8 d. ago BBC DIY SOS in urgent plea to help Scots family after heartbreaking loss

The Connolly family who are trapped in an unsuitable home in Newton Mearns after they suffered a tragic loss.

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1 week ago Dear Coleen: I'm left picking up the pieces when my husband's selfish ex lies

Last week, her mum was meant to pick her up for the weekend, but she called at the last minute to say she wasn’t well and needed to postpone.

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1 week ago Dear Jobs Guru: ‘I took over my redundant colleague’s duties and now I want a pay rise’

Worker Dan says he’s been picking up the pieces since his workmate was made redundant last year – now he wants a pay bump to earn what she was on. Our Jobs Guru James Innes is here with some much-needed advice

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1 week ago PHOTOS: London, Kentucky picks up the pieces after deadly tornado slams area

PHOTOS: London, Kentucky picks up the pieces after deadly tornado slams area  The Courier-Journal

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2 w. ago The Rehearsal: Nathan Fielder makes genius appointment TV that may spoil you forever

In his twisted and often horrifying reality show, Fielder piles ethical grey areas on top of each other like problematic pancakes. Get stuck in!Schopenhauer defined genius as someone who aims at a target the rest of us can’t see. Which raises a philosophical paradox – how do we know they’ve hit it? I was moved to such musings while watching this week’s pick, a singular piece of art that functions unlike anything else on TV, and calls the medium itself into question. No, it’s not Police Interceptors.In The Rehearsal (Monday, 10pm, Sky Comedy), comedian Nathan Fielder blends documentary, social experiment, performance art and absurdist satire in a devised method all his own. He has ordinary people tackle emotionally fraught situations from their lives, by role-playing them with hired actors in meticulously recreated sets that mirror significant personal locations. It’s arch, but the stakes are real. The first series opened with a man who wanted to apologise to his pub quiz teamma...

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2 w. ago The Rehearsal: Nathan Fielder makes genius appointment TV that may spoil you for ever

In his twisted and often horrifying reality show, Fielder piles ethical grey areas on top of each other like problematic pancakes. Get stuck in!Schopenhauer defined genius as someone who aims at a target the rest of us can’t see. Which raises a philosophical paradox – how do we know they’ve hit it? I was moved to such musings while watching this week’s pick, a singular piece of art that functions unlike anything else on TV, and calls the medium itself into question. No, it’s not Police Interceptors.In The Rehearsal (Monday, 10pm, Sky Comedy), comedian Nathan Fielder blends documentary, social experiment, performance art and absurdist satire in a devised method all his own. He has ordinary people tackle emotionally fraught situations from their lives, by role-playing them with hired actors in meticulously recreated sets that mirror significant personal locations. It’s arch, but the stakes are real. The first series opened with a man who wanted to apologise to his pub quiz teamma...

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2 w. ago F&F at Tesco 25% off sale– a fashion editor picks the key pieces that could be designer

We sent our fashion editor to check out F&F at Tesco's 25% off sale, and she found some designer-like gems from £16 in store...

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2 w. ago After a Deadly Tornado, a Small Kentucky City Starts Picking Up the Pieces

After a Deadly Tornado, a Small Kentucky City Starts Picking Up the Pieces  The New York Times

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3 w. ago My family went on DIY SOS and it was a horror show... five years later we are STILL picking up the pieces

Peter Chapman wanted Nick Knowles ' team to make his home more accessible for his wife, Sarah, who suffers from myotonic dystrophy - but years later he has spent £40k fixing their work.

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