9 h. ago Son found mum drowned in floods 'after fire service did not recheck her home'

Paul Gilbert discovered his 83-year-old mum had died in flooding caused by Storm Babet after firefighters did not recheck her property in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, an inquest heard

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11 h. ago Woman, 83, was found drowned in Storm Babet floodwater by her son after fire service failed to check in on her home, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert, who was housebound, was discovered floating in the water by her son Paul Gilbert at her home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire after the River Rother burst its banks.

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19 h. ago Brit 'mum on the run' who was jailed after boasting about claiming UK benefits in Thailand jets home without son, 4, after being freed from hellish prison

Ellis Matthews, 32, was deported by Thai authorities after spending more than three months locked up in an overcrowded and squalid immigration prison with her son Cairo, 4.

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24 h. ago Brit 'mum on the run' who was jailed after boasting about claiming UK benefits in Thailand returns home without son after being freed from hellish prison

Ellis Matthews, 32, was deported by Thai authorities after spending more than three months locked up in an overcrowded and squalid immigration prison with her son Cairo, 4.

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28 h. ago Mum falls 290ft to death in front of son after bungee jump accident

Elizaveta Gishchina, known as Liza, slipped from a platform after making a successful jump to mark her birthday, but she then went back up the tower to take a selfie as a keepsake of her daredevil jump

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31 h. ago Housebound grandmother, 83, drowned in her own living room when river burst its banks and unleashed 5ft torrent during Storm Babet, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert was found by her son Paul 'floating in the water' in her home in Derbyshire on the morning of October 21.

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32 h. ago No flood defences protecting the home of trapped grandmother, 83, who drowned during Storm Babet, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert was found by her son Paul 'floating in the water' in her home in Derbyshire on the morning of October 21.

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37 h. ago No flood defences protecting home of pensioner who drowned, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert, 83, drowned when her home flooded during Storm Babet nearly two years ago.

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58 h. ago Junior Andre praises mum Katie Price after she topped charts with 8 year old song

Junior Andre was a proud son as he praised his mum, Katie Price, for her unexpected success on topping the charts with her song which was initially released eight years ago

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68 h. ago Mum spends 25 years in prison for shooting son, 4, before chilling discovery

Seconds after learning her four-year-old son had been murdered, Debra Jean Milke learned she was under arrest, beginning a living nightmare that would continue for a quarter of a century

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4 d. ago BREAKING Major police operation as Brit boy believed to have been abducted by his Russian mum

A major police investigation has been launched as a Russian mum has allegedly abducted her British son, as his dad raised an alarm by reporting him as missing in Marbella

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4 d. ago Major police operation as Brit boy believed to have been abducted by his Russian mum

A major police investigation has been launched as a Russian mum has allegedly abducted her British son, as his dad raised an alarm by reporting him as missing in Marbella

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4 d. ago Brit boy, 3, believed to have been abducted in Spain and is now in Russia

A major police investigation has been launched as a Russian mum has allegedly abducted her British son, as his dad raised an alarm by reporting him as missing in Marbella

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5 d. ago Mum 'threw son, 4, in lake as offering to God' before 'trying to kill siblings'

Ruth R Miller, 40, has been charged with aggravated murder following the death of her four-year-old son Vincen Miller, who drowned in Atwood Lake in Ohio in the US

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5 d. ago Mum gets apology from Greggs after her autistic son was banned from bakery store

The little boy and 'distraught' young mum were ‘barred’ from the Greggs in Chester, but the British bakery chain has since apologised after she claims they were sworn at

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6 d. ago Mum screams as she finds funeral director 'watching cartoons' with her dead son in baby carrier

A Leeds funeral director, banned from NHS facilities, is accused of keeping deceased babies at home, with one mum horrified to find her son’s body in a baby bouncer 'watching cartoons'

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6 d. ago Mum forced husband and son, 4, to drown themselves to 'prove their worthiness'

The woman, a member of an Amish church, reportedly believed God was speaking directly to her and demanded the pair 'prove their worthiness' by jumping into a lake and completing a series of 'tests'

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6 d. ago Mum hits back at 'despicable' fine after taking her son out of school for holiday

Michelle Partington was left heartbroken after she received an £80 fine for taking her son out of school

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6 d. ago Mum's sick excuse after handcuffing son and watching pit bull tear his throat 'like a chew toy'

Angelina Williams put handcuffs on her six-year-old son's hands and ankles and was in the process of tying him to a chair, when the dog attacked, tearing apart the little boy's throat

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7 d. ago Amish mum 'drove 3 kids into Ohio lake' before husband and son, 4, found dead

An unnamed mum is alleged to have crashed a golf cart into Atwood Lake in Ohio with three children in it and later police found the bodies of the father and a four-year-old sibling

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