2 h. ago Daughter a loses third of her bodyweight in selfless act to help save mum

Ealesa Evers, 33, managed to lose a staggering 120lbs and said she was fuelled by "determination and grit" to help her mum who has lived with kidney issues for years

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7 d. ago The big heat: what ‘sunburn cinema’ tells us about the Great British holiday

Hot Milk’s mother-daughter meltdown or losers on the lash in The Inbetweeners Movie, some films leave us feeling as foolish as their protagonists for trying to escape realityAs we near the end of a hot, dry August, I’m longing for a Mediterranean getaway; salt-crisp skin, a Fanta lemon, and a tinge of pink across my shoulders. I’m also thinking about what I like to call “sunburn cinema” – homegrown films like recent release Hot Milk (adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel), which remind us we’re a nation uniquely ill-equipped to deal with the sun. Or, as one popular Letterboxd review puts it: “Oh no, the Brits are on trauma vacation again”.Sunburn is the hallmark of a particular kind of Brit abroad, visual evidence of the lack of decorum that we notoriously display across the resorts and beach towns of Europe. Sunburn cinema, however, pinpoints what makes us inclined to chaos and self-sabotage. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Husband 'lost' after hero mum killed by falling tree in bid to save her child

Madia Kauser, 32, was hit by a branch as she reportedly pushed her young daughter to safety while they were walking in Witton Park, Blackburn, and now her heartbroken partner has paid tribute

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2 w. ago Woman horrified after pregnant friend choses 'intestinal' name for baby girl

People urged her to 'risk her friendship' with the mum-to-be in order to try to save the child from inevitable bullying.

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2 w. ago Mum killed by falling tree made selfless act to save child seconds before her death

Madia Kauser, 32, was walking with her five-year-old daughter and older brother at Witton Country Park in Blackburn when a tree branch fell on her, killing her

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2 w. ago 'Three small changes to my weekly routine save me £1,500 each year'

The 'small' lifestyle changes have helped one mum to save upwards of £1,500 per year

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3 w. ago Mum killed by falling tree did one last thing to save child before her tragic death

Madia Kauser, 32, was taking her daughter, five, and her older brother for an evening walk when tragedy struck.

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3 w. ago 'Brain tumour that almost killed my son is the only thing that could save his life'

Jay Hellis, 24, is battling an aggressive brain tumour for the second time, just months after the birth of his daughter. The Mirror spoke to his mum about his family's desperate fight to save him.

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