22 h. ago Abseiling tree surgeons reunite kestrel chicks with mum and dad after nest fall

'We've been up trees plenty of times to rescue cats, but we've never dealt with birds of prey before'

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4 d. ago Mum and daughter die in horror car crash as dad and sister remain in hospital

Six-year-old Ella and her mum Natalie, a well-known nurse, were killed in the collision with a van on Wednesday.

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7 d. ago Parents accused of murdering baby son 'smoked outside' as nurses battled to save him

The baby's dad Daniel Gunter, 27, and mum Sophie Staddon, 23, have been accused of his murder and causing or allowing his death.

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9 d. ago Mum says late son's last words were 'dad did this – he did it on purpose'

Claire Throssell's two young sons, Jack and Paul, were savagely murdered by their abusive dad, even though mum Claire had warned authorities her ex was dangerous

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1 week ago Brooklyn Beckham reaches out to family member in heartfelt post during 'family feud'

Brooklyn Beckham took to social media with a sweet message for dad David's mum Sandra on her special day, following his rumoured rift with the rest of the Beckhams

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1 week ago Glastonbury revellers to bombard mum and dad with nearly 40 filthy items on average

A 'wash pit' is being set up at a motorway service station popular with revellers returning from Glastonbury Festival to help ease the load on mum and dad and stave off the 'laundry apocalypse'

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1 week ago Brooklyn Beckham proves not all family ties have been severed as he wishes David's mum Sandra a happy birthday despite social media silence on his dad's 50th milestone amid feud

The son of David and Victoria, 26, took to his Instagram page to acknowledge the celebration despite his recent social media silence on his dad's 50th milestone last month.

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2 w. ago Girl, 8, orphaned after mum, dad and brother die in horror M5 motorway crash

Tributes were paid to 14-year-old Sebastian and his parents Swala Harding and Andy Moore after they were killed in a crash following a family holiday to Cornwall

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2 w. ago Girl, 8, orphaned as mum, dad and brother killed in car crash after holiday

The family of four were returning from a holiday when they were killed in a collision in May, but their eight-year-old daughter is now the lone survivor of the horrific crash

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3 w. ago Mum left dad and kids for Masai warrior but elephant jumping 'got on her nerves'

Cheryl Thomasgood left her husband and three children to follow her heart and move to Kenya with her Masai warrior husband, but now she says: "The biggest regret of all was the impact on my children"

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3 w. ago Two children orphaned as dad dies in Air India crash after scattering mum's ashes

Father-of-two Arjun Patolia was returning to London after scattering his late wife’s ashes. He was tragically confirmed among the 241 victims of the doomed Air India Flight 171.

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3 w. ago Two children orphaned after Air India plane crash kills dad scattering mum's ashes

Father-of-two Arjun Patolia was on his way back to London after scattering the ashes of his late wife - but was tragically confirmed as one of the 241 victims who perished on the doomed Air India flight 171

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3 w. ago Confessions of a Parent Killer review – a grisly tale of the murderer who lived with her mum and dad’s corpses

This look at Virginia McCullough tells a deeply strange story. Unfortunately, it also leaves the viewer in suspense about her motive for so long it feels horrifically manipulativeWell, what do you think a 90-minute documentary entitled Confessions of a Parent Killer is going to be about? That’s right, well done! It’s the story of a murder by an (adult) child of her parents. Virginia – Ginny – McCullough killed her mother, Lois, and father, John, and confessed immediately to police when they raided her home in 2023 that she had done so four years previously. The twist was that she had been living with their bodies ever since. “She was weird at school,” says a childhood friend. “But not ‘kill your parents and hide the bodies’ weird.”You can probably tell from such unimpeachably phlegmatic commentary that this case occurred in England. Great Baddow, Essex, to be exact, and the film paints a portrait of quintessential small-town, almost-rural life in these sceptred isles that has gone u...

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