3 d. ago Care watchdog slammed for ‘failing’ to take action at scandal

The bereaved parents of Ruth Szymankiewicz call for change after legal ‘loophole’ means hospital where their teenage daughter died could not be prosecuted over its failings, as health correspondent Rebecca Thomas reports

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6 d. ago ‘My sister, my God. It’s a visceral pain that never goes away’: Miriam Toews on a memoir of suicide and silence

Having fled the strictures of her Mennonite upbringing, the Canadian author searches for meaning in her older sister’s death: ‘She taught me how to stay alive’Long before she became one of Canada’s most celebrated authors, Miriam Toews was an 18-year-old with a restless streak, set on fleeing the strictures of her conservative Mennonite community. Toews’s family descended from Russian Mennonites and spoke Plautdietsch, an unwritten language. They grew up in a world with little privacy, many unofficial rules and the threat of excommunication. Toews and a boyfriend had planned a bike trip across Europe, one in which they would sit on the grave of John Keats and smoke too many cigarettes.Before she left, her older sister Marj asked a favor: would Toews write letters to her while she was away? Marj, then 24, had recently moved back home and was in a period of deep depression. She had stopped talking, but she would still write. “She was so sick,” says Toews, sitting across from me at a p...

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8 d. ago Creamfields 2026: Are early bird tickets on sale, and how to sign up to stay informed if they're not?

Creamfields is gearing up for a 20th anniversary celebration in 2026, and here’s how to stay in the loop ahead of tickets going on sale.

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9 d. ago Scots mum who waited 13 years to see baby's ashes recognised for helping grieving parents

Julie Morrison was left shocked in 2016 when she got a call to tell her the ashes of her daughter Erin had been found in the Jonathan Harvey funeral director branch on Argyle Street.

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1 week ago The Menendez brothers were denied parole. They have to wait at least 18 months for their next chance

Erik and Lyle Menendez have both been denied parole by a California board after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion

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1 week ago Lyle Menendez, 57, refused parole after murdering parents as board points to his 'anti

Lyle Menendez has been denied parole after his younger brother Erik suffered the same fate just a day prior.

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1 week ago Lyle Menendez denied parole a day after brother Erik’s bid rejected

Parole board rules against elder Menendez brother, convicted over killing parents in Los Angeles in 1989Lyle Menendez was denied parole for his role in the 1989 killings of his parents on Friday, just a day after the California parole board denied the release of his brother Erik.California governor Gavin Newsom will have the final say in whether or not the 57-year-old will be released. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lyle Menendez denied parole almost four decades after murdering parents with brother

Older Menendez brother also denied parole, day after brother Erik was refused

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1 week ago Erik Menendez's daughter explodes in a rage as he's denied parole for slaughtering his parents

Talia Menendez lashed out at the parole board, prison officials, and the media - even vowing to expose alleged abuses inside the correctional system.

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1 week ago Erik Menendez’s daughter calls out celebrities for staying silent during parole hearings

Menendez’s adopted daughter, Talia, said actor Cooper Koch has been the ‘only one checking in on my family’

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1 week ago Lyle Menendez to face California parole board after brother Erik denied freedom

Erik will be eligible after three years as two brothers have spent 30 years in prison for the murder of their parents Lyle Menendez is set to face a California parole board a day after his brother was denied freedom after spending 30 years in prison in the slaying of their parents inside their California mansion.A panel of two California commissioners denied Erik Menendez parole for three years, after which he will be eligible again, in a case that continues to fascinate the public. A parole hearing for his brother Lyle Menendez, who is being held at the same prison in San Diego, is scheduled for Friday morning. The commissioners determined that Menendez should not be freed after an all-day hearing during which they questioned him about why he committed the crime and violated prison rules. They rejected parole despite strong support from family members who have advocated for the brothers’ release for months. Continue reading...

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1 week ago California board still deliberating Lyle Menendez parole after denying it to Erik

Erik will be eligible again in three years; the two brothers have spent 30 years in prison for the murder of their parentsA timeline of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case over the last three decadesAfter more than 10 hours of review and deliberation, there has yet to be a decision in Lyle Menendez’s parole hearing. Menendez faced a California parole board a day after his brother Erik was denied freedom after spending 30 years in prison for the slayings of their parents inside their California mansion.A panel of two California commissioners on Thursday denied Erik Menendez parole, despite strong support from family members who have advocated for the brothers’ release. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Erik Menendez DENIED parole after having sentence reduced for killing parents as board cites 'disturbing' behavior

Erik Menendez has been denied parole, nearly 40 years after he and his brother killed their parents inside their Beverly Hills mansion.

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1 week ago Erik Menendez denied parole almost four decades after murdering parents with brother

Decision comes 36 years and one day after he and his brother shot and killed their parents in the family's Beverly Hills mansion

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1 week ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearings to begin as duo who killed parents 36 years ago push for prison release: Live

In 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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1 week ago Menendez brothers face parole hearings as they seek release after three decades

Erik and Lyle Menendez, sentenced to life over 1989 killings of parents, eligible for parole after judge’s May decisionThe Menendez brothers are scheduled to face separate parole hearings beginning Thursday, marking the closest they have been to winning freedom after spending nearly 30 years in prison in the slaying of their parents inside their Los Angeles home.Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. They were 18 and 21 at the time. 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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1 week ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearings to begin as duo who killed parents 35 years ago push for prison release: Live

In 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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1 week ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearing to begin as duo who killed parents 30 years ago push for prison release: Live

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole in 1996 for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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1 week ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearings to begin as duo who killed parents 30 years ago push for prison release: Live

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole in 1996 for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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1 week ago Parents call for better mental health care after daughter died in understaffed London hospital

Bonnie Young died in an ‘unsafe’ private mental health hospital in Ealing

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