8 h. ago Woman returned from maternity leave to find desk packed away into cardboard box

It's one of many examples of new and expectant parents being sidelined or mistreated at work

Politics

52 h. ago Brit woman missing after hiring Formentera boat found alive after four days

The British woman had been reported missing after failing to return a motorboat she had hired. She was spotted adrift four days later by a ferry heading from mainland Spain to Ibiza

Events

4 d. ago Michelle Keegan rakes in a huge six figure sum while on maternity leave after welcoming first child just three months ago

The actress and her husband, both 38, are thought to have a combined net worth of £20 million and welcomed their first child, a daughter name Palma in March.

Politics

4 d. ago Michelle Keegan's staggering earnings while on maternity leave after welcoming daughter

The actress has reportedly been able to rake in a six-figure sum while on maternity leave after giving birth to her first child, a daughter named Palma, in March

Politics

5 d. ago Brit woman missing after going for 'quick boat ride' as major search launched

According to local reports, friends of the unnamed 39-year-old British woman claimed that she failed to return the 15-foot motor boat she had hired yesterday evening as scheduled

Events

5 d. ago Major hunt launched at sea for missing Brit woman who vanished in Formentera after hiring boat

The 39-year-old woman failed to returned to the motor boat she hired yesterday, leading friends to raise the alarm and the Spanish coastguard to launch a major search operation

Events

5 d. ago Michelle Keegan makes huge weekly sum on maternity leave thanks to savvy move while pregnant

Former Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan gave birth to her first child in March of this year alongside husband Mark Wright, with the happy couple raking it in during the new mum's maternity leave

Politics

8 d. ago Michelle Keegan stuns in white sports bra as she works up a sweat on paddle ball court after marking her return from maternity leave with new 'six

The actress, 38, who found fame as Tina McIntyre on Coronation Street in 2007, stunned as she uploaded a smiley selfie to her Instagram Stories on Monday.

Events

1 week ago Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state

Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit saysIn the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lidiane Vieira Frazão, 35, was expecting her second child but, even at 40 weeks pregnant, she was unable to obtain a doctor’s note to start her maternity leave.Her job as a funeral agent – at times handling the bodies of people who had died from the virus – was on the long list of “essential services” that could not be suspended during lockdown, according to a decree issued by Brazil’s then-president, Jair Bolsonaro. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Benidorm star sets the record straight after sparking concern with claim she's 'living from couch to couch and her car is her wardrobe'

Earlier this month the actress - who played Janey Yorke in the ITV hit - confessed she now lives like a 'nomad' and could find herself in a 'cardboard box' seven years after the ITV show ended in 2018.

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1 week ago Clydesdale MSP returns to Scottish Government following maternity leave

Mairi McAllan has become housing minister taking over from Paul McLennan.

Politics

1 week ago The pensioner who lost her home to gang of foreign squatters: Woman in her 80s returned home to find 'Eastern Europeans' had taken her house... and police say they can't help

EXCLUSIVE: Shameless squatters allegedly seized the London home of a frail pensioner while she was visiting her friend, sparking an 'absurd' two-month legal battle to remove them.

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2 w. ago Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney review – a satisfying tale of memory and place

Stories within stories give fascinating depth to the prize-winning author’s third novel, about a woman’s return to her family home in the west of IrelandElaine Feeney’s third novel, following the success of her prize-winning debut As You Were and the Booker-longlisted How to Build a Boat, focuses on Claire O’Connor, a woman who has moved from London back to Athenry in the west of Ireland in the wake of her mother’s death. Her new life is disturbed when she finds her ex-partner Tom has moved in down the road. Or rather, that’s one thread in a story that becomes steadily more interesting than this simple set-up from the romance novelist’s playbook, as layers of family memory and trauma build up to form a portrait of the wider O’Connor family: all their history, the way it has shaped them and the traces it has left on the places around.Claire shows herself to be unusually attuned to the history of her home place, telling stories about nearby Thoor Ballylee, where Yeats lived; Lady...

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2 w. ago ‘Boultercanu’ serve doubles delight as women’s tennis returns to Queen’s

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter’s infectious chemistry sparked a day of both jubilation and frustration at Queen’sMoments before Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter walked on to court one to add a touch of pizzazz to a historic day at Queen’s Club, a lady carrying an empty Pimm’s jug went to go for a refill. “I’m sorry but if you leave, we won’t be able to let you straight back in,” she was told by a steward. “You will have to queue.”The woman thought for a moment, looked at the packed stands, and returned to her seat. It turned out to be a wise decision. And not just because the queue to see the British pair – or “Boultercanu” as the press had already anointed them – was snaking halfway around Queen’s Club. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Boultercanu’ serve doubles delight as women’s tennis returns to Queen’s Club

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter displayed an infectious chemistry on a historic day at the west London clubMoments before Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter walked on to court one to add a touch of pizzazz to a historic day at Queen’s Club, a woman carrying an empty Pimm’s jug went to go for a refill. “I’m sorry but if you leave, we won’t be able to let you straight back in,” she was told by a steward. “You will have to queue.”The woman thought for a moment, looked at the packed stands, and returned to her seat. It turned out to be a wise decision. And not just because the queue to see the British pair – or “Boultercanu” as the press had already anointed them – was snaking halfway around Queen’s Club. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Benidorm star confesses they are 'close to living in a cardboard box' seven years after the ITV comedy show ended

Benidorm star 'close to living in a cardboard box' seven years after the ITV comedy show ended

Culture

2 w. ago Benidorm icon 'close to living in cardboard box' years after ITV show's end

Crissy Rock has opened up about her life away from the spotlight, admitting she is currently 'living like a nomad' and is having to go 'couch to couch'

Culture

2 w. ago I died for eight minutes... my encounter proves the soul never dies

Clinically dead for eight minutes, a Colorado woman says she returned with a vivid, otherworldly experience that defies science and now shaking up how we think about life after death.

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2 w. ago I died for eight minutes... my encounter with divine beings proves the soul never dies

Clinically dead for eight minutes, a Colorado woman says she returned with a vivid, otherworldly experience that defies science and now shaking up how we think about life after death.

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2 w. ago ‘Spiteful’ boss cut pregnant accountant’s hours after she told him she had morning sickness

Sadia Shakil’s employment was then terminated when she was due to start maternity leave

Economics