6 d. ago John Whaite says 'I feel like an ageing fool' as he struggles with health condition

Strictly Come Dancing star John Whaite took to social media with a candid update two years after revealing he had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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1 week ago Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim

As the anniversary of the 1989 massacre approaches, the Uyghur activist reflects on his lifelong dedication to the fight for democracyWhen I was little, mum used to take us to visit an elderly Uyghur couple every year. We would climb up the winding concrete stairs in a Soviet-era apartment block and be greeted with a warmth that felt like family. Over piping hot bowls of Uyghur chay, mum would talk to them for hours while my brother and I listened. I always assumed they were relatives of ours, until mum told me that they were the parents of her friend Örkesh Dölet, and they had not seen their son for over 20 years. As a child, I didn’t know who Örkesh was, but my heart broke for his parents, who clearly loved and missed their son so very dearly.Growing up in Beijing, dad used to take us to Tiananmen Square on weekends to fly colourful swallow-shaped kites. Due to censorship, I never knew that the pristine, neatly paved tiles beneath the soles of my sparkly light-up sneakers were onc...

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1 week ago Jamie Oliver says dyslexia made him feel ‘worthless’ at school as he discusses condition in new documentary

Oliver called making a new documentary about the condition ‘viscerally painful’

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2 w. ago Tragedy as boy, 8, dies hours after getting infection that spread to his brain and spine

Ashlee Dahlberg, from Indiana, US, says she felt her son Liam's 'heart fade away' after he suddenly contracted a bacterial infection. She shared the warning signs of the deadly illness

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2 w. ago Victim’s mother says her heart is broken after son’s death linked to New York gang preying on gay men

‘New York is unnecessarily unsafe, and it breaks my heart because John was so excited to be in Manhattan,’ mother says

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3 w. ago Family feel 'empty' after young dad died of 'exceptionally rare' condition

Damien Bedford's family say they will 'continue to seek answers' after a coroner ruled his medical care was 'appropriate' and had not played any role in his death

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3 w. ago Mother Lucy Connolly jailed over 'racist' Southport tweet loses her appeal and faces another two YEARS left on her prison sentence

Former childminder Lucy Connolly has lost her appeal over her 31-month sentence for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

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3 w. ago Tory councillor's wife who made social media rant about migrants on day of Southport attack loses appeal over 'harsh' sentence

Former childminder Lucy Connolly has lost her appeal over her 31-month sentence for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

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3 w. ago Lucy Connolly: Jailed councillor's wife loses bid for freedom after online migrants rant on day of Southport murders

Lucy Connolly has been in prison since August last year for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

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3 w. ago Double tragedy as Scots dad loses son and wife to same heart condition

Craig Murray, from Glasgow, said he feels 'robbed' following the deaths of his son Chris and wife Linda - just seven years apart.

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3 w. ago Dad ‘feels robbed’ after losing wife and son to same heart condition in double tragedy

Craig Murray said the loss of his wife Linda in 2024 was made even harder by the fact she would have become a grandmother this year. The family have became ardent supporters of the British Heart Foundation (BHF), raising thousands of pounds for the charity.

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3 w. ago Dear Coleen: 'My rare condition makes me feel so hopeless and sad'

I can’t have a kidney transplant without my skin condition going into remission and it isn’t getting any better.

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3 w. ago Man loses wife and son to same heart condition: ‘I feel robbed’

The pair ‘still had so much to do’

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3 w. ago Father ‘feels robbed’ after losing wife and son to same heart condition

Craig Murray, from Glasgow, said the loss of his wife Linda in 2024 was made even harder by the fact she would have become a grandmother this year.

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4 w. ago British women struggle being naked in front of their partners

Many of us worry about how we look in the nude with many anxious skin condition, while almost half say they feel stressed, and more than 4 in 10 feel anxious about their skin.

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