3 h. ago I had a midlife crisis, an affair and lost my job and mother. Then I discovered a cheap, little

It is ten years since my life imploded in my mid-40s. I wish I'd known back then what I know now: that a midlife crisis is not only a good thing, but essential for all women.

Society

10 h. ago Why all my single friends refuse to date men over 50: It's not just your moods and Viagra headaches

Ask any divorced mid-life woman dipping her shellac toes back into the dating pool and she will tell you the same thing, writes columnist Amanda Goff.

Politics

16 h. ago Woman unable to walk or talk seeks medical help 1,000 miles away after harrowing UK experience

A woman who showed no symptoms has been left unable to walk and talk. Following claims that the NHS wanted to discharge her, the 45-year-old has been taken 1,000 miles away to help with her recovery

Politics

21 h. ago Scots woman who dedicated life to helping others dies suddenly after heart attack

Tallat Haq had been feeling unwell with suspected food poisoning for three days before she was rushed to hospital by her concerned younger brother, Niaz, last week.

Events

27 h. ago The kill switch for dementia sufferers: Inventor behind the suicide Sarco pod reveals plans for implant that will automatically kill patients when their condition worsens

Dr Philip Nitschke, whose controversial capsule ended an American woman's life in Switzerland last year, told MailOnline that his newest device is nearing the testing phase.

Events

32 h. ago Gemma Collins's drug dealer ex boyfriend who TOWIE star says beat her 'within an inch' of her life is cleared of assaulting another woman

Alex Moss, 44, was due to stand trial after denying charges of assault causing actual bodily harm and assault by beating of Melanie Westbury when she was his partner last December.

Events

45 h. ago The sexiest time in a woman's life? Pregnancy! TRACEY COX reveals why women's libido skyrockets when expecting... and why many feel so guilty about it

Sex and relationships expert TRACEY COX spoke to women experiencing a higher sex drive during pregnancy - while also finding out what men think about sex during those nine months.

Events

48 h. ago 'Incredible' woman, 27, was 'excited for future' before she accidentally took own life

Emily Miller, 27, was found at her home on Clyde Road in Didsbury on October 23, 2023. An inquest has found the young woman was 'excited for the future'

Politics

50 h. ago Woman, 27, was 'excited for future' before she accidentally took own life, inquest hears

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Emily Miller, 27, was under the care of a home-based treatment team from Greater Manchester Mental Health at the time of her death

Politics

61 h. ago Woman prosecuted after barking dogs made neighbour's life a misery

A neighbour made 225 recordings of dogs barking over a three-month period

Politics

2 d. ago The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey review – this dystopia could have been extraordinary

Alternate political realities are compellingly explored in this sinister vision of a children’s home – but the echoes of Ishiguro are just too strongIn 2016 Catherine Chidgey published her fourth novel, The Wish Child, a child’s-eye view of Nazi Germany. Since then the much-garlanded New Zealander has contrived to be not only conspicuously prolific but also intriguingly unpredictable. Though she returned to wartime Germany in her Women’s prize-longlisted Holocaust novel, Remote Sympathy, her work has ranged from the coming-of-age psychological thriller Pet to The Beat of the Pendulum, a “found” novel that drew on everything from conversations and social media posts to news bulletins and even satnav instructions to create a picture of one woman’s life over a year. The Axeman’s Carnival, published in the UK last year, was partly narrated by a magpie. Like The Wish Child it won the Acorn prize for fiction, making Chidgey the only writer to win New Zealand’s mos...

Politics

3 d. ago 'We were treated like animals': Woman opens up on life as a prostitute in Edinburgh brothel

Fiona Broadfoot says the men who bought her for sex were ‘ordinary men’ who would later go back home to their families and children.

Politics

3 d. ago Fetus of brain dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family

Hospital plans to keep Adriana Smith on life support until August, when doctors will deliver baby via C-sectionThe fetus of a brain dead Georgia woman who is being kept alive to carry out her pregnancy is continuing to grow, the woman’s mother said late Monday, days after the controversial case exploded into the national news and sparked questions about the ethics of using the state’s anti-abortion law to keep a woman with no chance of recovery on life support.“He has his toes, arms, limbs – everything is forming,” the mother, April Newkirk, told the local news station 11Alive. “We’re just hoping he makes it.” Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago Woman who lost the ability to walk due to rare condition smashes cycling world record

Sarah Ruggins cycled the length of the UK and back in five-and-a-half days

Politics

3 d. ago Woman who lost ability to walk as a teen breaks John O’Groats to Land’s End cycling record

Sarah Ruggins cycled the length of the UK and back in five-and-a-half days

Politics

4 d. ago Michigan woman again gets life sentence for fiery death of husband nearly 20 years ago

A Michigan woman accused of setting her husband on fire then driving a van over his burning body has been sentenced again to life in prison

Events

4 d. ago Pregnant Welsh woman facing deportation from Australia after spending $40,000 on 'dream life'

Sarah Maxwell, a child protection worker, and Lewis Christie, a personal trainer, have spent five years building their life together on the Gold Coast

Economics

6 d. ago Woman 'felt dehumanised' after she's spat on in the street for using sign language

Alison Wallace, 28, was left 'terrified' after she woke up one day at the age of 13 to find her hearing had disappeared overnight

Politics

8 d. ago From 1948 to now, a Palestinian woman in Gaza recounts a life of displacement

Palestinians across the Middle East are commemorating the anniversary of the “Nakba” -- Arabic for “the Catastrophe” -- when some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled by Israeli forces or fled their homes in what is now Israel during the 1948 war that surrounded its creation

Politics

8 d. ago Survivor gets justice as Barlinnie TV documentary brute is jailed for campaign of 'violent' domestic abuse

Andrew Cunningham was told by a sheriff that for two years he'd made the woman's life a misery including threatening her with a knife.

Events