6 d. ago Former EastEnders star says she 'found her little girl' in British Soap Awards reunion

The two stars were never onscreen at the same time despite playing a mother and daughter

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6 d. ago ‘It’s so boring’: Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids

Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behindLast week, former elementary school teacher Spencer Russell posed a question to parents who follow his Instagram account, Toddlers Can Read: “Why aren’t you reading aloud to your kids?”The responses, which Russell shared with the Guardian, ranged from embarrassed to annoyed to angry. “It’s so boring,” said one parent. “I don’t have time,” said another. One mother wrote in: “I don’t enjoy reading myself.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried

Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behindLast week, former elementary school teacher Spencer Russell posed a question to parents who follow his Instagram account, Toddlers Can Read: “Why aren’t you reading aloud to your kids?”The responses, which Russell shared with the Guardian, ranged from embarrassed to annoyed to angry. “It’s so boring,” said one parent. “I don’t have time,” said another. One mother wrote in: “I don’t enjoy reading myself.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Race Across The World star Sam Gardiner's heartbreaking wish before tragic death at 24

Sam Gardiner appeared on the BBC show Race Across The World alongside his mother, Jo, in 2020, and during that time, he opened up about their relationship and his hopes for his future

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7 d. ago I moved to Bali with my husband, but paradise changed us: British TikTok influencer Carlie Donnelley, reveals how she's going through a 'really bad time'

When Carlie Donnelley and Matt Dearing quit their life in Manchester to live in Bali they were full of hope for the future and financial freedom. The reality has been rather different.

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1 week ago Teens hailed as heroes after dramatic rescue of baby from car crash wreckage

The baby’s mother, still trapped inside at the time, was rescued through a passenger-side window

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1 week ago Actress Naomi Watts shares relatable parenting post as she spends time with her two teen kids Sasha, 17, and Kai, 16

Naomi Watts proved on Tuesday she is just like every other mother when she shared a very relatable parenting post while spending time with her children Sasha and Kai.

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1 week ago Sex up the sexting! Why text messages are the hot new boom area in TV shows

What makes for a believable texting – or sexting – exchange? And why has this suddenly become so crucial for a character’s credibility? We meet the teams who agonise over writing lines that only appear on screen for secondsIn the final episode of Ted Lasso’s second season, Ted sends a text to his ex-wife that reads simply: “Knock, knock.” Nothing too unusual about that you might think, but what is strange is that it appears to be the very first message he’s ever sent the mother of his son. Stranger still, she has never previously texted him either. The blank white space above and below their messages reveals that the characters share zero messaging history.It’s a problem that used to plague TV. Why is the first message Emily in Paris has ever received from her boyfriend: “Hey, how is Paris?” When Rebecca accidentally sends a text to her crush instead of her best friend in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, why is their history blank when we saw him text her about a housewarming party a few episod...

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2 w. ago Grandfather accused of stealing fundraising money meant for his late daughter's cancer treatment appears in court

Mark Davis, 51, from Newport, was charged with defrauding mother-of-two India Davis, known as India Skinner by the time of her death.

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3 w. ago Netflix's Emily in Paris star Lucas Bravo almost unrecognisable as he debuts new look

Netflix star Lucas Bravo has left Emily in Paris fans gobsmacked with a new look that's worlds away from his role as Gabriel in Emily in Paris.

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3 w. ago ‘Climate change is going to cull us as a species’: folk hero Peggy Seeger on Bob Dylan, the ultimate love song and touring at 90

The musician and activist answers your questions about her marriage to Ewan MacColl, being the inspiration for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, and her mother’s legacyTouring at 90 is amazing. What was a career highlight? Nicens_boiWhen I was 60 the thought of touring when I was 70 was anathema and the thought of touring at 90 seemed dreadful! The hardest part is sitting in the car. We’re gonna be away six weeks and I’m a walking hospital case. I have meds, a step stool so I can put on compression stockings, and arthritis in both hands. My family treat me like glass, but as soon as I get on stage all these things melt away. I can only tour because I have my crew – my sons Neill and Calum, my daughter-in-law Kerry Harvey-Piper and an excellent sound engineer, Stefan Care. Or rather, they’re not my crew, I’m their singer. I don’t think in terms of career highlights because I could yet muck it up.What’s it like being the subject of one the greatest love songs ever written [The Firs...

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3 w. ago Race against time to find mother of three abandoned babies as police go door

Detectives in Newham, London are going door-to-door in a DNA search for the mystery mum who they are treating as a victim after giving birth at least three times without medical assistance

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3 w. ago Emily In Paris actress Lily Collins is 'radiant' and 'can do it all' after becoming a mother for the first time via surrogacy, says her Netflix co

Emily In Paris actress Lily Collins is 'radiant' and 'can do it all' after becoming a mother for the first time via surrogacy , says her Netflix co-star Lucien Laviscount.

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3 w. ago Mariah Carey, 56, looks incredibly youthful in striking snaps as she becomes latest star to baffle fans by appearing to age backwards

The singer, 56, took to Instagram on Monday to document her time in Asia , writing: 'Loved celebrating Mother's Day in China ! ❤️'

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3 w. ago Watch: Edan Alexander’s mother screams as family reunites after American

Edan Alexander's mother screamed as she embraced her son for the first time following his release from captivity by Hamas on Monday, 12 May.

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4 w. ago Emily In Paris' Lily Collins surprises castmates as she brings baby to set four months after birth

Emily In Paris star Lily Collins brought her cast mates and crew to a standstill after she brought her four month old daughter to the set of the popular Netflix drama

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4 w. ago What a gorgeous Lily baby! Emily in Paris star surprises cast members with her new daughter as the four

Exclusive pictures show the 36-year-old - dressed in a floral blue and white trouser suit for her role as American marketing executive Emily Cooper - cradling her daughter between takes.

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4 w. ago Menendez brothers lawyers to urge judge to remove prosecutors from case

Defense attorneys push for removal of district attorney Nathan Hochman who opposes the brothers’ resentencingAttorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will make their case to a judge on Friday that Los Angeles prosecutors should be removed from the brothers’ resentencing case.The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting their entertainment executive father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez. The brothers were 18 and 21 at the time of the killings. Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, while prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Continue reading...

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