46 h. ago Revealed: What makes the perfect Race Across the World partner (and why it probably ISN'T your mum!)

From former spouses to reunited brothers , BBC 's Race Across the World has had a wide range of pairings over the years. But what makes the perfect partner to travel the world with?

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54 h. ago Molly McCann: ‘I’m a scouse female gay athlete who supports Everton – it’s like my cards are marked already’

Britain’s most successful female UFC fighter on knowing when to stand her ground, why she won’t box in Saudi Arabia and aiming to win a world title in the next year“I give my hidings and I take my hidings and so they have seen me with snapped ligaments in my knee, broken feet, broken toes, broken hands, stitches, broken legs,” Molly McCann says of the damage she has endured as a fighter and the impact it has had on her mum and her partner, Fran Parman. “It’s traumatic for Fran and even more traumatic for my mum. I’m 35 and I’ve been in the gym since I was 12. I had my first fight at 16. I’ve spent most of my life fighting.”McCann boxed as a teenager and she won an ABA title. But, at a time when women’s boxing was still undermined, she turned to mixed martial arts and eventually became the most successful female British fighter in the UFC. McCann retired in March after 14 savage UFC bouts; but, within days, she became a professional boxer. On Saturday night she will have her second c...

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4 d. ago Dear Coleen: I wish my mum could see how great my partner is and how happy he makes me

"I think she’s bitter and hates all men at this point and all talk of relationships after my stepfather left her for another woman."

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4 d. ago Shocking moment dad walks out on pregnant partner after discovering baby’s gender forcing mum to beg strangers for money

A GENDER reveal is supposed to be a day celebrating the upcoming birth of a new tot, and finding out its gender. But one woman has caught the shocking moment her gender reveal didn't quite go to plan. Aaliyah Soto, from the US, took to social media to share her gender reveal for her unborn...

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8 d. ago 'Emotionally vulnerable' mum left paralysed after partner 'snapped neck' when she threatened to leave him

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Trudi Burgess, 56, could hear her 'skeleton snapping' during the vicious attack by Robert Easom in a bedroom earlier this year in Lancashire

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1 week ago Rise of the baby roomers: Why more young people with children are moving back in with their parents

'Being a parent is wonderful, but the costs can be overwhelming,' says 25-year-old Chloe Crichton, who moved back in with her mum when her partner lost his job.

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1 week ago Extraordinary secret life of working mum who turned into a killer

Jemma Marshall could have appeared to be a normal mum-of-three with a partner living in a quiet commuter town - but the 37-year-old became a drug addict and killer

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2 w. ago Mum went on holiday with 'adorable' partner but when his 'mask started slipping' she feared for her life

Helen Mulligan has recalled the time that Christopher Sergeant 'pinned me against the wall with his hands around my neck and said he was going to kill me'

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2 w. ago Duncan James confirms romance with 'handsome' stripper as he gushes over 'love bug'

Duncan James, 47, said his new partner, Alexander Roque, has already met his mum and the other Blue members - and they have all given him their seal of approval

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2 w. ago Mum 'ruined' after finding partner dead on sofa two days before twins' first birthday

Alex Green was sleeping on the sofa so he didn't disturb his sleeping children

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3 w. ago Mum finds partner dead on sofa just days before their twins' first birthday

Tragedy struck just days before their twins’ first birthday when devoted dad Alex Green, 30, was found dead on the sofa by partner Chloe Powles, who now faces the heartbreak of raising their severely ill daughters

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3 w. ago Mum finds partner dead on sofa days before baby twins turn one

Alex Green was just 30 when he died at home

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3 w. ago Couple found dead beside each other in bed with positive pregnancy test

Claire White, 32, and her long-term partner Mark Martin Sinton, 42, were discovered by his mum.

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3 w. ago Partner of 'amazing' mum who died jogging with dog pays tribute to 'soulmate'

Amy Gray and her dog Reggie died on October 29 while they were out jogging in Port Glasgow.

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