31 h. ago Woman, 23, who died after refusing chemotherapy ‘adversely influenced’ by mother

Paloma Shemiran turned down cancer treatment and instead followed an “alternative treatment programme” led by her mother, prominent online conspiracy theorist Kate “Kay” Shemirani

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36 h. ago UK woman who refused cancer drugs was influenced by mother, inquest finds

Paloma Shemirani, 23, died after refusing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma despite doctors’ concernsA woman who died after refusing chemotherapy doctors believed would have given her a strong chance of recovery was “adversely influenced” by her conspiracy theorist mother, a coroner has said.Paloma Shemirani died aged 23 in July 2024 after refusing conventional treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. On Thursday, the coroner in her inquest said the influence of her parents, Kay and Faramarz Shemirani, “more than minimally” contributed to her death. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Woman who died after refusing chemotherapy ‘adversely influenced’ by mother

Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed on July 19 last year and was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital where she died five days later.

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53 h. ago 'Obsessed' man 'breastfed' from woman, 60, to 'get back at his mum'

Michael Jones, 32, said he developed an 'odd fascination with the woman's breasts' and admitted he went after women her age 'as a way of getting back at his mother'

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54 h. ago Missing California woman’s body found hidden in ‘secret’ attic of home

‘What did she do to you for you to kill her, and then put her in a wall?’ the missing woman’s mother asked in a news interview

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57 h. ago Man 'breastfed' from woman twice his age to 'get back at his mother'

Michael Jones also told a prosecutor he had a "hatred towards women" but he had become "obsessed" with the 60-year-old woman.

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57 h. ago Obsessed man 'breastfed' from woman, 60, to get back at his mother

Michael Jones, 32, contacted the woman even though he was banned from seeing her, a court heard

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68 h. ago Little girl's horror death at hands of her own mother in 'worst case of child abuse ever seen'

Horrific case of child abuse of ‘princess’ girl, 6, by crack cocaine addict mother that shocked the world - and the woman who carried out this shocking crime now walks free

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4 d. ago Alleged mom of Michigan church shooter posted eerie message days before attack criticizing person ‘avoiding accountability’

A woman identified in news reports as the mother of Thomas Jacob Sanford posted mysteriously about a person who always ‘deflected responsibility’ and ‘escalated conversations’

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2 w. ago Penny Lancaster: 'I'm the oldest person Rod's ever slept with... Now he's the oldest man that I've slept with too!'

Posing for the cover of Woman and Home, the mother-of-two opened up about her 18 year marriage to the Faces rocker.

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2 w. ago Windrush scheme failings ’caused woman to miss time with mother before death’

It comes after a 2024 PHSO report highlighted that the scheme was making wrong decisions and withholding payments in some cases.

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2 w. ago Mother of missing British woman Sarm Heslop says she'll never give up fighting for answers

Former flight attendant Sarm Heslop, 41, has not been seen since her boyfriend Ryan Bane discovered her missing from his £500,000 catamaran Siren Song in March 2021.

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3 w. ago Heartbroken mother of woman killed by boyfriend in Hackney tells PM justice system is ‘broken’

Linda Westcarr sent a letter to the Prime Minister calling for an urgent meeting after her daughter’s killer was handed a hospital order

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3 w. ago Mother of woman killed by boyfriend tells Starmer justice system is ‘broken’

Linda Westcarr sent a letter to the Prime Minister calling for an urgent meeting after her daughter’s killer was handed a hospital order.

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3 w. ago Poetic License review – Apatow family affair ends up as warm and funny comedy

Toronto film festival: Judd Apatow’s actor daughter Maude directs her mother Leslie Mann in a smart, charming film about a woman adrift finding unlikely younger friendsOne could cynically look at the credits for the film Poetic License and dismiss it outright. It was directed by Maude Apatow, daughter of Judd, and stars, among others, Apatow’s mother, Leslie Mann, Cooper Hoffman (son of Philip Seymour Hoffman), and Nico Parker (daughter of Thandiwe Newton and film-maker Ol Parker). On paper it all looks like a make-work project to keep the well-connected busy and creatively fulfilled. But the film itself – Apatow’s debut – is rich and lively enough to make none of the nepo stuff really matter.Written by Raffi Donatich, Poetic License concerns a family who have moved from Chicago to a sleepy university town where economist James (Cliff “Method Man” Smith), has secured a plum professorship. He’s busy getting started, which leaves his wife Liz (Mann) a bit lonely and unmoored in her ne...

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3 w. ago ‘The Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets’: meet the woman cataloguing grocery deals on TikTok

In the combat zone of the supermarket duopoly, Tennilles_deals is our protector, guiding us through each aisle with her weekly videos of sale productsMaya Angelou once said “a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people” and when she said that, I can only assume she had Australian TikToker and micro influencer Tennilles_deals in mind.Who exactly is Tennilles_deals? Firstly, she’s the Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets. Secondly, I don’t know anything about her personally because this savvy queen isn’t marketing herself like your average influencer. She lets her work speak for itself. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why you may need HRT even if you DON'T have hot flushes... these are the 30 symptoms it can solve, from joint pain to headaches and more

The woman in my clinic looks vaguely irritated. The 54-year-old mother-of-three - let's call her Sarah - has come to see me about the bladder infections that have been plaguing her for months.

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