2 h. ago Baby lay dead on sofa as mum downed vodka to celebrate birthday with her friend

Natasha Birks was solely responsible for five-month-old Rhian Mahoney when she placed her on a sofa and began drinking vodka with a friend on the eve of her birthday

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4 h. ago Baby girl lay dead at home while vodka binge mum partied with friend

Natasha Birks, 37, had sole responsibility for Rhian Mahoney when she placed the five-month-old on a settee before cracking open a bottle of vodka and partying.

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6 h. ago Baby lay dead in her home after mum went on vodka binge with pal

Natasha Birks, 37, placed her five-month-old on a settee before cracking open a bottle of vodka and partying with a friend

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17 h. ago Coronation Street's Betsy Swain 'in danger' as she realises mum is 'back from the dead'

Coronation Street's Betsy Swain discovered that her mum had 'come back from the dead' in Wednesday night's episode of the world's longest-running television soap

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27 h. ago Heiress found dead in flat after hospital sent her home as mum says 'England is crying'

Greek heiress Marissa Laimou, 28, tragically died earlier this week after she became ill with symptoms relating to an insect bite from an unknown creature, her mum claimed

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8 d. ago Parents 'put hopes in olive oil and prayer' instead of doctors as baby lay dying

Blair and Taylor Edwards from the US state of Oregon, did not alert medics when they noticed their new baby, Hayden, had stopped eating and began to turn pale blue, a court heard

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1 week ago Girl, 9, found dead in river as foster mum accused of murder

The foster mum of Renesmay Eutsey has been charged with several alleged crimes after the nine-year-old girl was found dead in the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania

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1 week ago Mum of missing boy feared dead shows Gardai new burial spot where she is 'adamant' he is

A major search for the missing boy, who was just over three when he was last seen, has been ongoing for nearly a week, with his mother now telling Garda where she alleges her son's remains were buried

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1 week ago Neighbours pay tribute to 'lovely' mum found dead after 'vanishing from Greece sunbed'

Michele Bourda, 59, has been found dead after she vanished in the Greek city of Kavala last month.

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2 w. ago Mum found dead after going on 4am jog suffered 'unnatural death'

Rachel Booth, 38, died after going for a jog at 4am.

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2 w. ago Mum Rachel Booth found dead after 4am jog to buy milk suffered 'unnatural' death

Rachel Booth, 38, was praised by her family as a "guiding light" and was a "cherished" member of her family as well as a "loving" mother - a full inquest will be held to determine her cause of death

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2 w. ago Missing mum found in lake after jogging for wine at 4am suffered 'unnatural' death

Rachel Booth's body was found in a lake at a Cheshire holiday park just two days after she was last seen buying milk and wine at a service station in Cheshire after going for a jog

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2 w. ago Emmerdale John Sugden's mum 'not really dead' as she makes first appearance

Emmerdale fans are convinced that we've already met John Sugden's mum, and she's not dead

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2 w. ago Mum and two kids found dead inside septic tank as police launch murder probe

A 32-year-old woman and her two young daughters, six and eight, have been found dead in a septic tank near their home in Poland. A murder investigation has been launched

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2 w. ago Mum found dead in septic tank with daughters after 'sending husband to chemist'

A murder investigation has been launched after a 32-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged six and eight, were found dead in a septic tank in west-central Poland on Sunday night

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2 w. ago Strictly judge Shirley Ballas' stalker sent chilling 'dead dad' message after confronting mum

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has opened up about the terrifying ordeal she endured at the hands of a stalker, who targeted her and her family in a seven-year campaign

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3 w. ago Funeral director accused of watching cartoons with dead baby breaks her silence

Amie Upton, 38, has been accused of leaving a mum 'screaming' and 'terrified' after seeing her dead child sat in a baby bouncer. She says her 'heart is broken' by the complaints against her

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3 w. ago Terrified mum found her dead baby in funeral director's living room 'watching cartoons'

Amie Upton, 38, has denied placing a dead child in a baby bouncer 'watching cartoons' following a BBC investigation

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3 w. ago Mum screams as she finds funeral director 'watching cartoons' with her dead son in baby carrier

A Leeds funeral director, banned from NHS facilities, is accused of keeping deceased babies at home, with one mum horrified to find her son’s body in a baby bouncer 'watching cartoons'

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3 w. ago Funeral boss 'found watching cartoons with dead babies' by screaming mum

Grieving mums tell how they found their children’s bodies kept in living room of Amie Upton, who has since been banned from NHS mortuaries and maternity wards.

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