2 h. ago Meghan Markle posts sweet birthday post to mum Doria days after sharing rare snap of kids

Meghan Markle took to social media to share the love with mum Doria Ragland as she uploaded a sweet birthday post to mark her 69th birthday

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7 d. ago 'Caring, beautiful soul' dies suddenly aged 20 on mum's birthday

'It feels like a bad dream. It's so hard. She wanted to do so much. I just wish it had been me instead'

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8 d. ago Rescuers 'give up last hope' of reaching Russian climber stranded for 13 days 22,000ft up mountain with a broken leg

Rescuers today gave up hope of reaching a brave woman mountaineer 'left to die' on a 24,406ft peak.

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1 week ago Mother's agony as daughter, 20, dies in her sleep in uni halls hours before family were due to celebrate her 64th birthday

Olivia Bettney (right), 20, was found dead on August 13, just hours before she and her sister Mollie Holborow were due to take mum Susan Burfoot (left) out for her 64th birthday.

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1 week ago Brave woman, 20, who wanted to help others with grief dies on mum's birthday

The brave young woman wanted to dedicate her time to helping others suffering with grief after losing a loved one - but she suddenly died on her mother's birthday

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2 w. ago Mum dreamed of flying and bought flight for birthday – now her kids are orphans

Widow Diana Akhmetova, 43, was killed in a horrific crash as she rebuilt her life after the death of her husband - leaving her three children orphaned by the tragedy

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2 w. ago Brave woman took pic of shotgun thug armed with weapon he had at her head

Gary Strachen had gone into a rage with the victim following a row over £30.

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2 w. ago Snake surprise: Mum finds live snake in daughter's Peppa Pig birthday gift

Jennifer Baker, 30, thought it was a prank by one of her sons when a bright orange snake fell out of her daughter's new toy box after celebrating her birthday on Sunday (August 10)

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2 w. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing star admits 'it's still not easy' as they detail 'tough' grief

A former Strictly Come Dancing contestant has detailed navigating grief after her husband of 30 years died back in 2023

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3 w. ago Princess Andre breaks silence after mum Katie Price's mortifying birthday announcement

Katie Price accidentally wished her daughter Princess 'Happy Birthday' on the wrong day and now The Princess Diaries star, 18, has responded with a candid comment

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3 w. ago ‘I was too good’: Sharon Stone on stardom, family secrets, sexual abuse – and her comeback after a stroke

She became world famous with Basic Instinct and Casino. Then she had a near fatal brain bleed. The actor and artist discusses strength, survival, being upskirted on set, her violent run-ins with Harvey Weinstein and the performances she’s most proud ofA couple of days before our interview, in late July, Sharon Stone announced on Instagram that her mother had died. When we meet over video link, I express my sympathies. Stone is known for her straight talking, but now she outdoes herself. “Mom, Dot, actually died a few months ago, but I was only ready to tell the public about it now because I always get my mad feelings first when people die.” What kind of mad, I ask – grief, confusion, loss? She smiles. “A little bit of anger and a little bit of ‘I didn’t fucking need you anyway’, you know!”Now she’s laughing. “My mom wasn’t of a sunny disposition. She was hilarious, but she said terrible things to me. Dot swore like a Portuguese dock worker.” Which takes us to her mother’s final...

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3 w. ago Princess Andre addresses 'rift' with mum Katie Price after 18th birthday 'snub'

Katie Price has said she is ‘very, very upset’ that she doesn't feature in her daughter's new ITV2 show

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3 w. ago Woman's brave final act to save unborn baby after footballer lover had her gunned down

Cherica Adams, 24, was driving when she was gunned down while eight-months-pregnant with an NFL footballer, who was sentenced for conspiracy to commit murder

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3 w. ago For Those I Love: Carving the Stone review – bracing anger at Irish social stasis

(September Recordings)The raw grief of David Balfe’s first album may have faded to a bruise, but his spoken-word fury is as strong as ever in these hyper-focused stories of poverty and exploitationOn his 2021 debut as For Those I Love, David Balfe closed the gap between performance poetry, moody 1980s synthpop and sample-stuffed electronica to craft an evocative eulogy for his friend Paul Curran, who died by suicide in 2018. The result was Kae Tempest meets New Order via the densely referential lyrics of Real Lies; a set of songs steeped in lump-in-the-throat nostalgia for more innocent times, and in the muted echoes of dancefloor euphoria.On this follow-up, the Dublin musician – now in his early 30s – adjusts his subject while clinging tightly to his fury and devastation. Aside from The Ox/The Afters, a tribute to a former hardman who dies from drink, there’s not much literal grief on Carving the Stone – but Balfe is still in mourning. His psychic wound is more abstract now, a slow...

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3 w. ago Daughter sends emotional birthday message to mum who vanished after walking out family home

Patricia Duncan walked out of her Moray home into a storm on November 15, 2002, leaving behind seven children.

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