52 h. ago Mum runs into burning house to save son, cats and bearded dragons

Carl Dawe torched a caravan outside the property in the early hours in a drunken rage with the fire then spreading to three homes and a car nearby, before the mum ran straight into the flames

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5 d. ago Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’ says Marcus Mumford

Pop icon had a ‘killer candle game’ says the Mumford and Sons star

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5 d. ago Marcus Mumford says Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’

The 38-year-old singer described Swift’s ‘candle game’ as ‘excellent’ when she came to his home studio to record her 2020 album Evermore.

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6 d. ago 'I'm a single mum and I made my council property look beautiful within months'

A single mum has shared how she transformed her council house bathroom in just five days, and people have been left stunned by the results. She's been working on the property for three months

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6 d. ago Single mum transforms council house bathroom in 5 days and stuns people with result

A single mum opened up about how she managed to transform her council house bathroom in just five days. People are totally stunned by how brilliant the results are

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1 week ago ‘I look deranged, but my baby looks happy!’ Nine writers on their favourite photo booth picture

This year marks a century since the birth of the photo booth, and friends and families are still squeezing into them for fun and unflattering snaps - capturing the highs, lows and loves of their livesI didn’t find early motherhood easy. It wasn’t my daughter’s fault – she was, mercifully, a wonderful and cheerful baby – but I underestimated what a huge shift it would be at an already stressful time. When I was pregnant, we moved to a new town, to a wreck of a house we planned to do up. My mum, who was ill, moved in with us, and then I was the carer of a newborn and a dying parent – at the two extremes of life, but sharing many of the same needs, and often at the same time. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago India rejoice in first Women’s World Cup triumph as South Africa chase falls short

Final: India, 298-7, beat South Africa, 246, by 52 runsShafali and Deepti shine as Navi Mumbai rejoicesAt last, 50 years on from their debut on the world stage, India’s dream came true: a maiden World Cup win, in front of a deafening full house in Navi Mumbai, as they defeated South Africa by 52 runs.Laura Wolvaardt struck a magnificent century, going back-to-back after her winning effort in the semi-final, but while she finished the tournament with a run-tally of 571 – the most by any woman in a World Cup – the ultimate prize belonged to India. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fake baby scandal deepens as Kira Cousins FLEES home & goes into hiding

FAKE baby ‘mum’ Kira Cousins has fled home and gone into hiding. The 25-year-old — who duped family, friends and the supposed father into believing she was pregnant — had been bombarded with hate online. Now, to escape the backlash, she has left the house she shares with her mum in Airdrie, Lanarkshire. A former pal said:...

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3 w. ago Sons horror as he makes gruesome find in mum's house during makeover

Sarah Jane Harvey suddenly found herself under suspicion of murder.

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3 w. ago Son's horror as he makes gruesome discovery in mum's house during renovation

Leslie Harvey was horrified to find the mummified remains of a lodger who had been locked inside a cupboard for two decades while he was cleaning his mother's house

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3 w. ago Son uncovers gruesome secret in mum's house during surprise renovation

Leslie Harvey had always wondered what was in the cupboard at the top of the landing of his childhood home in North Wales, but could never have imagined what was in there

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3 w. ago I became a teen mum at 17, everyone told me I picked the hard path but now I own my house & work in a top profession

A TEEN mum who was warned life would be difficult for her has revealed how she proved everyone wrong. Eleanor Wardle, from the UK, revealed she got pregnant at just 17 years old. While Eleanor was clearly thrilled by the news, she did say many people warned her it would be a hard path to...

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3 w. ago Woman charged with murder after mum and two boys killed in horrific house fire

Jordana Johnson, her son Jordan Norris, 13, and his friend Chazz Mather, 13, were killed when a fire broke out at a home in Toolooa - police have now charged a woman

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3 w. ago Mum 'smelled nail varnish remover' before house exploded and son had to jump out window

Cheryl Whitter, 44, was left devastated after an e-bike 'exploded' in her living room, causing an inferno that 'climbed up the walls and across the ceiling' forcing her son to jump from a window to safety

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3 w. ago Mum whose ex killed her two sons in horror house fire says children are still at risk

Claire Throssell's sons Jack, 12, and Paul, nine, were killed in a devastating house fire deliberately started by their dad. She has campaigned tirelessly amid her grief and is set to make history again

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3 w. ago Man was killed by car 'deliberately driving straight at him' at mum's 70th birthday party

Martin O'Donovan, 47, died after he arrived at his sister's house to celebrate his mum's birthday - just hours later he would be run over by that same sister's boyfriend

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3 w. ago Boy, 11, found 'covered in faeces' as mum 'locks him in a room' inside house of horrors

Mum Rachel Nicole Blaylock, 40, was arrested after her 11-year-old son was found weighing just 46 pounds and 'covered in faeces' - court documents said she had locked him inside his room

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