3 h. ago Family of woman whose mummified body was found four years after she died in council flat blast social services for leaving her to 'fend for herself'

The family of a Laura Winham, 41, who lay dead in her flat for nearly four years before being found in a 'mummified' state have hit out at social services for leaving her to 'fend for herself'.

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4 h. ago Woman's 'mummified and skeletal' remains found after making chilling diary entry

Laura Winham is feared to have been dead for more than three years in her flat in Woking, Surrey, and an inquest into her death has heard of failures from social services to visit her

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5 h. ago 'Mummified and almost skeletal' body lay in flat for three years, inquest hears

Laura Winham’s “mummified and almost skeletal” remains were found by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, on May 24 2021.

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7 h. ago Vulnerable woman who lay dead in flat for three years was ‘left to fend for herself by social services’

Laura Winham’s family say she would still be alive if social services had checked on her following police referral

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31 h. ago Council warns of 'difficult' year ahead of social services contacts rise

The report outlined the overall performance of the service throughout the year

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37 h. ago Moment great grandfather, 64, pulls out a GUN on his granddaughter during a family row over wife's ashes: Man jailed for five years

Martin Gordon, 64, was filmed brandishing a gun and heavy-duty baseball bat in the West Midlands.

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37 h. ago Moment great grandfather, 64, pulls out a GUN on his granddaughter during a family row after wife's ashes removed from mantelpiece: Man jailed for five years

Martin Gordon, 64, was filmed brandishing a gun and heavy-duty baseball bat in the West Midlands.

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41 h. ago Moment great grandfather, 64, pulls out a GUN on his granddaughter during a family row: Man jailed for five years

Martin Gordon, 64, was filmed brandishing a gun and heavy-duty baseball bat in the West Midlands.

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60 h. ago Woman blasted over 'silly' baby name that 'sound completely made

One woman though she might be unfairly judging her mum's baby name suggestions for her future grandchild, but she's been told her mum needs a 'reality check' after posting about the situation on Reddit

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3 d. ago Kilmarnock woman, 94, 'meets' relatives from 100 years ago at former family home

Margaret Campbell was left delighted by the encounter.

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4 d. ago Woman warns others going through breakup to 'not make this mistake'

After having her heart broken by someone who she thought was the one, Lauren J Nicole offered some sage advice for anyone also going through a painful separation

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4 d. ago Woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann charged with stalking

Julia Wandel allegedly sent letters, calls, WhatsApps and visited family of missing girl A woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann has been charged with stalking the parents and siblings of the missing girl by turning up at the family home, leaving voicemails and sending messages.Julia Wandel, also known as Julia Wandelt, was arrested at Bristol airport on Wednesday and appeared in Leicester magistrates court on Friday, Leicestershire police said. Madeleine went missing in 2007 shortly before her fourth birthday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Woman claiming to Madeleine McCann 'turned up at family home and left voicemails'

Julia Wandel is due to appear in court today charged with four counts of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing Brit Madeleine McCann, who vanished in 2007

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4 d. ago Woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann charged with stalking family

Julia Wandel, also known as Julia Wandelt, is accused of turning up at the McCann family home.

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4 d. ago 'Bonnie Blue is making my job more dangerous – I now fear for my children'

Alex Le Tissier, who is the daughter-in-law of former footballer Matt Le Tissier, has claimed social services have contacted her 12 times in three years over her OnlyFans work

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5 d. ago Woman's relationship with family falls apart after aunt buys her DNA test for Christmas

A woman has shared her horror story after her aunt bought her a DNA test for Christmas - and it ended up ruining her relationship with her family after she received the results

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5 d. ago Council tax to rise by 5 per cent in Bury amid new parking charges

The council has called for a review of local government funding as demand for services, espcially adult social care, increases

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6 d. ago ‘Two days ago he hugged me...now he’s dead’: Woman’s horror as family friend, 20, stabbed to death in Hackney

Police and paramedics tried to save the victim’s life on Bodney Road just before 6pm on Tuesday

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6 d. ago Gun pulled in pub after woman took gran's ashes from widower in family 'stand

"She filmed what was happening and streamed it on Facebook Live. Nothing reflects well on anybody."

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6 d. ago I’m Still Here review – Fernanda Torres’s stoic maternal mask never slips

Emotions hide beneath the surface and horrors lurk behind unseen doors in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated tale of the Brazilian disappearedThe subtlety and dignity of Fernanda Torres’s Oscar-nominated performance in Walter Salles’s new film have been rightly praised. This is a kind of mother-courage true story: the case of Eunice Paiva, a Brazilian woman who had to keep her family together and shield her five children from despair when her activist husband Rubens was brutally “disappeared” in 1971 by the military dictatorship. They refused even to admit he had been arrested, or later officially admit his death, in a state-sanctioned act of cruelty which was only finally acknowledged in the mid-90s after decades of campaigning, when the government issued a formal death certificate.I’m Still Here is a drama which intelligently seeks to intuit the courageously maintained calm that Eunice imposes on herself and the children when the thuggish secret police arrive. Torres is effectively t...

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