7 h. ago Fiona Phillips thanks fans for supporting Alzheimer's memoir in rare message

Fiona Phillips released her memoir Remember When: My Life with Alzheimer's in June.

Politics

1 week ago A baby born to a brain dead mother: this is the horror of abortion bans | Moira Donegan

Adriana Smith was legally dead for months, but kept on life support in Atlanta because she was pregnantOn Friday 13 June, a baby was born in an Atlanta hospital to a woman who had been dead for four months. Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Black nurse and mother, was declared brain dead in February after blood clots formed in her brain. Legally, and by all meaningful measures, she was dead then: the woman who loved her family, laughed with her friends, comforted her son, helped her colleagues and cared for her patients was gone then, and was never coming back. But the state of Georgia, and the administrators of the hospital where she was declared dead, kept her corpse in a state of artificial animation for months. That’s because when Smith went to the hospital in February complaining of a headache, and later became unresponsive, she was about eight weeks pregnant. According to her family, doctors at Emory hospital, in Georgia, told the family that the state’s abortion ban required them ...

Events

2 w. ago How a skirt stored in a box solved horrific rape and murder of 75

Ryland Headley was 34 when he strangled 75-year-old widow Louisa Dunne at her home in Easton, Bristol, on June 28, 1967 before leading a double life that saw him dubbed "a family man"

Events

2 w. ago Review: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at Manchester Classical 2025

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra took to The Bridgewater Hall to perform songs of life, love and death on Saturday, June 28

Politics

2 w. ago Moths can 'target your clothes' if you fail to complete quick cleaning task

Summer months bring with them an increase in moth activity, especially during June and July, as warm weather speeds up their life cycle - but there's a way to keep them away

Events

3 w. ago A snapshot of Manchester life in June captured through the years in brilliant photos

Looking back at special moments in Manchester in June from the '60s to the '90s

Culture

3 w. ago Coronation Street fans 'work out' main suspects in Gary Windass attack after Nina Lucas' confession

His attacker is at large while he lies in a hospital bed fighting for his life, as seen during Friday night's (June 27) edition of the ITV soap

Events