1 hour ago Southport families say 'it pulls the light out of the darkness' as they share what helps with their grief

Our Girls: The Southport Families is on BBC One on Tuesday

Politics

2 h. ago Parents of the little girls killed in the Southport murders say spending time together has helped them through their grief

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, was brutally knifed to death along with Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July last year.

Events

4 h. ago Being together helps us with our grief, Southport families say

BBC Breakfast journalists have been following the families for the last nine months as part of a documentary.

Politics

3 d. ago John Torode reveals he's in therapy after being sacked from MasterChef for 'using a racist term' but attending the Qatar Grand Prix helped him 'face his grief'

His career was left in tatters when he was sacked from his long-standing role on MasterChef for the alleged use of a racist term.

Sport

3 d. ago John Torode is in therapy to help manage his 'grief' at MasterChef axe

John Torode was sacked as presenter of MasterChef after 20 years in the role, following a historic accusation of racism — but said he had no memory of making the comment

Politics

6 d. ago Parents are turning to AI for help with children's homework, bullying and grief

A new study has found that parents are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for help with parenting challenges, with some even seeking its advice on sensitive topics such as bullying and grief

Society

6 d. ago UK parents turn to AI for homework help and tough talks on bullying and grief

A new report has found that modern parents are becoming more open to using AI to help with their parenting decisions

Society

1 week ago ‘I tried to capture her inner world – but couldn’t’: Tom de Freston on painting his wife pregnant and nude

The artist and his wife, novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave, lost seven pregnancies before their daughter was born. They explain how his nude paintings of her helped them process their grief – and eventual joy‘The subject comes with huge baggage and I like that,” says Tom de Freston. The painter and I are in his studio in a village outside Oxford, surrounded by nude portraits of his wife, the novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave. “I wanted to ask, ‘What does it mean as a male artist to be looking at the female figure? And where does the agency sit?’”We have been talking about Titian’s Poesie series, how those paintings – commissioned by the most powerful man in the world at the time, King Philip II of Spain – fetishise the naked female body. “Obviously there’s other things going on in them I think Titian’s often prodding at morality and power,” De Freston says. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Southport families support further investigation into attacker’s parents

The mother and father of Axel Rudakubana gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry in early November.

Events