3 d. ago Dad's warning over UK spiders as bite leaves limbs almost 'exploding'

Brian Smith suffered a severe reaction to a false widow bite that has led him to warn others about British spiders

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4 d. ago Huge data breach sees 50,000 profiles LEAKED from 'Gay Daddy' dating app

A huge data breach has leaked over 50,000 profiles from the 'Gay Daddy' dating app, cybersecurity researchers have warned.

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4 d. ago Rebel Energy: UK contact number as collapse leaves 1000s of customers in limbo

The supplier has shut down, leaving thousands uncertain about their next steps 🛠️

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5 d. ago Government announces £50m for adoption fund after concerns over delay

MPs from across the House criticised the Government for the delayed announcement, accusing it of leaving children in ‘limbo’.

Economics

6 d. ago False widow spider bite leaves father arthritic and with 'exploded' leg after venom takes over his body

Brian Smith, 43, from Maidstone in Kent, was forced to stay in hospital for three weeks after the spider plunged its fangs into his hand while he slept, causing his limbs to balloon.

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6 d. ago Shane Warne's daughter Brooke postpones getting married to her long

Shane Warne 's daughter Brooke reveals she's postponing getting married to her long-term boyfriend because she's still recovering from the grief of losing her dad three years ago.

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7 d. ago 'It's almost as though they're not taking it very seriously'

The council narrowly voted to leave Places for Everyone. Now the council is stuck in limbo.

Politics

8 d. ago F1 star hit with fresh sack warning despite Martin Brundle talking with driver's dad

Jack Doohan has had a tricky start to life in Formula One with Alpine, with the Australian currently under pressure to keep his seat for the 2023 season

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9 d. ago How do you treat a spider bite and what are the symptoms to look out for?

With a rising number of people going to hospital with bites, it’s important to know which spiders can cause problems

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1 week ago Yoga teacher found dead after going on blind date as dad issues chilling warning

The body of Marcus Freiberger, 45, was found at a quarry in Phoenix, Arizona nearly a month after he disappeared in a case that his dad believes has 'foul play' involved

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2 w. ago Stephen Lawrence's dad urges David Norris to name son's killers after admitting truth

Stephen Lawrence's dad Neville warned that anything David Norris says 'must be treated with the utmost caution' but said the convicted killer 'should name the others' who were involved

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2 w. ago Dad sees warning sign eating sandwich and now only has months to live

Des Longstaff said it was 'a sign' and knew something was wrong when he was eating a bacon and sausage sandwich at work.

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3 w. ago Dad given just 12 months to live after noticing warning sign eating sandwich

Des has been told he has just months to live after being diagnosed with stage four cancer

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3 w. ago Maternity Service by Emma Barnett review – a tour of duty in early motherhood

In this valuable, brutally honest guide, the broadcaster argues that a supposedly joyful time is often steeped in drudgery and social isolation“It’s a bloody weird experience, maternity leave, and it’s OK to acknowledge that,” Emma Barnett writes in Maternity Service, her short, no-nonsense guide to surviving this curious – and relatively recent – phenomenon that can feel, in the thick of it, like a temporary exile from the outside world. For many new mothers, the abrupt severance from their professional lives and previous identities can leave them flailing in a strange and destabilising limbo where it seems almost taboo to voice any feelings of dislocation, in case these come across as a lack of maternal devotion.Barnett proposes that the whole business should be rebranded – rather than “maternity leave”, which suggests a nice relaxing break, it should be styled “maternity service”, with all the latter term’s connotations of a military tour of duty. Words such as “duty” and “servic...

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3 w. ago Dad's warning after girl, 14, took own life after viewing dark side of social media

Ian Russell said 'nothing's changed' in the seven years since his daughter Molly took her own life aged 14, in 2017, after viewing harmful content on social media.

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last month UK travel firm Jetline Holidays loses Atol status leaving thousands of holidaymakers in limbo

The majority of affected holidays are cruises

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last month Europe's largest spider with venomous bite hitchhikes to UK in delivery of olives

A nursery owner in West Sussex got a shock after an eight-legged stowaway was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba, with the giant spider spotted crawling across the floor

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