33 h. ago Actor Alexandra Roach looks back: ‘I’m from a small town – when I snuck into a nightclub underage, 11 people told my dad’

The Utopia and No Offence star on channelling her righteous younger self, how she shakes off heavy roles, and her alter ego DJ DaveBorn in Ammanford, south Wales, in 1987, Alexandra Roach began her career in the S4C soap Pobol y Cwm, before training at Rada in London. Her first major role was as a young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady in 2011, and she has gone on to star in TV dramas including Utopia, No Offence, Hunderby and Being Human; she is currently staring in Amazon Prime Video’s series Lazarus. She lives in Bristol with her husband and daughter.This is me in my living room. I’m 12 years old and proudly holding a letter I’d written to the local town council. In it, I pleaded with them to do something radical for the sake of the youth of Ammanford: open a Claire’s Accessories. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Scottish woman 'faked entire pregnancy using bump and doll' before claiming her daughter had died

Kira Cousins is said to have pretended to have given birth to 'Bonnie-Leigh' earlier this month - but days later told the 'baby's' dad she had died when, in reality, there was no child.

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2 w. ago I thought an inheritance from my wealthy father would support me for life. But now, at 49, I'm renting and broke because he left his millions to his second wife...

My stepmother told me Dad had succumbed to a massive heart attack. Just as I was trying to come to terms with the loss of such a loved one, my grieving process was blind-sided by another blow...

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2 w. ago Ricky Hatton's son hopes family can 'start healing' after boxing legend's funeral

Campbell Hatton has told how his dad was 'the best of us'

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2 w. ago English Catholic school teacher who groomed and sexually assaulted three female pupils told one 'I'm old enough to be your dad'

Predatory Leo Norman, 46, sexually assaulted three teenage students over a five year period, inappropriately touching and 'caressing' them at their school.

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3 w. ago A mortifying moment at a family barbecue told a dad everything he needed to know

"I didn't want to become another statistic"

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3 w. ago After my parents divorced, my mum told me my dad had died at sea. 40 years later he messaged me on Facebook

In August last year, around midnight, Charlotte Vincent logged on to Facebook. Not someone who tends to check her 'spam' messages folder, she felt an inexplicable urge to open it.

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3 w. ago Gerry McCann reveals reasons family didn't do Madeleine DNA test at 'stalker' trial

Madeleine McCann's dad Gerry told a stalking trial today of three reasons why he and his wife Kate did not agree to a DNA test which Polish woman Julia Wandelt requested the family carry out

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4 w. ago Family told 'say goodbye' to dad fighting for life in Turkey after falling from scooter

"It’s so difficult, it’s soul destroying. I feel quite numb."

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4 w. ago Family told to 'say goodbyes' to dad in Turkey fighting for his life

John Kearney, 64, was on holiday in Turkey when he was involved in a serious accident, and his family have been told to 'say their goodbyes'

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4 w. ago Family 'told to say goodbyes' to Brit dad fighting for life in Turkey hospital

John Kearney was visiting Turkey with his friends when he fell from a scooter on Tuesday, suffering a serious head injury. He is now fighting for his life in the hospital

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