week the first ever nationwide prevention programme begins – and doctors hope it will be enough to fend off another disasterOn a concrete platform set into a steep hill in a Freetown slum, Daddy Hassan Kamara points to the tin-roofed shack behind him. “I was living here with my father, mother, wife, brothers,” he says. “I lost all my relatives inside a month.”Ten years ago, the Ebola virus tore through west Africa, killing more than 11,000 people, including nearly 4,000 in Sierra Leone – around 40% of those infected in the country. When the outbreak began, there was no vaccine. Continue reading...

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39 minutes ago Ruth Langsford's real feelings about first single Christmas after revealing 'worst one' with ex Eamonn

As Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes navigate their increasingly messy divorce, the pair are preparing to spend their first Christmas apart after 14 years of marriage

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58 minutes ago Danny Jones' proud mother Kathy predicts McFly star will WIN I'm A Celeb as she reflects on his 'emotional rollercoaster' jungle experience so far

As Kathy touched down in the airport, she reflected on Danny's, 38, 'emotional rollercoaster' jungle experience so far.

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64 minutes ago 'I'm a health visitor – these simple mistakes could land your baby in A&E'

A health visitor over on TikTok revealed the most common accidents that land babies, toddlers and children in A&E – and some of them are very surprising

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70 minutes ago Mum kept baby a secret by hiding her in drawer for three years and 'starved her of love'

The child was found at a family home in Cheshire with matted hair, deformities and rashes, a court heard – the mother, who cannot be named, has been jailed for child cruelty

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77 minutes ago Stereophonics drummer Jamie Morrison hospitalised minutes before Nottingham gig

Morrision was playing with his other band, 86TVs, on Monday when the accident happened

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95 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...

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1 hour ago Health visitor says common accidents land children in A&E – but you can avoid them

Ruth Watts is a health visitor who is known for sharing handy advice online for parents. She recently revealed which common accidents could land children in A&E

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