8 h. ago 'I risked going to jail to marry my cousin, we fell in love as kids when we looked the same'

Nothing could get in the way of the connection of cousins Michael Lee and Angela Peang, who have compared themselves to Romeo and Juliet.

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16 h. ago 'I risked prison to marry cousin, we fell in love when we looked the same as kids'

Even during their shared childhood, two first cousins knew that there was something between them that went beyond their family bond, and they risked everything to pursue it

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38 h. ago Doctor's chilling codename for sexual fantasies with teen patient he 'fell in love' with

Dr Cian Hughes first met the girl when she was just 13 and having an operation at a children's hospital in 2011. The pair started a sexual relationship in 2015, when the girl was 17

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3 d. ago Married teacher with children raped boy before getting pregnant and marrying him

Vili Fualaau was in second grade, aged seven or eight, when Mary Kay Letourneau first met the young boy.

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3 d. ago Kate was 17 when she fell in love with a boy on holiday. She thought things had just fizzled out... but then she discovered this secret 30 years later that her mother had hidden in the attic

No one forgets their first love - certainly not when he's the sort of boy who writes poetry and songs for you and worships the ground you walk on.

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3 d. ago ‘Who would not want to dance to Boogie Wonderland?’: Alison Balsom’s honest playlist

The classical trumpeter had her mind blown by Dizzy Gillespie and has a tin ear for karaoke. But which Christmas banger really grinds her gears?The first song I fell in love with When I was seven and I started playing the trumpet, my mum would take me to the library. They just happened to have Afro by Dizzy Gillespie, and I fell in love with Con Alma, which Dizzy plays on the trumpet with so much soul that it feels like a voice. I remember thinking: Wow, this is something else.The song I do at karaoke I can recognise the melodies in most songs because I have the ear of a musician. But I don’t really listen to the words – I feel having the words in front of me would throw me off, so I’ve never done karaoke. If I had to, I’d probably do an old classic like Crocodile Rock by Elton John. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Kate was 17 when she fell in love with a boy on holiday. She never saw him again... but then discovered this secret 30 years later that her mother had hidden in the attic

No one forgets their first love - certainly not when he's the sort of boy who writes poetry and songs for you and worships the ground you walk on.

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4 d. ago Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais

Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?Today I watched those children again, the ones who stood before the cameras at al-Shifa hospital on 7 November 2023. They spoke in English, not their mother tongue, but the language of those who they thought might save them.“We want to live, we want peace, we want to judge the killers of children,” one boy said. “We want medicine, food and education. We want to live as the other children live.”How holy their concern now sounds, rising over a land emptied of the living.As if starving a child pre-disposed to death makes the violence more justified?Ahmad Ibsais is a first generation Palestinian American, law student and poet who writes the newsletter State of Siege Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ChatGPT has its uses, but I still hate it – and I’ll tell you why | Imogen West

It’s bad for the planet and could make many jobs – including mine – obsolete. But my loathing runs deeper than thatIt’s one of those topics that comes up over drinks or dinner at the moment: whether or not you think AI is going to steal your job. So far, I’ve felt relatively confident that while AI could no doubt have a fair crack at writing a newspaper opinion column, there is something I do as part of my work that AI cannot: reporting.Except now, it seems, AI is claiming to be doing that as well. Last week, it was revealed that at least six reputable publications have had to take down published articles because it turned out that they were probably pieces of fiction written by AI and then passed off by somebody as works of journalism under the name of Margaux Blanchard. One of these was a piece for Wired titled They Fell in Love Playing Minecraft. Then the Game Became Their Wedding Venue, which quoted a “digital celebrant” called Jessica Hu, who does not seem to actually exist. An...

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9 d. ago Cheryl Fergison fell in love with Moroccan toyboy after five

Cheryl Fergison played Heather Trott in EastEnders, and her life has been as wild as some of the storylines in the hit BBC One soap, as she details in her new autobiography

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1 week ago Three children are rushed to hospital after car ploughed into them as they played on pavement 'then took off': Man, 37, is arrested

A report was made shortly before 5pm that the car, while reversing, struck the children - two girls and a boy - as they played before it 'then took off'. A man, 37, has been arrested.

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1 week ago Love Is Blind UK couple's 'epic' love story not shown on TV and how it nearly fell apart

Some of the relationship journeys are never shown

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2 w. ago Paisley DJ charts her journey from TikTok to the world stage

DJ Eden fell in love with music when she was a teenager but only started practising being a DJ when she was 36

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2 w. ago Mike Lynch's words from beyond the grave: A year on from yacht tragedy, how he fell in love at first sight with the wife who's fighting for his legacy while grieving her husband and daughter

Mike Lynch thought a very great deal of his wife Angela. He'd fallen in love with her after she arrived late for their first business meeting, which she proceeded to dominate.

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2 w. ago 'I fell in love with baby name but my husband says it's reserved for strippers'

A woman is seeking advice after seeing her husband's stern reaction to the name she picked out for their future daughter - but she says his child will never go by that moniker

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2 w. ago 'I was married at 12, a mum by 14 and widow with two small children at 19'

Mina Khanoom was just 12 years old when she was married off to a 30-year-old man in Iran

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2 w. ago Stacey Solomon 'fell in love' on family holiday with Molly Mae and Tommy Fury

Stacey Solomon revealed that she spent the first part of her family holiday with Molly Mae, Tommy Fury and their daughter Bambi as she revealed she 'fell in love' with them

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2 w. ago I fell in love with an AI chatbot... but then its personality changed overnight

Humans who entered into romantic relationships with digital chatbots were left heartbroken after a new ChatGPT update changed their partners' personalities overnight.

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2 w. ago James Haskell makes rare red carpet appearance with daughter Bodhi

James Haskell was snapped spending quality time with his three-year-old daughter Bodie just weeks after confessing what he thinks ended his marriage to her mum Chloe Madeley

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2 w. ago Virgin, 27 refuses to kiss anyone until her wedding day as blokes fear she's in a cult

Elezha Hudson was just 10 years old when she told her mum she didn't want to kiss someone she wasn't married to - 17 years on and she remains committed to that promise

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