36 h. ago Voices: I’m struggling to come to terms with my son’s assault

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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1 week ago My terminally ill brother wants to give me his house to create a trust for his adult son

My brother has terminal cancer and doesn't have long to live. His adult son lives with him but has various issues which mean he doesn't adult particularly well.

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2 w. ago Joy Crookes: Juniper review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Insanity)Four years ago, the south Londoner’s star was on the rise with her debut Skin – then she vanished. Now, she’s back with shimmering sounds and cleverly unsentimental lyrics, plus explosive cameos by Vince Staples and KanoIn an overcrowded pop market, where artists are encouraged to maintain a constant presence and stream of what’s depressingly termed “product”, south London singer-songwriter Joy Crookes’s career has progressed in a curious series of fits and starts. After releasing a series of EPs, she ended 2019 as a hotly tipped act: appearances on Later With Jools Holland, nominated for the Brits Rising Star award, placed high in the BBC’s Sound of 2020 poll, invited to support Harry Styles on tour. But the latter was nixed by Covid, and her real commercial breakthrough didn’t arrive for nearly two years: released at the tail-end of 2021, her debut album Skin made the Top 5 and, in Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, spawned one of those long-tail viral hits that achieves a weird om...

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2 w. ago What do the circus and US politics have in common? Ask these Black and brown circus artists

International Black Indigenous Circus Week in Philadelphia brings together artists specializing in aerial, juggling clowning and more for various panels and showsIn an industrial building in north Philadelphia, teal and red fabric used for aerial tricks dangled from the high ceiling. Alyssa Bigbee, the co-founder of the Philadelphia-based International Black Indigenous Circus Week, called on five performers to circle around for the first rehearsal of their circus show titled The Rebellion: Anarchy. “Remember to breathe. Remember to pace yourself,” Bigbee told the group of mostly Black and brown artists. “Lean on each other and feed off of each other in terms of energy.”As the song Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses blared through the space, Bigbee strided up to a lyra, a metal circle resembling a hula hoop suspended from the ceiling. Her body undulated as she looped her legs in and out of the hoop. Artists linked arms and spun each other around. Later, they leaped into the air a...

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2 w. ago Parents raised £100k for son who died of cancer can't use it for terminal sister, judge rules

Craig Evison and Victoria Morrison's son Kyle died in October 2020 after being diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of childhood brain cancer.

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2 w. ago Parents raised £100k for son who died of cancer but can't use cash for terminal sister

Craig Evison and Victoria Morrison's son Kyle died in October 2020 after being diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of childhood brain cancer.

Economics

2 w. ago Parents raised £100k for son who died of cancer can't use it for terminal sister

Craig Evison and Victoria Morrison's son Kyle died in October 2020 from a rare childhood brain cancer, in 2022 their daughter Ruby-Rose was diagnosed with a genetic metabolic disease

Economics

2 w. ago Parents raised £100k for son who died of cancer but can't use it for terminal sister

Craig Evison and Victoria Morrison's son Kyle died in October 2020 from a rare childhood brain cancer, in 2022 their daughter Ruby-Rose was diagnosed with a genetic metabolic disease

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3 w. ago Tragic parents blocked from son's £100,000 charity money to help terminally ill daughter

The parents of Kyle Morrison challenged charity Gold Geese over the funds raised for their dying son

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3 w. ago Parents who raised £100,000 for their son before he died from cancer lose battle to make charity hand over donations so they can take his terminally

Kyle Morrison (pictured), of the town of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, tragically died in October 2020 from a rare, incurable childhood brain cancer.

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4 w. ago Heartbreaking A Place in the Sun tragedies from son's death to terminal diagnosis

Channel 4's A Place in the Sun has been a hit with viewers since it first aired in 2002, but the show has been hit with a number of tragedies over the years

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