17 h. ago Teenager died after his loving mother encouraged him to 'do something productive' in bid to raise his low mood

Rex Edward Lilley, 18, had battled mental health struggles for years before he had locked his bedroom door and tried to take his life on January 6.

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24 h. ago Heartbroken woman tells how Ryanair showed a complete lack of empathy after her mother died before they were due to fly to Lanzarote

Sophie Taylor was set to fly to Lanzarotte with her mother Sharon Watkins to celebrate Sharon's 60th birthday.

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27 h. ago A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir

The actor on being called ugly, telling Johnny Rotten to F-off, and striking gold at CannesKathy Burke’s mother, Bridget, died of stomach cancer when she was 18 months old; she writes that it made her “feel dead famous” in her community. She was raised by her older brothers, John and Barry, who were 10 and eight when it happened, and sometimes by their father Pat, an alcoholic for many years, violent with it, who struggled to care for his family. Pat and Bridget had moved to London from Ireland, and the Burkes lived on an estate in Islington, where the other families played a vital role in raising and feeding the children. On his deathbed, in 1994, Pat asked Kathy to do two things: to give up smoking, and to write more. It has only taken her 30 years, she says, but she’s finally done the latter.The entertainment industry is top-heavy with people from middle-and upper-class backgrounds who have a limited understanding of lives that don’t resemble th...

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29 h. ago ‘It’s scary how many St George’s flags there were’: Blood Orange on coming home to Essex and mourning his mother

After grief brought Dev Hynes home, he reconsidered the county that shaped him. The result is a masterful new album – made with a little help from Lorde and Zadie SmithDevonté Hynes is telling me how he came to be living back in his childhood home in Ilford, east London, at the age of 37, after his mother had fallen ill. “It was a surreal experience,” he says of the sudden move from Brooklyn, where he makes music as Blood Orange, to sleeping in the bedroom where he once put up posters of David Beckham and the Smashing Pumpkins. “Physically, you’re bigger: your shape has changed. But the space is the same. The memories are the same.”Hynes came back to England to be by the bedside of his mother in hospital, and stayed at home a while after she died in 2023. This tragic disruptionproduced his fifth full-length release, Essex Honey, a clear contender for album of the year. It’s a record grounded by grief but fizzing with the memory flashes that came with returning home to the edge of Es...

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66 h. ago I let my son die because I was selfish and wanted my happy ever after, Baby P's mother tells public parole hearing

Tracey Connelly was forced to finally give answers this afternoon for the death of 17-month-old Peter - as she made a fresh bid for freedom 18 years after he was tortured to death.

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3 d. ago Mother, 34, who tragically died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth wrongly believed she was low risk, inquest hears

Jennifer Cahill, 34, had suffered serious bleeding and needed two transfusions following the traumatic hospital birth of her first child, a son, three years earlier.

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3 d. ago Woman dies saving baby from fire started by neighbour taking part in dangerous social media trend

A mother died while rescuing her baby from an apartment fire in South Korea that began when a neighbour tried to kill a cockroach with a makeshift flamethrower, police said.

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5 d. ago 'Really excited about a home birth': Heartbreaking posts of mother who died with her baby during home birth after traumatic first delivery in hospital

Hand up showing off a beautiful diamond engagement ring, Jennifer Cahill could not look happier.

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7 d. ago The tragic story of the mother and her baby daughter who died after a home birth went catastrophically wrong. What happened? The Daily Mail investigates...

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died shortly after giving birth to her second child at home. She suffered a repeat of the severe haemorrhaging she had experienced with her son the first time around.

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7 d. ago Revealed: The online group run by 'sacred chanting and drumming' fan who supported mother who died with her baby after choosing a homebirth against medical advice

An inquest into Jennifer Cahill's death this week heard that she was a member of Home Birth Support Group UK - a Facebook group with more than 14,000 members.

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8 d. ago Mother, 34, who died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth against medical advice shouted 'I am a warrior!' as she struggled to deliver her daughter

Jennifer Cahill, 34, an international export manager, had made it clear she wanted a completely 'physiological' birth for baby Agnes Lily, with no drugs and minimal outside interference.

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9 d. ago Mother, 52, and daughter, 21, die after eating 'poisoned birthday cake delivered by relative who owed them money' in Brazil

Ana Maria de Jesus, 52, and Larissa de Jesus Castilho, 21, were rushed to the hospital after eating a slice of the cake brought to them by the husband of Ana's niece Patricia.

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1 week ago NHS warns 'call 999' if you spot these two symptoms of blood clot

These signs could mean the clot has travelled to the lungs

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1 week ago Blood clot warning as NHS says 'call 999' if you spot two symptoms

There are certain signs that you need to seek immediate medical attention

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1 week ago Mother, 34, who tragically died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth told midwives she wanted a completely natural labour with no medication, inquest hears

Jennifer Cahill, 34, chose to deliver Agnes Lily at home after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital when she had her son three years

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1 week ago Every risk you MUST know before having a homebirth as mother, 34, and baby die amid tragic complications

Experts have long argued that the evidence about the risks of home births and the relative safety of hospital-based births is too often ignored by home birth advocates.

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1 week ago 'Am I going to die?': Mum recalls son's heartbreaking last words hours before he succumbed to a deadly disease

The grieving mother of a 16-year-old boy who died less than 24 hours after he started experiencing symptoms of a deadly disease has recalled his devastating last words.

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1 week ago Mum, 34, and baby died in home birth tragedy as heartbroken father pays tribute & says ‘we never heard the risks’

A MOTHER and her newborn baby died within hours of each other in a tragic home birth, an inquest has heard. Rob Cahill recounted details of his wife and baby's death after a home birth which has left him heartbroken. Jennifer Cahill, 34, never got to hold her "beautiful" baby Agnes after giving birth at...

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1 week ago Mother, 34, and her newborn baby both died after she decided to have a home birth due to feeling 'unsupported' by midwives when her first child was delivered in hospital

Jennifer Cahill, 34, delivered baby Agnes Lily at her home in the presence of her husband Rob and two midwives in June last year.

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1 week ago Tragic Race Across the World star's final minutes detailed at inquest into death

Sam Gardiner, who starred in the BBC series alongside his mother Jo, died earlier this year after losing control of his VW Golf car in terrible weather on a busy road

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