16 h. ago This is how we do it: ‘Our lives are absorbed by raising kids, and we struggle to find time for sex’

Since becoming parents, Rich and Laura haven’t prioritised intimacy but they hope marriage counselling will reignite their erotic connection• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslySex is still so important to me and I’m happier after – I’m just struggling to get in the mood Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Mum raising six kids in 'crammed' council house 'at breaking point'

Ewelina Ciuruk, 35, has three kids of her own and has taken in her sister's three children.

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8 d. ago Snorting cocaine on the floor, cuckolding JFK Jr and the day Carolyn Bessette humiliated herself at Mar

'I want to have kids, but whenever I raise the subject with Carolyn, she turns away and refuses to have sex with me.'

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9 d. ago 'We're raising our kids to be night owls staying up until 2am

People have expressed their shock at how late they allow their kids to stay up to

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9 d. ago Emmerdale fans 'solve' what happened to Robert in prison 'with flashback ahead'

Emmerdale viewers are speculating more will be revealed about Robert Sugden's time in prison, with his experience clearly affecting him with him struggling to cope

Events

1 week ago Billie Piper on the pressures of parenting: 'Raising kids is terrifying'

Billie Piper tells The London Standard: ‘I don’t know a single parent who isn’t either holding their nerve or losing their s***’

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2 w. ago Hungarian Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc takes surprise pole ahead of McLaren pair

Ferrari are on pole for the first time this season, though Lewis Hamilton continues to struggle

Sport

2 w. ago ‘There’s an overwhelming bond of love’: the grandparents whose kids rely on them to raise a family

With many parents struggling to afford childcare, an army of grandparents have stepped up. They speak about the joys – and burdens – of caring for their grandkids at a time when they could be taking it easierWhen I first call Rita Labiche-Robinson, a 59-year-old retired project manager, she can’t chat because she is with her nine-year-old granddaughter. Rita looks after Nia two days a week – Thursdays and Fridays. Today is a Tuesday, but they live together, along with Nia’s mum, and Labiche-Robinson is too in the thick of it to talk.The three of them have been in the same home since March last year, when Labiche-Robinson’s daughter and granddaughter moved back from Canada. “While they’re waiting to be housed, they’re staying with me,” she says. On her designated days, she gets Nia up and takes her to school – a 10-minute walk from her home in Hackney, east London. At the end of the day, she picks Nia up, prepares her dinner and reads to her before bed. Continue reading...

Society

4 w. ago Sue and Noel Radford's naughty sex confession after pumping out 22 kids

Sue and Noel Radford, parents to 22 children, gave fans a rare insight into their sex life as they admit to struggling to make time for intimacy amidst their brood

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