56 h. ago Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut and Lynne Ramsay’s latest among significant Cannes additions

Ramsay’s Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, helps take number of female directors in competition to a record-breaking sevenLynne Ramsay’s long-awaited new film, Die, My Love, has been announced as a late addition to this year’s Cannes competition lineup. The film, which is Ramsay’s first for eight years, stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson and concerns a woman in rural America who experiences psychosis after the birth of her baby.The inclusion of Ramsay’s movie takes the number of female director’s in the official selection to seven – a record for the festival. It also means that a British director is now in the running for this year’s Palme d’Or. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Doctor's urgent warning to women over trendy diet that could wreck chances of motherhood

An NHS surgeon has has warned the downsides of a trending diet that could wreak havoc with the female reproductive systems.

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4 d. ago 'Precious' daughter's life taken for 'nothing more than profit' says mum of paddleboarding victim

The families of three women who died in a paddleboarding tragedy have hit out at the 'stone-cold, heartless individual' who was said to be 'not remotely qualified' to lead the fatal tour

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6 d. ago In brief: The Homemade God; Mythica; There Are Rivers in the Sky – review

Long-buried truths leave siblings reeling when their father dies; a fascinating reclamation of Homer’s forgotten women; and still waters run deep in a centuries-spanning novelRachel JoyceDoubleday, £20, pp384 Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Researchers discover key factor that makes women 80% more likely to die from breast cancer

Women with a syndrome related to lifestyle factors are 80 per cent more likely to die from breast cancer, a shocking new study has revealed.

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2 w. ago 'I'm a dietitian with endometriosis and this exactly what I eat in a day'

The endometriosis dietitian also has the disease which affects 1 in 10 women across the UK

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2 w. ago Pregnancy drug dubbed 'the hidden thalidomide' feared to have caused cancers as scores of women come forward with 'effects that have been passed down generations'

More than 100 women fear their health has been impacted due to diethylstilbestrol, know as DES, an ITV News investigation revealed.

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2 w. ago New thalidomide fears as women reveal drug their pregnant mothers took could have given them CANCER

More than 100 women fear their health has been impacted due to diethylstilbestrol, know as DES, an ITV News investigation revealed.

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2 w. ago A woman dies every two minutes globally due to failures in maternal care, shocking new figures reveal

More than a quarter of a million women around the world died during their pregnancy or within six weeks of giving birth in 2023, WHO figures reveal. Rebecca Thomas and Alicja Hagopian report

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2 w. ago A woman dies every two minutes due to failures in maternal care, shocking new figures reveal

More than a quarter of a million women around the world died during their pregnancy or within six weeks of giving birth in 2023, WHO figures reveal. Rebecca Thomas and Alicja Hagopian report

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3 w. ago Major endometriosis study reveals impact of gluten, coffee, dairy and alcohol

Edinburgh University report authors say dietary changes could benefit women living with the diseaseDietary changes could reduce the pain of endometriosis for half of those living with the disease, a new study suggests. The largest international survey ever conducted on diet and endometriosis, involving 2,599 people, found 45% of those who stopped eating gluten and 45% of those who cut out dairy reported experiencing an improvement in their pain.When women cut down on coffee or other caffeine in their diet, 43% said their pain was reduced, while 53% of women who cut back on alcohol reported the same. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Loose Women star Andrea McLean gives health update after revealing she ‘nearly died’

‘I may not be here now’ said the mother-of-two as she shared the details of her close call with death

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3 w. ago Loose Women star gives health update after revealing she ‘nearly died’

‘I may not be here now’ said the mother-of-two as she shared the details of her close call with death

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3 w. ago Richard E. Grant recalls how his 'hilarious' wife Joan Washington ruled out eligible women for him before she died

Dialect coach Joan tragically passed away in September 2021 aged 74, eight months after she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.

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3 w. ago Richard E. Grant reveals late wife made list of women he shouldn't date weeks before she died

His wife passed away in September 2021 at the age of 74, eight months after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer

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3 w. ago ‘Remarkable’ Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101

Veteran lauded for helping preserve history and legacy as well as vital role played during second world warThe Bletchley Park code breaker Charlotte “Betty” Webb has died at the age of 101, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association (WRACA) has confirmed.Arriving at Bletchley from the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) aged just 18, Webb spent four years during the second world war at the code-breaking centre working in various roles. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bletchley Park codebreaker who ‘inspired women in the Army’ dies aged 101

Charlotte ‘Betty’ Webb died on Monday, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association said.

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3 w. ago NADINE DORRIES: I believe there's only one excuse left for Harry's behaviour... and here's what it says about Meghan

In 1984 I was running a school in Central Africa just as the AIDS pandemic hit. At the time, we had no idea why formerly fit and healthy men and women were suddenly starting to die before our eyes.

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3 w. ago NADINE DORRIES: This week's chaos has exposed Meghan's narcissistic, self

In 1984 I was running a school in Central Africa just as the AIDS pandemic hit. At the time, we had no idea why formerly fit and healthy men and women were suddenly starting to die before our eyes.

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4 w. ago Shock DWP letters tell bereaved relatives underpaid state pension investigation is OVER

Many elderly women died while unwittingly being underpaid untold sums in a state pension scandal uncovered by Steve Webb and This is Money.

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