43 m. ago When Secret Santa goes disastrously wrong: ‘It was the most awful thing – I just wanted to cry’

A game of solitaire accompanied by a nasty note, dog food for someone who just lost a puppy Secret Santa is supposed to be fun, but when it’s not, it can lead to all kinds of troubleSusanna Beves was a young teacher working at an international school in Germany when she opened a gift that would put her off Secret Santas for ever. The present itself, a solitaire game, “would have been quite nice in the normal circumstances,” she says. But it was accompanied by a note: “It told me that it had been chosen for me because I was single and lonely and likely to remain so, as I had no friends.”“It was the most awful thing,” Beves, now 57, remembers. When she opened the gift, in a room full of 60 staff members, “I just wanted to cry,” she says. “Everybody was there and everybody was opening their gifts. So I knew that the person who’d written that note was in the room with me.” Continue reading...

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73 m. ago Dear Coleen: I’m still close to ex’s family but not sure how long it will last

The woman said her ex-husband "left me for another woman and his parents were disgusted."

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89 m. ago Nick Reiner placed on suicide watch after his arrest on suspicion of murder of parents Rob and Michele Reiner

Nick Reiner 'is under supervision of the jail mental evaluation team' at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, a law enforcement insider confirmed to Daily Mail Monday.

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1 hour ago Dramatic photos show Rob Reiner's son Nick being arrested for parents' murder after 'leaving a trail of blood' in a motel room across town

Nick Reiner was arrested shortly after his parents were found murdered at their Los Angeles mansion. He was photographed being forced to the ground and handcuffed.

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2 h. ago Princess Beatrice and Eugenie given Andrew dilemma by King Charles 'decision'

The royal sisters are reportedly caught in a 'tug-of-love' after King Charles invited them to Sandringham for Christmas, as they navigate a potentially awkward situation with their parents

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2 h. ago Revealed: How disgraced Huw Edwards has formed a close bond with a 70

Huw Edwards, 64, has been seen out and about with Meinir Loader, 70, a former head of religious studies at a secondary school.

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3 h. ago Sophie Habboo and Jamie Laing share new sweet snaps with baby boy Ziggy as they get candid about all the parts of parenthood they hadn't anticipated

The Made In Chelsea stars welcomed a baby boy named Ziggy at the start of December, and opened up on all the things they'd learned about babies since becoming parents.

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4 h. ago Rob Reiner's friend Maria Shriver reveals murdered director and wife 'never stopped trying to be good parents'

Maria Shriver has paid a heartbreaking tribute to her close friends Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.

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4 h. ago Rachael Carpani, McLeod’s Daughters and Home and Away actor, dies ‘unexpectedly but peacefully’ aged 45

The beloved Australian actor died on 7 December after a battle with chronic illnessGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMcLeod’s Daughters and Home and Away actor Rachael Carpani has died, aged 45, her family has announced.A statement from her parents, shared by her sister on Instagram on Monday, said that the actor had “unexpectedly but peacefully passed away after a long battle with chronic illness in the early hours of Sunday 7th December”. Her exact cause of death was not made public.Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Bump: A Christmas Film review – the most masochistic holiday ever?

Oly and Santi take their newborn on a hellish cruise halfway around the world. But amid the torture there are beautiful moments to treasure in this much-loved Aussie drama As a teenager, Oly Chalmers-Davis weathered her fair share of motherhood-related horrors. For a start, the high-achieving 16-year-old went into labour in the school toilets, having not even realised she was pregnant. Not long afterwards, she was forced to tell her boyfriend he wasn’t the father – the baby was the product of a fling with another classmate. Then, unable to entertain the prospect of her perfect grades slipping, she decided to juggle studying with looking after a newborn, all the while navigating mastitis, mockery from her classmates (including some inventively mean-spirited memes) and a rocky on-off romance with her child’s dad, Santi.After five series following Oly (Nathalie Morris) and Santi (Carlos Sanson Jr) as they struggled to adjust to parenthood, hit Australian comedy-drama Bump wrapped thing...

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5 h. ago Truth about what drove Rob Reiner's son to SNAP... as motive and grisly details of his campaign of terror emerge: 'Ticking time bomb'

Nick Reiner, 32, had been living in his parents' guesthouse in Brentwood, for the past five years - where his behavior had become increasingly erratic and frightening, sources tell the Daily Mail.

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5 h. ago Half of teachers work in school with homeless kids as devastating impact set out

The major survey, organised by homelessness charity Shelter, found kids without a safe and secure home experience exhaustion, missed school days and poor mental health

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5 h. ago Scientists pinpoint six personality changes in middle age that may be a hidden sign of dementia

British researchers said the findings, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, could give doctors a potential tool to spot those at risk of dementia years before symptoms appear.

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6 h. ago Blake Lively reveals $400 Christmas gift for her pals days before anniversary of Baldoni lawsuit bombshell

A game set Blake Lively has been gifting her friends has been branded 'crazy' by appalled Reddit users for it's $400 price tag.

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6 h. ago Rob Reiner's son Nick 'missing for hours' following murders of Hollywood director and wife

Hollywood director Rob Reiner's son was allegedly missing for hours after his parents' dead bodies were found in their Brentwood property in Los Angeles on Sunday

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7 h. ago Rob Reiner's daughter turned in brother Nick to police after parents were murdered in their mansion and he 'freaked out' at A

Romy Reiner, 28, went to check on her film director father and mom Michele after their masseuse said they failed to answer the door around 2pm Sunday, sources told the Daily Mail.

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8 h. ago Jake Reiner's role in show about brutal Hollywood murders takes on haunting new meaning after his parents' homicides

Reiner's parents were found knifed to death at their home on Sunday, and their son Nick has since been taken into custody and booked for felony murder.

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8 h. ago Terror groups like Hamas and Boko Haram are stealing millions of pounds in UK foreign aid handed out as CASH, think

Schemes to help those in war zones are being looted by militant groups including Hamas, the Houthis and Boko Haram, the Henry Jackson Society (HJS) warns.

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8 h. ago Nick Reiner's meth rampages revealed as family turn on him over violent murder of his parents: Live updates

Investigators are treating the couple's death as a double homicide, and an unnamed family member is being questioned, a police source said.

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8 h. ago Scotland's Christmas Home of the Year winner features skiing mice and Grinch bedroom

A judge praised the home’s attention to detail, especially the animal-themed displays, calling it full of family Christmas magic

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