8 h. ago Gabby Logan grieves at father Terry Yorath's funeral as her daughter's gesture has mourners 'in tears'

Logan’s daughter Lois fulfilled the request her grandfather had made before he died

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13 h. ago Father, 24, arrested after infant daughter dies during their first solo playdate together

Baby Lyla Samuels was “turning blue” when first responders arrived, and later died from her injuries. Her devastated mom says she was “a gift from God, returned to Heaven much too soon”.

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43 h. ago In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great council houses. So what is holding us back? | John Harris

It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of Labour’s vision for social housing I met Carole Guscott, a retired former carer, on a clear winter’s morning in the Somerset town of Minehead. She was walking her whippet, Gracie, on the way back to her new flat, past the local Premier Inn and on to a cul de sac called Rainbow Way. “I knew as soon as I saw it,” she told me. “I just thought: ‘I can make this place my home.’”Up until recently, she was living in a private rented place near the centre of town and paying £780 a month in rent. For four years she had known that Rainbow Way was being built. She also knew that its houses and flats were an example of something that is vanishingly rare in post-Thatcher Britain: new council housing, which meant security for the people chosen to be the tenants but also intense competition for places. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Josephine review – Channing Tatum is a knockout in shattering drama of lost innocence

Sundance film festival: taut and emotionally intelligent drama follows the aftermath of an eight-year-old witnessing a horrifying sexual assaultJosephine, the titular character of Beth de Araújo’s stunning second feature, is eight years old. Played by equally remarkable newcomer Mason Reeves, Josephine likes playing soccer with her dad Damien (a phenomenal Channing Tatum), with whom she is close – the film’s crisp, near wordless opening minutes, which shift seamlessly from Josephine’s perspective to third party co-conspirator, running with the pair through San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, swiftly convey a tender, playful bond: supportive, teasing father and innocent child.That’s about all we know of Josephine – all we need to know, really – before seeing the incident that ruptures her youth. Having run ahead of her father at the park, Josephine alone witnesses the brutal rape of a female jogger by a man in a distinctive aqua polo. Much to the audible shock of viewers at the Sundanc...

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3 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon urged to ‘be honest’ about opening of infections row hospital

The call came from Kimberly Darroch, whose daughter Milly Main died after contracting an infection at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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3 d. ago Influencer Nicole Faith and her former NFL star husband announce death of daughter: 'We miss you desperately'

Influencer Nicole Faith has revealed that her infant daughter, Sunny, died in a stillborn delivery on January 22.

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4 d. ago Rural areas face yearly council tax rises 'for the foreseeable future' under Labour's bid to bribe urban heartlands threatened by Reform UK

England's largest councils have raised the alarm as new analysis suggests they are set to receive just 2p in Government funding for every £1 of their costs over the next three years.

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4 d. ago Mum with 'lost soul' face tattoo killed daughter, 8 before taking her own life

Danielle Parkinson, 31, and her daughter Iliza, 8, died in hospital following the blaze at their home in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, days after the mum was released from mental health services

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4 d. ago Father given parking ticket as he visited his dying daughter hits out at 'heartless' Labour council that refused to cancel the fine

Dr Brian Farrington, 89, (pictured left) overstayed parking near The Christie cancer centre in Manchester in May 2024 while making funeral arrangements with his daughter who was dying.

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5 d. ago Mum 'killed daughter with poisoned wine' amid fears she has more victims

Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel, 52, is alleged to have Googled "What happens if I accidentally ingest acetonitrile" before her daughter died from ingesting the substance in tainted wine

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6 d. ago Father, 39, scoops National Lottery prize worth £3.6million after a full Lidl car park forced him to shop at Co

Sean Henderson, 39, from Devon, has taken home the top ticket which means he will receive £10,000 every month for the next 30 years.

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7 d. ago Dad's fury as strict graveyard rules stop him paying tribute to his baby girl

Anthony Davies’ daughter Lexi-may died when she was just 12 weeks old

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7 d. ago Victoria Hall's mum dies weeks before serial killer goes on trial for daughter's murder

Lorinda Hall, 70, died peacefully in Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, last month ahead of Steve Wright's trial for murdering her daughter Victoria, 17, in 1999

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7 d. ago Mother of teenager 'murdered by serial killer Steve Wright' dies without knowing who killed her daughter

Lorinda Hall, 70, passed away in hospital after waiting a quarter of a century to find out who killed her daughter, Victoria, 17 (pictured). Serial killer Steve Wright, 67, denies the murder.

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8 d. ago Train station hailed as 'stunning and ambitious' by Labour council has just one business inside

The modern glass-clad Sunderland Station opened in December 2023 and was labelled as a 'stunning and ambitious' triumph by Labour council leaders.

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9 d. ago Schoolgirl's tragic note before taking own life is warning on social media ban

Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly died in 2017 due to online harms, has teamed up with more than 40 charities, experts and bereaved parents to oppose a social media ban for teens

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1 week ago Who was Freddie Mercury's 'secret daughter' as B dies aged 48

A book from Freddie Mercury's biographer released last year claimed the woman, known only as B, was the star's daughter.

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1 week ago Labour will keep control of at least NINE councils it was set to lose by cancelling local elections

Around 30 councils - serving between four and five million voters - are set to be given permission to postpone ballots, set for May, to help a wider reorganisation of local government.

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1 week ago Freddie Mercury's alleged secret daughter dies aged 48 after rare cancer battle

The alleged secret daughter of Freddie Mercury has died at the age of 48, with her family sharing the tragic news as they revealed her hidden battle with spinal cancer

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1 week ago Woman claiming to be Freddie Mercury's daughter passes away aged 48

The alleged secret daughter of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury has died aged 48

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