30 m. ago Ellie Simmonds sobs over birth mother's confession that leaves viewers 'broken

Award-winning British Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds aired a personal documentary where she considered her options when it comes to having kids or not on ITV tonight

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40 m. ago Inside the wild Fleet Week party where lonely sailors look for love... and a ring on the finger counts for nothing

Go behind the scenes of New York's steamiest Fleet Week party - where sailors lose their inhibitions (and sometimes their uniforms), women fly in to meet them, and married Marines beg to remain anonymous.

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42 m. ago Paralympian Ellie Simmonds opens up on feeling 'rejected' by birth mother over her disability

The Team GB swimmer from Swansea delves in to her adoption and whether or not she wants biological children in her new ITV documentary

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53 m. ago Ellie Simmonds: Should I Have Children? review – fails to properly tackle the stigma around disabled babies

The Paralympian’s thoughtful documentary about whether to become a parent is a compelling watch. But it doesn’t go far enough to address social prejudices around disabilityFor the makers of Ellie Simmonds’ new documentary, Should I Have Children?, the most powerful moment of the show is clearly supposed to be when she finds out why she was given up for adoption. It is emotional viewing: her birth mother speaks of her difficult circumstances (she had kept her pregnancy secret), the purely negative information she had been given about Ellie’s dwarfism, and, most poignantly, how she thought of Ellie every day in the decades before they met again. It is deeply moving, for Ellie and the viewer.For me, though, the most powerful moment is altogether less charged. It comes when Ellie visits David and Megan, whose pregnancy she follows after they are told their baby almost certainly has Down’s syndrome. We watch them grapple with the ramifications of the diagnosis including their fears for t...

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61 m. ago Watch: Dramatic moment police chase suspect down dual carriageway on foot

Watch the moment Metropolitan Police officers jump out of their cars to chase a fleeing suspect down a busy dual carriageway in heavy traffic.

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68 m. ago Pastor and his wife on the run from sex abuse allegations nabbed weeks later at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry

The child sex abuse case involved the couple’s biological and adoptive children

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2 h. ago Almost 25,000 children in North Lanarkshire supported by Scottish Child Payment

The relative child poverty rate in Scotland is four percentage points lower than it would be without the policy in place.

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3 h. ago P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura 'goes into labour' just days after testifying in rapper's trial

P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura has reportedly gone into labour with her third child, just days after taking the stand at the rapper's sex abuse trial

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3 h. ago West End star among child actors chosen for top roles in new Harry Potter series

The actor who is playing Hermione has previously starred in Matilda: The Musical

Culture

3 h. ago Roland Butcher: ‘West Indies are struggling – we’ve not hit rock bottom yet’

The Barbados-born former England player on being jettisoned as a West Indies selector, the risks of their new cricket structure and his thwarted football dreamsAfter West Indies secured a one-day series draw against Ireland on Sunday their captain, Shai Hope, was asked about the team’s imminent visit to England. “We played them at the end of last year and we won that series so we know they’re going to be coming at us even harder this time,” he said. “We’re looking forward to it. We know they’re going to be a tough, tough opponent but we’re always ready to play anyone.”Roland Butcher, child of Barbados, once of England and more recently a West Indies selector, has a less optimistic outlook: “We’re struggling, and the struggle is not over. We haven’t hit rock bottom yet.” The concentration of power across all three formats in the hands of one coach and selector – Daren Sammy – is what Butcher fears “is going to finally push us to the bottom”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Liverpool parade crash: Question every parent should ask their child in horror aftermath

As the city of Liverpool deals with the aftermath of the devastating parade crash, the Mirror hears from psychologist Louise Goddard-Crawley about how to speak with your children about such a harrowing incident

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on young offenders: amid rising violence, they need support to change | Editorial

Unsustainable levels of conflict across the prison estate require a stronger response than pepper sprayThe recent deterioration of conditions for young offenders has been overshadowed by the wider crisis engulfing prisons in England and Wales. But the accounts given to the Guardian by three mothers of sons who are currently in HMP Swinfen Hall, in Staffordshire, offer a disturbing insight into the exceptionally high levels of violence that have become normalised.Their descriptions of “constant fear”, casual knifings and “drugs and knives everywhere” are chilling. Two of the women said that they agreed with the decision to jail their sons. But reading their testimony, which echoes the findings of a recent prison inspectorate survey, it is impossible to believe that any rehabilitative purpose is being served. The suggestion by one of the women that her son is becoming more violent rather than less due to the conditions rings alarmingly true, and is in line with the conclusion of ...

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4 h. ago Irish Government to draft bill to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements

Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris received Cabinet approval to draft the law on Tuesday.

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4 h. ago France’s National Assembly votes in favour of legalising assisted dying

Bill passed by lower house 305-199, backed by centrist MPs and leftwing parties while most on right opposed itFrance’s parliament has voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for euthanasia and assisted dying under what campaigners say would still be some of the strictest conditions in Europe.After a sometimes emotional session, deputies passed the first reading of the bill by a vote of 305 to 199. They also unanimously backed a less contentious law establishing a right to palliative care in specialist end-of-life institutions. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Revealed: The horrifying images that are sure to put everyone off seeking dental treatment in Turkey

A single-mother has shared her horrific health ordeal following a dental procedure in Turkey that left her with severe jaw pain, nose bleeds, and chronic sinus

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5 h. ago Another eight unanswered questions that could solve Jay Slater's disappearance once and for all: JAMES TOZER and NICK PISA covered every development

As Jay's mother Debbie Duncan, 56, pleaded for information, MailOnline examines eight key questions which remain unanswered.

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6 h. ago Liverpool parade crash suspect is quizzed on suspicion of attempted murder and drug

Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said the force believe the car which struck pedestrians was able to follow an ambulance crew.

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6 h. ago How WILL you pay for that, Nigel? Farage admits Reform's costings might be 'optimistic' as he vows '£80bn' tax cut while axing two

Nigel Farage trolled that Keir Starmer is 'terrified' of the threat from the insurgents as he committed to scrap the two-child benefit cap and fully restore winter fuel payments.

Economics

6 h. ago Harry Potter TV series finally announces three lead child stars after months of speculation and backlash to 'woke' casting

Set to forge a successful career in television, the talented trio to play the iconic wizards have been confirmed.

Culture

6 h. ago Harry Potter series casts next generation of Harry, Ron and Hermione after 30,000 auditions

The three child actors will lead HBO’s new television adaptation of the beloved books

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