54 h. ago Katie Piper is right, ageing as a woman is like a bereavement – but most of us are stuck in the denial phase of grief

The presenter and campaigner has said that women have to come to terms with ‘ageing out of the male gaze’. But that’s becoming increasingly difficult in a world shaped by female celebrities who point-blank refuse to get any older, writes Helen Coffey

Politics

67 h. ago Police launch murder probe after death of woman in north Belfast

The woman, aged in her 60s, was pronounced dead at a house in the early hours of Tuesday.

Events

3 d. ago Embezzling mother who changed her name and swindled £500,000 from two different jobs by raiding OAPs' bank accounts is ordered to pay cash back

Stephanni Houston, also known as Bryden, had previously raided cash accounts of a blind lady aged 93 and an 89-year-old frail woman in her relentless pursuit of money.

Economics

3 d. ago Katie Piper had a sandwich thrown at her by builders who saw her acid attack injuries

The 41-year-old presenter suffered severe injuries after her former boyfriend Daniel Lynch arranged an acid attack on her in 2008

Events

3 d. ago Katie Piper shares ‘magic key’ to ageing ahead of 42nd birthday

The 41-year-old feels this is the second time youth has been pulled from her

Politics

3 d. ago Loose Women's Katie Piper reveals man's horrifying reaction after noticing facial burns

The 41-year-old presenter suffered severe injuries after her former boyfriend arranged an acid attack on her in 2008

Events

4 d. ago 'My boyfriend is 28 years my senior – people say I have daddy issues but it's true love'

A woman has opened up about her age gap relationship after falling in love with a man who is the same age, and has the same name as her dad - people judge them but they insist it's the real deal

Politics

4 d. ago Katie Piper reveals dine and dash date left her with £740 restaurant tab after doing a runner

Katie Piper, 41, (pictured) was the victim of a horrific acid attack set up by her ex-boyfriend when she was 24 - leaving her with severe scarring to her face, neck, chest, arms and hands.

Economics

4 d. ago Katie Piper says man threw sandwich at her after noticing facial burns

The TV host and activist spoke candidly at the 2025 Hay Festival

Events

4 d. ago ‘Publishing is a dream, but this has also been one of the hardest years of my life ’: Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher

The novelist has been awarded the Dylan Thomas prize for young writers. She talks about giving up medical training to pursue fiction – and the childhood memories that inspired her winning debut, The CoinBuying a Birkin bag is not easy. You can’t just waltz into an Hermès store and pluck one off the shelf, even if you’re prepared to drop the many thousands required to pay for it. “The great majority of people are refused a Birkin, they get told that there aren’t any available in the store, which is a lie, they just don’t want to give it to them,” explains the protagonist of Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher’s debut novel The Coin, which this month won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize for authors aged 39 or under.Zaher’s unnamed narrator, a Palestinian woman living in New York, has to get to grips with Hermès’s exclusive and elusive sales policies – which seem to privilege loyal customers – after being drawn into a Birkin reselling operation. Conti...

Culture

8 d. ago Woman calls for sunbed ban after stage four cancer diagnosis, age 23

Lily used a sunbed fewer than 10 times to get a 'base tan' before a holiday

Science

9 d. ago Woman went through menopause at age 15 after being born without ovaries

Jolene McCaw, now 41, said she is willing to ‘break’ her family finances to become a mother

Politics

1 week ago Three remain in custody over crash that left policeman in critical condition

Two men, aged 28 and 38, and a 37-year-old woman, all from Slough, are being held in connection with the incident.

Events

1 week ago Teenager in critical condition after a mother and three of her children die in London fire

Man, 41, arrested at scene of fire in north-west London on Saturday remains in custody, Metropolitan police sayA teenage girl injured in a fire that killed a mother and three of her children in north-west London on Saturday is in a critical condition in hospital, police have said, as officers continue to question a man suspected of their murders.A 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and two boys aged eight and four died at the scene of the fire which gutted two homes in the Stonebridge area of Brent in the early hours of Saturday. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Neighbour reveals how he smashed into blaze to try and save family but mother and her three children perished

A 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl, and two boys - aged eight and four - all died at the scene in Tillett Close in Stonebridge, north west London, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Society

1 week ago Loose Women's Katie Piper 'never thought she'd make it to 40' after devastating attack

Katie Piper has spoken candidly about turning 40 - a milestone she once thought she would never reach following a near-fatal acid attack in 2008

Events

1 week ago Horrific UK fire that killed woman and three kids seen in devastating footage

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A 43-year-old woman and her children, aged 15, eight and four, died in the fire in Brent, north-west London, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Another woman, 70s, and a teenage girl were also taken to hospital

Events

1 week ago Fatal house fire that killed family seen in horrifying images as man arrested over 'murder'

A 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl, and two boys aged eight and four died at the scene.

Events

1 week ago Mother and three of her children were victims of fatal house fire

A 43-year-old woman, her 15-year-old daughter and two sons aged eight and four, died in their north-west London home.

Events

1 week ago Murder arrest after three children and woman die in house fire

A 43-year-old woman, and three children, aged 15, eight and four, died at the scene in north-west London.

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