35 h. ago Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from government

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider

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35 h. ago Nightingale by Laura Elvery review – Florence Nightingale inspires a luminous historical novel

Elvery’s prose is both sensual and brutal in this richly imagined account of war, memory and the life of history’s most famous nurseGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe year is 1850, the eve of the Crimean war, and Florence Nightingale is watching a group of boys at play. From a distance, she composes the scene, preparing to describe it in a letter to her aunt. “How did she want this part to sound?” she wonders – less concerned with what is happening than how it might be narrated. When she realises the boys are not kicking a ball but tormenting a baby owl, she doesn’t recoil. The horror of the image lands alongside another realisation: the story “might be better” now, though she is left considering how best to reframe the violence for her aunt: “Knowing she would narrate it later back in the house Florence would have to tell the story a different way”. That instinct – to reshape the unbearable into something legible – sits at the core of Nightingale, Laura Elvery’s rich an...

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5 d. ago How Nicola Peltz was 'actively distancing herself' from the Beckhams months before feud

A family feud has been suspected for months among the Beckham clan, with the eldest son of the family, 26-year-old Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz, missing out on big family events

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6 d. ago Eurovision 2025 Luxembourg entry: La Poupée Monte Le Son lyrics, who is Laura Thorn, and odds to win

Luxembourg only returned to the event last year after three decades of not competing

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6 d. ago Who is Luxembourg's Eurovision 2025 act Laura Thorn and what are the lyrics of her song La Poupée Monte Le Son

Luxembourg returned to the Eurovision stage for the first time in three decades in 2024, and they are back again in 2025

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7 d. ago Mum's holiday from hell as family's seats on return flight are cancelled with no warning

Izzy Ramsay, 20, had been enjoying her first holiday abroad in Palma, Spain, with her partner and 18-month-old son - but the trip turned into a nightmare on the way back to the U

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7 d. ago Mum's holiday 'ruined' after arriving at airport to find seats didn't exist

Izzy Ramsay, 21, flew to Mallorca with her 18-month-old son Blair and partner Mackenzie, 22, for a five-day holiday she had booked two months ago - but the trip soon turned into a nightmare

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8 d. ago Former doctor lived with mummified corpse of her 600lb son for nine months

New Orleans cops found the body in a fly-infested house with chickens wandering around

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2 w. ago Linda Nolan's stepson dies months after pair battled cancers 'side by side'

Linda Nolan's son Lloyd has sadly died of cancer, just months after the Nolan sister died from the same disease as devastated loved ones reveal they would "joke" about their illnesses together

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3 w. ago Emotional Stephanie Davis opens up about the 'terrifying' moment her baby son Samuel, three months, stopped breathing for the second time

Stephanie Davis fought back tears and was left 'terrified' as she explained that her three-month-old son stopped breathing for the second time.

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3 w. ago Coronation Street's Stephanie Davis reveals 'terrifying' moment baby stopped breathing

Actress Stephanie Davis has revealed her three-month old son Samuel has suffered another horror moment as he stopped breathing for a second time and was rushed to hospital

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3 w. ago Adam Collard hospitalised and undergoes surgery as Laura Woods makes TV return after baby

Love Island star Adam Collard was hospitalised and underwent back surgery as his fiancee Laura Woods returned to work three months after giving birth to their son Leo

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3 w. ago 'Working mum' Meghan Markle reveals she's had a nanny for years after claiming that 'juggling' her 'work' with motherhood was 'overwhelming'

Meghan said the nanny, who has worked for the family for five years, takes her son and daughter from their home in Montecito, California, to their different schools on some mornings.

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3 w. ago Towel tycoon leaves son 'facing bankruptcy' after dragging him to court for second time months after winning bitter battle over £2.2m mansion

Michael Parker, 62, has dragged son Thomas Parker-Bowyer, 32, to court a second time, claiming around £600,000 relating to fallout from their first legal battle over their £2.2m Bourne End home.

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3 w. ago Sophie Turner 'tells friends she is single' following split speculation with Peregrine Pearson after unfollowing each other on social media

The actress, 29, first revealed she was dating Viscount Cowdray's son, 30, in December 2023 months after the breakdown of her four-year marriage to Joe Jonas .

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4 w. ago Lulu Roman dead: Hee Haw star who called herself 'the fat girl' dies as son pays tribute

Lulu Roman, who dubbed herself 'the fat girl' and is best known for her appearances on Hew Haw has died at the age of 78, seven months after moving to be with her son Damon

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4 w. ago All Creatures Great and Small's Rachel Shenton shares filming update after baby news

All Creatures Great and Small is currently filming its sixth season, with Rachel Shenton taking a short break following the birth of her son earlier this month.

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4 w. ago Sophie Turner sparks speculation of split from aristocrat boyfriend Peregrine Pearson

The Game of Thrones actress began dating Viscount Cowdray’s son months after breakdown of her four-year marriage to musician Joe Jonas

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