5 h. ago Grateful Livingston mum jumps at the chance to thank Ronald McDonald House for fantastic support

Jade Aitken's baby son was critically ill in Edinburgh's children's hospital

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7 h. ago Mum who won dream £6m Omaze house already planning to sell it before even moving in

Vicky, 38, said her life changed 'in seconds' after discovering she'd won the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw

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11 h. ago Florida shooting: Devastated neighbour recounts gruesome aftermath as baby is killed

The baby was among four children - thought to be siblings - shot by a 34-year-old man at an apartment in Pembroke Park, Florida, on Wednesday evening - three of the kids have died

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28 h. ago Olympic skier, 25, and his father die in a fire at abandoned hotel

Berkin Usta, 25, and his dad Yahya were killed after a devastating fire broke out at the Kervansaray Hotel in Uludag, Bursa province.

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41 h. ago Devastated family pay tribute to 'amazing' trainee chef, 17, killed in Offoxey Road Audi crash

Jacob Holman was one of three teenagers killed in a crash involving a silver Audi A1 on Offoxey Road near Shifnal, Shropshire, which West Mercia Police continue to investigate

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3 d. ago Toddler shoots baby sister dead after finding loaded gun in house

The father of the two girls, Michael Tejeda, 24, left his handgun at home.

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4 d. ago Fatal mistake that caused boy, 9, to collide with bus while cycling on Disney property

It's a place where magic and dreams come true but for one family, it was a day filled with devastating horror when their nine year old son collided and was killed by a Disney property bus

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5 d. ago Mum discovered her son had died after checking dog camera while on holiday

The Scots mum is traumatised after months of being 'stuck' in the house her son died in.

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7 d. ago Robert William's mum's desperate plea to 'help fetch son home' 23 years after he vanished

Robert Williams was last seen leaving a house party in Aberdulais, Wales in March 2002 and his heartbroken mum Cheryl Davies has appealed to anyone who may be able to help locate her son

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8 d. ago 'Gorgeous' young girl killed in devastating house fire as mum and baby sister escape

The four-year-old girl was tragically trapped in the blaze at a property but sadly passed away.

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8 d. ago Girl, 4, killed in Lynemouth house blaze as mum posts heartbreaking tribute to 'angel'

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8 d. ago Scatter cushions and bedspreads – can someone explain to me what they’re for? | Adrian Chiles

Every night I hurl them off the bed. Every morning they are replaced. Off, on, off, on, for ever. Serving no purpose whatsoever. Scatter cushions and bedspreads. Why? What for? If it wasn’t for the waste and environmental impact, I’d make a huge pile and torch them all. You’d see the fire from the moon. Alternatively, pick them apart and make something useful out of them. I’d collect them by means of a national scatter cushion and bedspread amnesty. Post them to a facility and leave the rest to me.Let’s take bedspreads first. Big, heavy, useless. Especially the one on the bed at my mum’s house. I can’t always summon the strength to drag it off the bed and leave it in a heap on the floor. If I do, along with leaving no floor space for anything else, this earns me a fierce bollocking. I am commanded to heave it out of the bedroom and hang it on the bannister, which creaks beneath its formidable weight. Then, when my stay is over, I have to wrangle the bedspread back on to the bed, as ...

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8 d. ago 'Gorgeous' girl, 4, killed in devastating Lynemouth house fire after mum and sister, 2, escape blaze

Little Kiki died in the tragedy on Kingsley Road, Lynemouth, at around 9.30pm on Monday, despite the desperate efforts of fire crews to save her life

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9 d. ago We had no knowledge of killer Nicholas Prosper’s plans, say ‘devastated’ surviving family members

The family of triple killer Nicholas Prosper have revealed they had “no knowledge” of his plans to carry out a mass school shooting.

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9 d. ago 'Ketamine which killed The Vivienne is so devastating it has left mates wearing nappies'

The Vivienne, whose real name was James Lee Williams, died from a cardiac arrest caused by the effects of taking ketamine, their heartbroken family said this week

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9 d. ago Netanyahu warns Israel’s renewed Gaza offensive ‘is only the beginning’

Israeli PM says attacks will continue until Hamas is destroyed and hostages freed, as airstrikes kill hundredsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe wave of deadly airstrikes that shattered the pause in hostilities in Gaza is “only the beginning”, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, also promising that the new offensive would continue until Israel achieved all of its war aims – destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militant group.Any further ceasefire negotiations would take place “under fire”, the Israeli prime minister said in a televised address on Tuesday night, his first after Israel launched attacks that killed more than 400 people in the devastated Palestinian territory, in the bloodiest single day of violence since the first months of the war in 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Devastating storms kill at least 39 across 7 states in the South and Midwest

Residents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a series of storms that kicked up wildfires, tornadoes and dust storms

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2 w. ago Nepo baby Charlotte Dawson is praised by fans for candid post

The reality star, 32, took to her Instagram on Sunday evening to announce she had given birth to a baby girl, Gigi Dawson Sarsfield, with her fiancé Matthew Sarsfield.

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2 w. ago Charlotte Dawson says she 'can't cope' as she shares moment her sons met baby sister in 'complete' update

Fans were left saying the same thing about the adorable moments Charlotte has captured as a new mum-of-three

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2 w. ago Mark Wright's sister Jess' sweet reaction as Michelle Keegan gives birth to baby girl

Mark Wright's sister Jess Wright has publicly congratulated her brother and Michelle Keegan on the birth of their first child, a baby girl which they have named Palma Elizabeth

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