33 h. ago Hot tub horror as mother, 24, suffers fatal burns after hitting her head and falling into scalding water

Mother-of-one Gabriele Cristine Barreto de Freitas, 24, died in hospital after suffering third degree burns when she hit her head and fell unconscious hot tub in a hotel in Brazil.

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2 w. ago ‘She knows she will forget’: Grief, dementia and motherhood – in pictures

When Katherine Hubbard’s mother started suffering from profound memory loss she used her camera to help transform the pain of loss into an act of love Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Builders charged with manslaughter over death of mother hit by falling bricks on her way back from son's nursery

Mother-of-one Michaela Boor, 28, suffered catastrophic head injuries when she was struck by falling bricks as she stood beside a building site in east London seven years ago.

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3 w. ago Builders charged with manslaughter over death of mother hit by falling bricks on her way to her son's nursery

Mother-of-one Michaela Boor, 28, suffered catastrophic head injuries when she was struck by falling bricks as she stood beside a building site in east London seven years ago.

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3 w. ago There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza

Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aidSiwar Ashour was born into war and hunger and has known nothing else. She is now in real danger of dying without ever having known a moment of peace or contentment.The six-month-old Palestinian girl, whose painfully emaciated body symbolised the deliberate starvation of Gaza when she appeared on the BBC this week, was only 2.5kg when she was born on 20 November last year. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A picture that shocked the world: the story behind baby Siwar Ashour

Six-month-old Palestinian girl’s painfully emaciated body symbolised starvation on GazaSiwar Ashour was born into war and hunger and has known nothing else. She is now in real danger of dying without ever having known a moment of peace or contentment.The six-month-old Palestinian girl, whose painfully emaciated body symbolised the deliberate starvation of Gaza when she appeared on the BBC this week, was only 2.5kg when she was born on 20 November last year. Continue reading...

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