17 h. ago Mystery over 'heartbreaking' message in a bottle that left people in tears is solved as bereaved daughter reveals her late mother's final wishes

Single mum of five Wendy Chadwick always dreamed of seeing the world but could only manage holidays in the UK. But this has changed after her death.

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19 h. ago Second man arrested on suspicion of murder over death of 'innocent' schoolboy, 16, who killed in hit and run by Audi that 'swerved towards e

Abdullah Yaha Al-Zaidy was tragically struck down by a grey Audi while walking along the pavement on Staniforth Road, in Sheffield, on Wednesday afternoon.

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22 h. ago Daughter, 19, bludgeoned mum to death with frying pan to keep huge secret

Brenda Powell had spent her life helping young people and was a devoted wife and mother. But her 19-year-old daughter Sydney was keeping a huge secret from her

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25 h. ago People in tears after message in a bottle washes on beach sharing 'utterly heartbreaking' message

A bottle containing the ashes of 51-year-old Wendy Chadwick, and a note by her daughter Cara saying her mother was travelling the world has gone viral online, according to the BBC.

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31 h. ago ‘She lived without fear’: daughter of Chechen activist publishes book she vowed to pen after mother’s murder

Lana Estemirova promised to tell story of her mother, a renowned human rights activist. This month it is publishedLana Estemirova was 15 in 2009, when her mother, the renowned Chechen human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, was kidnapped and murdered. Bundled into a car as she walked to the bus stop on her way to work, she was driven out of town and then shot five times in the chest and head.The killing was widely seen as retribution for Estemirova’s fearless investigations of extrajudicial murders, kidnappings and human rights abuses in Chechnya, first by Russian soldiers and then by forces loyal to the Kremlin-appointed warlord, Ramzan Kadyrov. Nobody was ever prosecuted for the crime. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Man, 20, found dead next to overturned quadbike with burned out BMW discovered in nearby town: Police arrest five amid murder probe

Five men have been arrested amid a murder probe following the death of a 20-year-old Ethan Powell who was found next to an overturned quad bike.

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40 h. ago I'm living every parent's worst nightmare, says devastated mother whose daughter, 13, took her own life after bullying on social media

Alyssa Morris, 13, was tragically found hanged in Brungerley Park in Clitheroe, Lancashire, just five days before her 14th birthday on February 12, 2023

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43 h. ago Tom Hanks reacts to daughter’s memoir claim that mother was emotionally and physically abusive

E.A. Hanks’s memoir hit shelves in April

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49 h. ago Model is hauled to court after being attacked by mother and daughter in furious nightclub toilets catfight

Bethany Brown left 23-year-old Amelia Begg with a bloody nose after attacking her when she was slapped by Amelia's mother, Heather, 40.

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2 d. ago Kayden Moy cops arrest third teen over tragic Irvine Beach death

Police arrested the 14-year-old boy on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago Cricket star Steve James' 'beautiful' daughter, 21, was 'dismissed' by doctors several times before she died in hospital as mother blasts 'appalling care'

Bethan James, 21, daughter of ex-Glamorgan star Steve James, passed away just a day after being admitted to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on February 9, 2020.

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4 d. ago Euthanasia activist who was arrested over suicide pod death ‘takes his own life’

Dr Florian Willet was said to have serious psychological problems after his detention over the use of the suicide pod

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4 d. ago Suicide pod activist takes his own life after being arrested for murder of woman who used the Sarco pod he promoted

Dr Florian Willet, 47, was arrested last year following the death of a 64-year-old woman using a Sarco suicide pod after she was allegedly found inside with strangulation marks on her neck.

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4 d. ago Suicide pod activist takes his own life after being arrested for murder of women who used the Sarco pod he promoted

Dr Florian Willet, 47, was arrested last year following the death of a 64-year-old woman using a Sarco suicide pod after she was allegedly found inside with strangulation marks on her neck.

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4 d. ago Former EastEnders star says she 'found her little girl' in British Soap Awards reunion

The two stars were never onscreen at the same time despite playing a mother and daughter

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5 d. ago Rose West has a new granddaughter as paedophile son has baby with former model

Fred and Rose West's son Stephen has welcomed a baby daughter with his fiancée Emma Bradley - but his mother, who is serving a whole life order, won't meet the little girl

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5 d. ago Two arrests after fatal quadbike crash on A465 Heads of the Valleys road

The man was pronounced dead at the scene on Saturday, May 31

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5 d. ago Mother’s ‘long wait’ for justice over daughter’s death ahead of second inquest

Joy Dove has fought for years for a fresh investigation into her daughter Jodey Whiting’s death.

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6 d. ago ‘Mom, am I the missing twin?’: the story of two babies separated by the Chinese state – and their emotional reunion

US couple Marsha and Al adopted a baby girl from China because they thought she had been abandoned. Years later they read about a girl whose sister had been illegally snatched by the authorities. Was everything they’d been told about their daughter a lie?One night in September 2009, a widowed mother in Texas named Marsha was up late at her kitchen table, scrolling through correspondence, when she opened an email that would change her family’s life. It was from an acquaintance who was sharing a newspaper article – as it happens, an article I’d written from China – about government officials who had snatched children from impoverished families to supply the lucrative adoption market. The article featured an interview with a nine-year-old girl speaking wistfully about her identical twin who had been taken away. “A Young Girl Pines for Her Twin” was the headline.Marsha had two daughters from China. She and her husband, Al, both employees of the defence contractor Lockheed Martin, h...

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6 d. ago Mother of jailed British activist at risk of ‘sudden death’ from hunger strike, doctors warn

Laila’s daughter Sanaa said it was a ‘miracle’ her mother survived the night

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