27 h. ago Women cope better when their partner dies. I’ll have to go before him, out of spite

Should your partner be your best friend? After David Mitchell mansplained relationships, I asked my husband and his answer surprised meDavid Mitchell is probably the only male on the planet who could get away with defending mansplaining, so that is what he has done. “I feel there’s an unfairness to the term, which is taken to be men explaining things in a boring way to women,” he told the Sunday Times. “Because they do it to each other, and they take turns, and that’s what men call a conversation.”In the same interview, Mitchell and his comedy partner Robert Webb are asked how each counselled and supported the other through various personal challenges. They are confused and slightly aghast at the idea that they might have discussed such matters. What do men talk to one another about, then? “Well, yes,” says Mitchell. “That’s a question [my wife] Victoria’s asked me many times. And I never really know.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago New and Basic State Pension payment rules after a spouse or partner dies

A State Pension claim from the DWP does not end automatically when a loved one dies.

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1 week ago I long to carpe diem! How can I be more present? | Leading questions

It’s worth asking not just how to seize the day but why exactly we’re not, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith writesRead more Leading questionsI long to carpe diem! I have a busy life, a loving partner and good friends but, despite looking forward to holidays or events, when I am in them I feel unable to relax and enjoy.I constantly think about work or my daughter or my elderly mum or, most dully, my pension. I know people notice. And it’s not just an obvious checking of my phone, I feel it’s a vacantness behind the eyes. How can I be more present? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Doctors thought my partner had stomach issues and gave him Gaviscon

David Burgess, from Sale, Greater Manchester, was otherwise healthy until he suddenly experienced 'horrific' pain in his stomach in April.

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1 week ago 'A&E sent my partner away with Gaviscon, he died days later'

David, 52, was told to take Gavison and avoid painkillers - six days later he was placed into a coma and never woke up

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2 w. ago Brit dad suddenly dies after being 'bitten by venomous spider' he bought online

Mark Anthony Kirby, 38, from Prescot, Merseyside, died on Saturday, August 2, and his former partner Kayleigh Gill said that he had purchased the spider a few weeks earlier

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2 w. ago Men can't cope under pressure! Married blokes are more likely to CHEAT than women when they're stressed, study finds

Ladies, beware - as a new study reveals men are more likely than women to have an affair during high-stress life events.

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2 w. ago Man crushed to death by wife after she 'stumbled and fell on top of him'

A 59-year-old Portuguese man has died after his 15st partner stumbled as she got out of bed and fell on top of him. Neighbours rushed to help after hearing her screams

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3 w. ago Partner of dad who died at Oasis' Wembley gig issues heartbreaking statement

Lee Claydon was pronounced dead on the scene after falling during the Oasis gig

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3 w. ago Tragedy as couple drown in flash floods while holidaying in Majorca with friends

Alexander Barrett, 32, died along with his partner Sarah Thompson, 26, in the Spanish island of Majorca last year as a "wall of water" cascaded down the canyon they were descending

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3 w. ago Couple drowned in flash floods on Majorca hike, inquest hears

Alexander Barrett, 32, died along with his partner Sarah Thompson, 26, as a ‘wall of water’ cascaded down the canyon they were descending last year.

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