20 h. ago ‘I think we brought the wrong one home’: one mother’s search to find her lost son

Joan always suspected she had been handed someone else’s baby by the hospital when she gave birth more than 70 years ago. Then an Ancestry DNA test seemed to prove her right. Now in her 90s, she is in a race against time. Can she find her missing child?When Sue bought her mother and younger brother Ancestry kits for Christmas in 2018, she knew that they were never going to be fun gifts. A lingering doubt had always cast a shadow over their family, a question that had gnawed at them for decades. Sue hoped that, if she, Joan and Doug took DNA tests together, they might finally have the answer they craved.Their results came in a few weeks later. Ancestry listed Sue and Doug as full siblings, with Joan as their mother. Their father, Tom, had died in 2016. Sue felt certain that William – her parents’ first child, the older brother she and Doug had grown up with, a man they hadn’t seen for years – had already taken a DNA test with Ancestry. But he didn’t appear anywhere on their genetic f...

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24 h. ago Hamas hands over first of six Israeli hostages during tense prisoner exchange

Hamas has today handed over two of six Israeli hostages due to be freed from the Gaza Strip, as the body of murdered mother-of-two Shiri Bibas was handed back to her grieving family

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25 h. ago Family confirms body of hostage handed over by Hamas was Israeli mother Shiri Bibas

Hamas returns remains of Israeli hostage after mixup that threatened the ceasefire

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25 h. ago ‘I forgive the girl and boy for what they’ve done. If I didn’t, the hate would eat away at me’: Esther Ghey on life after the murder of her daughter Brianna

Transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death by two 15-year-olds. The killers had been radicalised on the dark web, while the victim was trapped in an online world of her own. Now her mother has become friends with the parent of one of the murderersThe first thing I notice about Esther Ghey is a blossom tree trailing down her left arm to her hand. There is one pink flower on the tattoo. Pink was her daughter Brianna’s favourite colour. If Brianna had got her way, the whole world would have been pink. And just after she was murdered by two teenage schoolchildren in February 2023, Ghey says, the world did briefly turn pink. The local blossom trees filled with the blossomiest blossom she had ever seen. “It really felt she was with us and that she was sending us a sign she was OK,” she says.Now Ghey has written a book, Under a Pink Sky. It’s a memoir of her and Brianna’s lives, and a manifesto of sorts; a shocking exploration of how deadly smartphones and online spaces can be....

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26 h. ago Family confirms body handed over by militants overnight was Israeli mother Shiri Bibas

A body released by Palestinian militants overnight was confirmed to be Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother whose two young sons also died in captivity

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27 h. ago ‘I forgive them for what they’ve done’: Esther Ghey on life after the murder of daughter Brianna – podcast

Two years ago, transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death by two 15-year-olds. The killers had been radicalised on the dark web, while the victim was trapped in an online world of her own. Now her mother has become friends with the parent of one of the murderers. On the second anniversary of Brianna’s death, Esther sits down with Simon Hattenstone to discuss her daughter’s murder and her own extraordinary response. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Family of man killed in EgyptAir plane crash to finally get answers about his death

Richard Osman, 40, was one of 66 passengers who died in the EgyptAir flight over the Mediterranean when a fire broke out on board in 2016

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54 h. ago 'Raneem called for help, and today the system finally answered': Family of mother and daughter murdered after phoning for help 14 times have welcomed new law in their name

Mother and daughter Khaola Saleem, 49, and Raneem Oudeh, 22, were violently stabbed to death by Janbaz Tarin on August 27, 2018, in Solihull.

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55 h. ago 'You're scaring me, daddy': Scottish aid worker's girl reveals traumatic last texts before his execution by Islamic State

The daughter of a Scottish aid worker murdered by Islamic State 11 years ago has revealed the heartbreaking final text messages she sent him before learning he had been taken hostage.

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56 h. ago 'My murdered sister and niece's legacy will last forever with law change after police failings'

Raneem's law will be launched in memory of mum and daughter Raneem Oudeh and her mother Khaola Saleem, who were murdered after police failed to act on domestic abuse warnings

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59 h. ago 'You're scaring me, Daddy' Scottish aid worker's girl reveals traumatic last texts before his execution

The daughter of a Scottish aid worker murdered by Islamic State 11 years ago has revealed the heartbreaking final text messages she sent him before learning he had been taken hostage.

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3 d. ago Sara Sharif killer 'being protected by gang and is painfully thin' behind bars

Evil killer Urfan Sharif, who murdered his 10-year-old daughter, is reportedly being protected by a gang in jail.

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4 d. ago Stacey Solomon in tears and forced to walk off camera as Sort Your Life Out fans say 'life is cruel'

The mother-of-five was left heartbroken as she helped a family from Leeds declutter their home while the mother revealed she had been diagnosed with incurable breast cancer

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4 d. ago Mother, 25, tells of moment she had to save her three children after family dog became 'protective'

Petrified mother-of-three, Emma Dean, 25, bravely saved her children when their family dog attacked at her in laws Merseyside home and wouldn't stop 'until someone was dead'.

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4 d. ago Mum of girl killed in Southport knife attack speaks for first time

The mum of murdered daughter who was killed in the Southport knife attack has spoken out for the first time.

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4 d. ago Vicious dog 'wasn't going to stop until someone was dead' after turning on family

The family pet began attacking the family and 'ragging' Emma's mother-in-law as she fought to save her young children

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4 d. ago Hamas claims youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas and his brother and mother are all dead leaving family 'in turmoil'

The fate of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, has reflected the feeling of helplessness as dozens of hostages remain in Gaza after Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack.

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4 d. ago Gabby Petito's family hit back at Netflix documentary about daughter's brutal murder with furious message

Netflix's new true-crime documentary which focuses on the murder of American vlogger Gabby Petito has sparked controversy with her family.

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5 d. ago Death of baby Sophia Smith at Glasgow hospital must lead to answers and change

Record View says now is the time for this tragic baby’s parents to finally get the answers – and closure – that they deserve.

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5 d. ago Heartbroken dad breaks his silence after daughter, 7, died in hospital three days after her traumatized mom shot dead her three sisters then herself in murder

Olivia Blackmer, 7, passed away Saturday afternoon after having undergone brain surgery and spent days under heavy sedation to reduce swelling in her brain.

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