18 h. ago Mum on dream holiday diagnosed with brain aneurysm as family rally round bedside

"There is some good signs from Lorraine when she wakes up but they put her back into the coma so she can rest her brain."

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19 h. ago Mum hospitalised with brain aneurysm on dream Tenerife holiday as sons race to her side

Lorraine Cummins, 49, had been on holiday in Spain's Tenerife island when she fell ill with a brain aneurysm - a GoFundMe has been set up to allow her sons to stay by her side until she recovers

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57 h. ago Violent man strangled partner on Majorca holiday while she held their baby son

Liam Winstone held onto the victim's throat so tight until she was on the verge of passing out and thought she was 'going to die'

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69 h. ago Mum left hospitalised and £5,000 out of pocket after replying to job ad online

Single mum Mutmainnah Abubakar arrived in Edinburgh last year with £5,000 in savings, but her accounts were picked clean by scammers posing as an employer in a few short days

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3 d. ago Yankees legend Brett Gardner told tragic son's cause of death after teen falls ill on holiday

Baseballer Brett Gardner's son Miller died of "asphyxiation" which had initially been believed to have been caused following a bout of food poisoning during a holiday in Costa Rica

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3 d. ago ‘I’d been singing the wrong word for 30 years’: Deacon Blue on how they made Dignity

‘It’s become a sort of folk song. It’s played at weddings and funerals. Dundee United play it when we win. I’ve met people who’ve told me, “I was a worker for the council for 20 years” – just like the guy in the song’I was a teacher in Glasgow but I wanted to start a band and write songs that meant something to people. Dignity began life during a holiday in Crete in 1985. I bought Sounds magazine at the airport. Morrissey was on the cover and the headline “Home thoughts from abroad” got me thinking about Glasgow. I was living in a tenement flat in Pollokshields, from where I’d see the cleansing department guys sweeping the road. So I started writing about a “worker for the council, has been 20 years” who dreamed of sailing away on a “ship called Dignity”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago 'I fear I could die any moment after common symptom turned out to be brain aneurysm'

Amber Ford, 31, from Scotland, was a 'healthy' individual before she became unwell in 2018, and now faces a grappling decision as she lives in fear of when she could die

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9 d. ago Baseball legend's young son dies on family holiday as tragic cause of death reported

The 14-year-old son of New York Yankees icon Brett Gardner died during a family holiday in Costa Rica

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9 d. ago 'I worry every day that my brain aneurysm will kill me' tragic young Scots woman reveals

The 31-year-old from South Lanarkshire, described herself as “healthy” before she became unwell in 2018.

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1 week ago Loose Women's Brenda Edwards in 'tears' over 'sign' from son Jamal during first holiday in 20 years

Brenda recalled her recent trip to Barbados three years after her son's tragic death

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1 week ago I found out my son had died when I was on holiday and after checking the cameras for my dog... He'd been dead for hours

Maryann Taylor, 52, was abroad last September when she noticed something unusual on her security footage, which she'd checked to see how her dogs were doing in her absence.

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1 week ago I found out my son had died when I was on holiday and checking the cameras for my dog... He'd been dead for hours

Maryann Taylor, 52, was abroad last September when she noticed something unusual on her security footage, which she'd checked to see how her dogs were doing in her absence.

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1 week ago Mum discovers son died after checking dog camera on holiday and now 'can't leave house'

Maryann Taylor has been pleading with Edinburgh Council for a new council house but says her pleas are "falling on deaf ears" despite being offered properties that she claims are "unsuitable"

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1 week ago Mum discovered her son had died after checking dog camera while on holiday

The Scots mum is traumatised after months of being 'stuck' in the house her son died in.

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2 w. ago A judge says Mariah Carey didn't steal 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from other writers

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial holiday hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You” from other songwriters

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2 w. ago More than 800 holidaymakers taking TUI to court after falling ill in Cape Verde

Hundreds of holidaymakers are taking travel firm TUI to court after falling seriously ill while staying at luxury resorts in Cape Verde including a mum whose six-month-old baby was hospitalised

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