22 h. ago Subtle warning signs of dementia everyone should know, according to expert who watched her grandma, mum and dad develop the disease

An inspiring dementia specialist has warned others as her mother was recently diagnosed with the devastating illness which her father and grandmother died from.

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27 h. ago Mum and dad whose daughter, 4, was killed share urgent request to parents

Becky and Glenn Youens' daughter, Violet-Grace Youens, 4, was killed in 2017 by a hit-and-run driver in a stolen car going 80mph in a 30mph zone in St Helens, Merseyside

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47 h. ago Romería review – Carla Simón’s gripping pilgrimage tackles Aids, parents and the legacy of secrets

Cannes film festivalA young woman arrives in a Spanish coastal city to meet the family of her dead father, who are hiding information about his life and death, in Simón’s distinctive dramaIs biology destiny? Spanish film-maker Carla Simón brings to Cannes her very personal and in fact auto-fictional project Romería (meaning “pilgrimage”) – about an 18-year-old girl, arriving in Vigo in Galicia on Spain’s bracing Atlantic coast. She is on a mission to find out more about her biological father who died here of Aids after he split from her mum, who has since died, too, and about her dad’s extended – and very wealthy – family.Romería returns Simón (and her audiences) to the complex and painful subject of her mother and father, which she first approached in her wonderful autobiographical debut Summer 1993 although for me the more conventionally enclosed fictional transformation of the material there might have given that film a sharper arrowhead of storytelling power. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Kids 'screamed and pleaded' as dad viciously assaulted their mum on school run

Thomas Dean had previously threatened his estranged girlfriend while still in prison

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5 d. ago Is it true that male pattern baldness is inherited from the mother?

It is often down to genetics, but hair loss is also affected by hormones, stress and other factorsThis is partially true, says Dr Thivos Sokratous, medical doctor and hair loss expert at Ouronyx. We all have two chromosomes (essentially strings of DNA) that code our genetic makeup. Males are born with an X chromosome, with genes inherited from their mother, and a Y chromosome, from their father.Sokratous says some studies have shown a strong link between the androgen receptor gene on the X chromosome (passed down from the mother) and male pattern hair loss, with some suggesting this gene may account for up to 70% of the risk. “But male pattern baldness is more complex than that,” he says. “It’s the combination of genes from your mum and your dad alongside other factors.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect is 'ticking time bomb who should never be free' says ex flatmate

Thomas Hertel, who once lived with Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner, says authorities would be crazy to let him out and that he's both 'a danger' and 'a ticking time bomb'

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7 d. ago The Little Sister review – a discerning drama of queer Muslim coming

Cannes film festival Hafsia Herzi manages sexuality with confidence in her first Palme d’Or competition film, featuring an affecting lead performance from newcomer Nadia MellitiActor turned director Hafsia Herzi presents her first feature in the Cannes competition: a coming-of-age story of queer Muslim identity, with all the painful, irreconcilable imperatives that this implies, complicating the existing insoluble agonies of just getting to be an adult. It is adapted from La Petite Dernière, or The Last One, the autofictional novel by Franco-Algerian author Fatima Daas about growing up as the kid sister, the youngest of three girls, in an Algerian family in a Paris suburb with her mum, dad and siblings.Non-professional newcomer Nadia Melliti plays Fatima, a smart kid battling with asthma who likes books, likes football, likes freestyling, likes running – and likes girls. (This last interest is secret.) As Fatima prepares to leave school and start her first year at university (while ...

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8 d. ago Chilling moment Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner SMIRKS as he is asked: 'Did you kill Maddie?'

Christian Brueckner was confronted as he left the court Germany after being convicted of insulting guards at the prison where he is serving a seven-year sentence for rape.

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8 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's creepy response when asked if her

Christian Brueckner, 46, remains the prime suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann, who vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007

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8 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's flippant reason for verbal assault on jailers

In a letter sent to prison bosses, lead Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner claimed he 'woke up on the wrong side of bed' on the day he 'raged' against guards during a meeting

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8 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner convicted of insulting jail staff after ranting at guards

Christian Brueckner has been convicted of insulting prison guards - the 48-year-old paedophile was hauled before judges in Germany after branding jail staff “a laughing stock”.

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1 week ago Madeleine McCann's siblings reach major milestone 18 years after her disappearance

Madeleine McCann's twin siblings Sean and Amelie are said to be doing well in their studies at separate universities over 18 years after their sister vanished

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1 week ago Madeleine McCann's family find joy after heartbreak: Gerry and Kate McCann's gifted son is tipped to swim for Team GB at 2028 Olympics

The university chemical engineering student, who started swimming competitively at age eight, is also predicted to compete for Gerry's native Scotland at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

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1 week ago Madeleine McCann's 'talented' twin siblings 18 years after sister's disappearance

Madeleine McCann's twin siblings Amelie and Sean - who were just two years old when their sister vanished - are now 20, and are said to be excelling in their studies and sports.

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1 week ago 'Talented' McCann twins now at university after tragedy of missing sister Madeleine

One of Madeleine McCann's twin siblings is being tipped to represent Team GB at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles - while another is said to be doing well at university

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1 week ago ‘I’ve always had a soft spot for Lady Gaga’: John Lydon’s honest playlist

The Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd frontman prefers drinking to karaoke and loves the Kinks, but which out-there rock song changed his life?The first song I fell in love with I loved Gene Vincent as a kid. Then my mum and dad bought You Really Got Me by the Kinks. It shocked me that the guitar was so tough and brilliant. Ray Davies is one of Britain’s finest songwriters.The first single I bought Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers, from a little store in Finsbury Park, where I bought reggae and Jimi Hendrix from thereon in. It was run by a little old lady, who played the deepest of deep reggae. She had colossal, mad taste, this old lady. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Miley Cyrus breaks silence on family feud rumours with emotional statement

Miley Cyrus has broken her silence on rumours of a family feud with dad Billy Ray Cyrus and mum Tish Cyrus after her mother unfollowed the actress and singer on social media

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2 w. ago Parents devastated as they're told son, 4, is one of just 20 people in the world with mystery condition

Doctors told Connor Murphy's mum and dad he was one of around 20 children in the world with the condition

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2 w. ago Boy, 4, is one of just 20 people in the world with mystery condition

Doctors told Connor Murphy's mum and dad he was one of around 20 children in the world with the condition

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2 w. ago REVEALED: The inspiring lives of the talented McCann twins who grew up in the shadow of their missing big sister Maddie

May is an especially heart-wrenching month for Kate and Gerry McCann, as last Saturday marked 18 years since their daughter, Madeleine, disappeared from her bed in a holiday Portuguese resort.

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