64 h. ago Jeremy Vine looks back: ‘What will I do after Radio 2? I don’t know. Die?’

The broadcaster on radioactive tomatoes, his suburban upbringing and still being a showoffBorn in 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, Jeremy Vine is a journalist and broadcaster. Vine’s media career began at the Coventry Evening Telegraph before he landed a job at the BBC in 1987, where he has worked in a number of roles including as a political reporter, Africa correspondent and Newsnight presenter. As well as his weekday programme on BBC Radio 2, he presents a self-titled weekday morning show on Channel 5. His new novel, Murder on Line One, is out now.My dear old mum would have pulled this costume together. If you dress a boy as a soldier, he will almost certainly crawl around the floor like a sniper, which I did. Shortly after this was taken, I decided to launch a large log over my shoulder as if it were a bazooka. The back of it hit my head on the way past. I did myself a bit of mischief that day. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Mum pushed toddler son on swing for two days straight in haunting case

Romechia Simms pushed her three-year-old Ji'Aire on a park swing for over 40 hours in a heartbreaking case that left family members and the wider community devastated

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1 week ago Boy, 14, crushed to death in horror farming tragedy as mum says he was 'working too hard'

Harry Moss, 14, was crushed to death by farming machinery at Hillview Arena near Blackmore Park Road, in Malvern, Worcestershire - Now, his mum has shared her feelings

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1 week ago Tributes flood in for teenage boy killed in horror farm accident as mum's world 'falls apart'

Harry Moss, 14, from Birmingham, was fatally injured in an incident involving heavy machinery on a farm in Malvern, Worcestershire, on Thursday morning

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1 week ago Boy killed in horror farm tragedy pictured as heartbroken mum's world 'falls apart'

Harry Moss died after suffering horrendous injuries in the machinery accident at the farm.

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1 week ago Boy, 14, killed in horror farm accident pictured as mum's world 'falls apart'

Harry Moss, 14, from Birmingham, was fatally injured in an incident involving heavy machinery on a farm in Malvern, Worcestershire, on Thursday morning

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1 week ago What's the right age to give my son a smartphone? How can we keep kids safe online? What parents need to know

When is the right age to get your child a smartphone? And is it really possible to keep them safe online? Rebecca Cox, mum to a 9-year-old boy, tries to find the answers in the wake of Adolescence, and as Andrew Tate returns to court

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1 week ago What's the right age to give kids a smartphone? & how can we keep them safe online? What parents need to know

Rebecca Cox, mum to a 9-year-old boy, tries to find the answers in the wake of Adolescence, and as Andrew Tate returns to court

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3 w. ago "Our hearts are shattered": Mum's heartbreaking tribute to baby boy who died after three

One-year-old Teddy Jason was left fighting for his life after the white Peugeot he was travelling in collided with a Volvo in a horror crash on the A303 near Amesbury on Friday

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3 w. ago Mum upset as people say her 'retro' baby boy's name 'sounds like an old man'

A mum has been told to reconsider the name she's chosen for her son, as people say it will be setting him up for a lifetime of bullying because it sounds like an 'old man'

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3 w. ago Mum of boy found drowned in pond says teen was 'lured to death'

Richard Okorogheye, 19, drowned after he was reported missing in 2021.

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3 w. ago Boy, 5, dies after drinking apple juice 'laced with meth' as mum charged for his death

Heather Opsincs, 37, was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter last week following the death of her five-year-old son, who died after drinking apple juice that contained methamphetamine, according to a police affidavit

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3 w. ago I was desperate to be a boy and to have my breasts removed. Now I realise I was a girl all along

'I've done my best to support her at every stage, but I drew the line at giving my consent for her to have the testosterone and double mastectomy she was so intent on. And thank goodness I did.'

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