5 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.

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23 h. ago I pressured my mother to confess a scandalous family secret on her deathbed

An anonymous Reddit user, thought to be based in the US, has described their torment after pressuring their mother to confess a family secret while on her deathbed. 

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24 h. ago The Boys by Leo Robson review – a likeable debut with aimless charm

The critic turned author’s witty, eccentric novel follows a Londoner reading Susan Sontag and looking for loveEarly on in Leo Robson’s debut novel, the narrator, a likable, aimless, rather detached young Londoner named Johnny Voghel, reads “a book of Susan Sontag essays and interviews”. Johnny’s copy of what he later identifies as A Susan Sontag Reader is an heirloom. It has been extensively underlined by his mother, who has just died, and by his estranged half-brother Lawrence. Johnny wonders if reading Sontag, or his family’s other heavily annotated books, will “unlock a secret or hint at one, offer a glimpse of their dreams or invite them into mine”.A Susan Sontag Reader includes Sontag’s 1968 defence of Jean-Luc Godard, the great modernist and Marxist provocateur of French New Wave cinema. If Johnny, in search of family connection, happened to read that essay, he would encounter a paragraph that rather neatly describes the novel that he is in the process of narrating. Godard’s f...

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40 h. ago Woman dials cops and hangs up before officers make devastating discovery inside

A man, 39, and a woman, 37, have been issued with a full Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order after cops made the shocking find.

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42 h. ago Nicola Peltz sends secret message to Selena Gomez amid growing Beckham family feud

The singer and actress, who has been friends with the American heiress, since 2022 has reportedly been distracting Nicola with wedding plans for her upcoming nuptials to Benny Blanco .

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47 h. ago Brit mum, 28, dies on holiday as devastated family get huge shock in her autopsy

Beth Martin, 28, travelled to Turkey with her husband Luke and two young children but died just days into her trip - her family has said an autopsy revealed something horrifying

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3 d. ago Huge Peppa Pig announcement on Good Morning Britain as Mummy Pig has given birth

Peppa Pig's mother Mummy Pig has appeared on Good Morning Britain to announce the exciting news that she has given birth to Peppa and George's new piglet sibling

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4 d. ago I made a joke about the unusual spelling of my cousin's baby name

Some parents like to push the boundaries of unique baby names - and one woman has discovered how defensive they can get about it.

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5 d. ago People are just realizing there's a picture of a random woman hidden in hit 2001 movie

Fans of the hit 2001 movie Shrek are still discovering hidden gems 24 years later as a random woman's picture hidden around 20 minutes in sparks theories online.

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6 d. ago Mariska Hargitay drops bombshell family secret she's kept hidden for 30 years

Hargitay's documentary, My Mom Jayne, which marks her feature film directorial debut, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

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6 d. ago Thousands of mums who had kids before 2000 could be in line for huge HMRC payout

The average compensation payout is almost £8,000 and is related to an error that primarily affected women who gave birth in the 80s and 90s due to an error with Home Responsibilities Protection

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8 d. ago Emmerdale newcomer Bradley Riches teases Barton family secret will be exposed

EXCLUSIVE: Heartstopper's Bradley Riches spoke to the Mirror about ITV soap Emmerdale on the red carpet of the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises recently ahead of his debut

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9 d. ago Emmerdale star Jay Kontzle's secret family tragedy and how he nearly quit showbiz

In Mental Health Awareness Week, Emmerdale actor Jay Kontzle talks to The Mirror about he overcome childhood trauma with the help of psychiatrist and loving grandparents

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on abortion prosecutions: decriminalisation can’t wait | Editorial

The trial of Nicola Packer shows why MPs should seize the opportunity to change the law and safeguard vulnerable women nowThe Crown Prosecution Service has yet to explain why it thought that pursuing a case against Nicola Packer was in the public interest. Thankfully, jurors last week cleared the 45-year-old of illegally terminating her pregnancy. But more than four years of police and criminal proceedings have had a lasting impact on a woman already traumatised by discovering that she was 26 weeks pregnant, not about 10, when she acted. The trial dragged her private life – even her sexual preferences – into the public eye. Understandably, she called it “humiliating”. But it is prosecutors who should feel shame.Ms Packer was prescribed abortion pills in a remote consultation, due to a Covid lockdown. Prosecutors alleged that she deliberately breached the abortion time limit. Jurors believed Ms Packer, who said that she was horrified to realise how advanced her pregnancy was whe...

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9 d. ago 'I cringed at my cousin's baby name as it's so bad I thought it was a joke'

A woman has been left horrified after discovering the unusual name her cousin had given her daughter.

Politics

1 week ago Kenyan migrant allowed to stay in Britain thanks to 'typo riddled' document

The married asylum seeker, who was granted anonymity, fled the African country in 2018 after her family discovered she was having an affair with a woman.

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1 week ago 'Furious wife discovered I've been paying another woman for a kiss and a fondle'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a concerned Daily Star reader whose wife has found out about his secret arrangement

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1 week ago 'Evil' dad stabbed his entire family to stop his secret from being exposed

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Nine years after the brutal murder-suicide, the sister of victim Clodagh Hawe has spoken out about the reasons behind it.

Society

1 week ago Jane Doe found beneath bleachers in a Houston park finally identified after seven years

Groundskeeper at Bayland Park discovered a woman’s body in a seated position under the bleachers in June 2017

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1 week ago Danny Dyer opens up about his 'childhood trauma' and being sent to a psychiatrist as a kid after his dad's secret second family was revealed

The EastEnders star, 47, revealed his father Antony left when he was just nine after having a two-year affair and 'running' a secret second family.

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