2 h. ago Lulu admits she's an alcoholic and says secret battle is a 'family illness'

Scots singer Lulu has opened up about her secret battle with alcoholism for the first time revealing she was trying to 'suppress feelings' for years.

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2 h. ago Lulu reveals she's an alcoholic and admits addiction is a 'family illness'

Singer Lulu has has opened up about her battle with alcohol and confessed she was struggling for years but wanted to keep the addiction private until she understood it more

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4 h. ago Lulu shares that she's an alcoholic and admits secret battle is a 'family illness'

Singer Lulu has revealed she is an alcoholic as she opened up on her secret battle for the first time while admitting she was trying to 'suppress feelings' for years

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55 h. ago ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custodyUS immigration authorities have deported dozens of Russian asylum seekers to Moscow, including a serviceman wanted for desertion who has since been detained, the Guardian can reveal.At least two deportation flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) departed from the agency’s major detention hub in Alexandria, Louisiana and landed in Cairo, Egypt, where the asylum seekers were transferred to flights bound for Moscow with the cooperation of Egyptian and Russian authorities, according to interviews with passengers and human rights campaigners. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Family of terminally ill girl with rare genetic condition in desperate plea for specially adapted room

Little Eireann MacFarlane is one of just six people born with a genetic abnormality which requires 24 hour care.

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8 d. ago Tragedy as dad Andres Castro dies during flight following heart attack mid

Andres Castro had been in Bolivia with his family to celebrate his wife's birthday but he fell ill on the flight destined for the US, and the plane had to make an emergency landing

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9 d. ago British grandmother stranded in Turkish hospital is warned complete paralysis is 'best case scenario' after brain tumour deteriorated during family holiday

Gill Taylor-Scarth had been on a 'big family holiday' in the resort town of Fethiye, Turkey, before falling ill on August 23.

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1 week ago There’s no stress leave when your boss is a toddler, but there’s so much more society could be doing to help mothers | Freya Bennett

Full-time caregiving is invisible and undervalued. We must address maternal burnout – not simply medicate our way through itI haven’t slept for seven-and-a-half years – at least, it feels that way. The TV, rotating between Bluey, The Wiggles and K-pop Demon Hunters (when the toddler is napping), has been on for days as we battle yet another winter lurgy that drains me yet barely touches the surface of my two daughters, who vomit on the carpet one minute then ask for ice-cream the next. My seven-year-old makes cameo appearances at school, only to catch the next illness and bring it home to the family, our toddler demonstrating what a fine job she’s doing at developing her immune system with fevers, snot, vomit and a bout of conjunctivitis that never seems to end. The house is covered in crumbs and yoghurt splodges, there are no clean clothes and the gastro I got on my birthday set off my chronic illness into the worst flare since being diagnosed in 2021.I am running on fumes, but the...

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2 w. ago Family's plea to bring son's body home after tragic holiday death in France

Liam Wardle, from Pilling, Lancashire, was on a return trip abroad with family and friends when he fell critically ill

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2 w. ago Real James Herriot suffered heartbreaking illness that left his family 'on edge'

During the mid-1950s James fell seriously ill and was "tormented for months by recurring fevers and pain"

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3 w. ago Ray Brooks, British actor and voice of Mr Benn, dies aged 86

The EastEnders and Cathy Come Home actor had been diagnosed with dementia, his family revealedRay Brooks, the British actor who starred in EastEnders, Ken Loach’s drama Cathy Come Home and narrated the 1970s children’s TV show Mr Benn, has died at the age of 86.Brooks died peacefully on Saturday with his loved ones at his bedside after a short illness, according to a statement shared by his family with the BBC. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man killed and nine rushed to hospital as broccoli recalled across Italy in deadly outbreak

Luigi Di Sarno, 52, was on holiday with his family when they fell ill after eating broccoli and sausage sandwiches from a food stand

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4 w. ago Family's holiday Greece nightmare as 'icky tummy' becomes sepsis

Elias Vorrias, 47, was on the final day of his family's holiday in Zakynthos when he became ill and was rushed to hospital - his travel insurance has since been declared void

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last month Brit family's dream holiday turns to nightmare as they are told 'he's dying'

After their brother fell desperately ill, a family were told their travel insurance was void and they'd have to front the staggering cost of the treatment and extra accommodation

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