41 h. ago Horrifying moment man finds his mum dead with her head in giant python's mouth

Wa Siti, 55, was set upon by the killer reptile while harvesting vegetables from her garden - and was tragically found dead by her son who went out looking for her when she failed to return home

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42 h. ago A new start after 60: I had a breakdown, the old me died – and I cried for the first time in my life

David Williams lost his mother, his marriage fell apart and he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. But it took one more blow to bring him to tearsDavid Williams was 17 when his mother died of cancer. But he didn’t cry when his mum’s friend knocked on the door in the dead of night to give him and his sisters the news. He was the eldest of three, “the adult male” as his father had left years earlier.Instead, he bottled up his feelings and carried on working. Williams, now 61, says: “Something happens to you in that situation that isn’t your choice.” This was 1980, and the family lived on the Lache social housing estate in Chester, which was, he says, “a tough place. Lads didn’t go around crying.”Tell us: has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60? Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Scots mum left for dead in 'pole attack thinking she was going to die'

"The last thing I remember before I passed out was screaming for my daughters and saying tell them I love them."

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4 d. ago Gabby Logan's husband left 'hosing down blood' after horrific moment at party

Gabby Logan revealed an unfortunate incident at a party in her house left her husband cleaning up blood and a guest being rushed to hospital after 'lifesaving intervention'

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5 d. ago Alice Tan Ridley dead – America's Got Talent star and mum of Oscar

Alice Tan Ridley, who is the mother of Precious star Gabourey Sidibe and wowed with her incredible voice during her time on America's Got Talent in 2010, has died at the age of 72

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5 d. ago Alice Tan Ridley dead: America's Got Talent singer and mum of Oscar

Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe's mother Alice Tan Ridley, who sang her way to the semi-finals on US TV series America’s Got Talent back in 2010, has died at the age of 72

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6 d. ago Mum kills 'sweet' son, 5, Lincoln Button after he was found dead at South Ockendon home

Claire Button, 35, was initially charged with murder after her five-year-old son Lincoln was found dead at a home in south Essex in December last year, leading to a police investigation

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7 d. ago Horrific moment nightclub ceiling collapsed on top of singer who's now missing as death toll almost DOUBLES

At least 18 people were killed after a roof collapsed at a popular night club in the Dominican Republic early on Tuesday morning.

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7 d. ago Famous singer injured after nightclub roof collapses during performance, killing 15 people and burying 70

Merengue singer Rubby Perez, who was performing when the roof collapsed at the Jet Set club in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo, has been rescued from the rubble.

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9 d. ago Family of mum left dead for 30 hours want new law forcing people to dial 999

The family of a young mum are calling for a new law in her name after her lover left her lying dead for 30 hours. Kimberley McAssey, 29, had been drinking and taking drugs with Ryan Sheridan when woke up to find her unresponsive in his bed four years ago.

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9 d. ago Devastated mum finds her two kids dead in bed after 'fentanyl overdose'

Kate Jones found her two oldest children both dead just hours after they watched films at home and went to bed as usual.

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9 d. ago Devastated mum relives moment she finds two of her kids dead in bed after 'fentanyl overdose'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Kate Jones found her two oldest children, Gaige, 10, and Skylar, 14, both unresponsive in bed just hours after they watched films at home and went to bed as usual the previous night

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1 week ago Mum who left dead baby in bin bag kept tragic secret from husband for 25 years

Joanne Sharkey, who has today avoided jail, hid her dark secret for a quarter of a century, with her own husband having had no idea that she'd killed the child he never even knew existed

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1 week ago Major update after Brit man and mum of Hollyoaks star found dead at French home

Andrew and Dawn Searle were found dead at their home in rural France in February this year – there was a mystery around the deaths but cops have now issued a major update

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1 week ago Mum shot dead outside son's nursery by kid's dad as horrified children watch on

Orlando Mitchell, 35, opened fire and shot dead his former girlfriend Krystal Walton, 32, outside Charity Child Care, in Indianapolis, where she had been dropping off their son

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1 week ago Mum 'mauled by pack of 24 starving dogs' died after attack 'drained her of blood'

Jessica Hoff is facing charges after her vulnerable mum, LaVonne Hoff, 76, was found dead in her Colorado home in February when she was left alone with multiple dog on the loose

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1 week ago Oldbury 'murder': 'Dearly loved' mum found dead in Oldbury home as man charged

Paramjit Kaur, 46, was discovered with serious injuries in Oldbury, West Midlands, at 8:20am on Monday morning but she tragically died at the scene, while a man was arrested on suspicion of murder

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2 w. ago Horrific moment thug glasses student dentist in sickening pub attack

Mark Nolan, 39, downed seven bottles of beer before launching into a sickening attack in a Liverpool pub that left one of his victims, an aspiring dentist, permanently scarred

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2 w. ago Notting Hill dead baby: Police in direct appeal to mum as newborn boy found in M&S bag in church

The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation after the body was discovered in All Saints' Church in Notting Hill on Tuesday, having been left in a black M&S bag with avocados on the side

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3 w. ago Newborn baby death horror as tot found dead in bag outside church as police search for mum

Officers believe the woman may only just have given birth.

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