9 h. ago Richard Curtis' writer daughter criticises Kate Winslet's stance on nepo babies and insists people like her have to 'literally just step out the door' to follow in their parents' footsteps

Writer Scarlett Curtis has criticised Kate Winslet's stance that her children are not nepo babies, insisting that her own father's career has given her huge advantages in her work.

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21 h. ago Woman has lovingly cared for 38 children but still thought New Year honour must be a mistake

Mair Wilson and her husband foster children with complex needs and believe they need one main thing

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8 d. ago I've been the other woman for years. Wives will hate me for saying it, but Christmas is the hardest time of the year for mistresses

'Sitting by myself at home, I wondered what he'd got his wife for Christmas. I tortured myself, imagining her unwrapping a beautiful necklace or a sparkling ring, a token of his love she'd keep forever.'

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9 d. ago Charity says bereaved children and carers forgotten in new strategy to tackle violence against women

‘Nothing prepares you for the pain, the fear, or the overwhelming responsibility of trying to rebuild a child's life after such violence,’ devastated grandmother says

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1 week ago Funeral director names Christmas toys she never lets her kids play with

Funeral director Lauren Taylor, who has seen 'too much' in her career, has shared the children's toys she would never allow her own kids to play with - and the reasons why

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1 week ago Putin admits he is 'in love' but refuses to say who the woman is

In an apparently planted question by Russian state media during his annual end of year Q&A, he was asked: 'You said today that you believe love at first sight exists.'Vladimir [Putin], are you in love?'

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1 week ago Woman and secret lover who plotted to kill her husband in Wales jailed

Michelle Mills and Geraint Berry sentenced to 19 years each for conspiring to murder Christopher Mills A woman who plotted with her secret lover to murder her husband so they could start a new life together has been jailed for 19 years.Michelle Mills, 46, and Geraint Berry, 47, planned to kill Christopher Mills so they could continue their affair, and Berry recruited Steven Thomas, also 47, to help carry out their attack on 20 September last year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Latest: Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors

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1 week ago Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that would effective ban gender-affirming care for minors

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1 week ago Child intensive care cases rise as superflu cases flood hospitals

Number of patients admitted to hospital for flu has hit a record for this time of year, NHS data shows

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2 w. ago The Innocents of Florence by Joseph Luzzi review – how abandoned babies spurred a flowering of Renaissance art

The precarious, cruel but dazzling world of a foundling hospital is brought wonderfully to life by the author of Botticelli’s SecretJoseph Luzzi, a professor at Bard College in New York, is a Dante scholar whose books argue for the relevance of the great Italian art and literature of the late middle ages and Renaissance to our own times. A great populariser and advocate of the humanities in public life, he has done for Dante what his Bard colleague Daniel Mendelsohn did for Homer in An Odyssey and other books.This short volume tells the story of the Hospital of the Innocents in Dante’s home town of Florence, a building Luzzi has been fascinated by since encountering it in 1987 on his college year abroad. The Innocenti, as it is known, was the first institution in Europe devoted solely to the care of unwanted children. The first foundling, named Agata because she was left by its gates on Saint Agata’s Day 1445, had been nibbled at by mice. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Samantha Morton admits 'it's an absolute miracle I'm not dead' after childhood sexual abuse whilst she was in care, homelessness and trauma

The actress, 48, spent a decade in foster care and children's homes before she was 'saved' by acting.

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2 w. ago Olly Murs sends heartfelt message to Welsh schoolboy who plays music with his eyes

Pop star Olly Murs sent a touching video message to Felix Forbes, 13, who receives care at Tŷ Hafan Children's Hospice

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2 w. ago Children’s operations cancelled as super flu piles pressure on intensive care units

Exclusive: Paediatric units are under ‘severe and sustained pressure’, warn top intensive care doctors

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2 w. ago Wes Streeting says he's 'not comfortable' with puberty blockers trial and claims 'threatening' trans activists have attacked his office three times

The clinical trial is taking place for children as young as ten based on a recommendation by the Cass Review into children's gender care.

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2 w. ago Why we cannot abandon children who grew up in care when they begin journey into adulthood

Every young person deserves to grow into adulthood with the support of someone who’s there when they need them

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2 w. ago Candace Owens under fire for suggesting Charlie Kirk was in love with another woman

The firebrand podcaster recalled her friendship with Kirk on her latest episode in a moment that many viewed as a slight on Erika, a frequent target of her attacks.

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3 w. ago Jessica Simpson ‘feels bad’ for women turning to plastic surgery after her All’s Fair role

‘I Wanna Love You Forever’ singer plays woman pressured into getting cosmetic surgery in Ryan Murphy’s new legal drama

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3 w. ago Mum with 'Britain's biggest boobs' is 'not just walking pair of breasts' as she fights NHS

Melissa Ashcroft, 30, dubbed the mum with “Britain’s biggest boobs”, says strict NHS BMI rules and long waiting lists have left her in chronic pain and unable to care for her young children

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3 w. ago 'I watched Love Actually and these are the reasons why it's terrible'

Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually is a favourite for many people, but one woman has shared why she dislikes the festive film as she branded it 'thoughtless'

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