62 h. ago Wife sent intimate snaps to Nigerian love scammer who threatened to reveal 'affair'

Not long after warning other women about the dangers of love scammers, mum of two Gail Astin died at the age of just 46, having 'never realised how well-liked she was'

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67 h. ago Lonely wife, 44, sent intimate pictures to a Nigerian love scammer who threatened to reveal their 'affair' to her husband and teenage sons...but what happened next was the real tragedy

Gail Astin, from Jedburgh, Scotland, hit the headlines when she revealed how she'd sent thousands of pounds, as well as naked selfies, to a man she'd met online while feeling lonely in her marriage.

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3 d. ago Lonely wife, 44, sent intimate pictures to a Nigerian love scammer who  threatened to reveal their 'affair' to her husband and teenage sons...but what happened next was the real tragedy

Gail Astin, from Jedburgh, Scotland, hit the headlines when she revealed how she'd sent thousands of pounds, as well as naked selfies, to a man she'd met online while feeling lonely in her marriage.

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3 d. ago Shakespeare in war: bard’s ‘existential’ theatre takes hold in Ukraine

‘You can always find an intersection to Shakespeare’s world in such situations as we have,’ says translator, as Shakespeare productions boom across UkraineThe Ukrainian Shakespeare festival in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk did not open with a play. Another kind of performance was staged on the steps of the theatre, one that did not deal with sad stories of the death of kings but with tragedy unfolding in real life.This was theatre in a different sense: a rally involving several hundred people demonstrating on behalf of Ukrainian prisoners of war, thousands of whom are estimated to remain in Russian captivity. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Shakespeare in war: Ukraine festival explores intersection to bard’s world

‘There is a big need for theatre to work with existential problems,’ says translator, as Shakespeare productions boom across UkraineThe Ukrainian Shakespeare festival in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk did not open with a play. Another kind of performance was staged on the steps of the theatre, one that did not deal with sad stories of the death of kings but with tragedy unfolding in real life.This was theatre in a different sense: a rally involving several hundred people demonstrating on behalf of Ukrainian prisoners of war, thousands of whom are estimated to remain in Russian captivity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The most evil Nigerian love scam ever that ended with a disabled woman taking 'horrifying' selfies that will scar her daughter for life

I found it hard to believe someone as handsome as Maxwell would be interested in me. But when I sent him a photo, he was full of compliments. Then he made a request.

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2 w. ago ITV Benidorm's real life tragedies – near death moment, cancer and homelessness

ITV sitcom Benidorm might have provided a balm for viewers wanting a bit of escapism, but in real life the cast were marred by tragedy, including brain tumours and cancer battles

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3 w. ago Mum 'felt so scummy' after what happened with son's buggy during trip to Butlin's

The mum had taken her two children to the holiday park

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