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Mother-of-two whose entire family survived COVID-19 reveals what she wishes she'd done differently

LA lawyer Hilary Sledge-Sarnor, 38, her husband Lateef Sarnor, 49, and their two children all first starting experiencing coronavirus symptoms in March.




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Mother died during dream family holiday after contraceptive pill caused blood clot

Zoe Williams, 42, of Caerphilly, South Wales, collapsed and died after arriving in San Francisco with her husband Jason, 45, and their son on the 11-flight from Britain.




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Greta Thunberg's mother reveals how the climate activist 'stopped talking and eating' aged 11

Malena Ernman has told of her daughter's struggle with autism and an eating disorder in a new book written by the Thunberg family.




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Nursing home workers post video of themselves taunting a 91-year-old great grandmother with dementia

Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa were fired from the Abington of Glenview following the cruel video post, shot four days before Christmas.




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Young mother helps snare paedophile who hacked her social media account to groom young girls

Kirk Gibson, 31, took Alice Rutherford-Hyde's name and pictures and created a fake profile on social media. Ms Rutherford-Hyde, of Newcastle, was contacted by the victim and alerted her family.




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Mother is 'gobsmacked' by 'eery figure' lurking behind her in a photo

Kelly Green, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had been chatting to a friend, who sent her a screenshot that revealed what appeared to be a female figure with long blonde hair.




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Mother is run over and killed in front of her children by Algerian football fan celebrating win

Raucous celebrations in Paris and other French cities quickly soured after fans resorted to vandalism and arson, bringing traffic in the French capital to a standstill after Algeria's Africa Cup win in Egypt.




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Bride's mother-in-law calls her wedding a 'gift grab' after learning they were already married

Reddit user Brideandgroom19 said they wed a year and a half ago because she had 'serious health issues' at the time and needed to join his health insurance,




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Mother tells her daughter's much-older boyfriend that she has been CHEATING on him for a year

Reddit user confused123456 took to the 'AmItheA**hole' forum on Sunday to ask if she was wrong for betraying her 27-year-old daughter.




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Bride runs out of ceremony after new husband dances with his mother

A Reddit user revealed the awkward moment between the bride and groom. The bride forbid the groom from dancing with his mom at their wedding because she couldn't dance with her dad.




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Save me, not the baby: Pregnant mother sparks Reddit debate

The unnamed mother, thought to be from Mexico, took to Reddit to explain that she asked her husband to save her life instead of that of their baby if something went wrong during child birth.




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Mothers praise woman for her 'tragically accurate' rant mocking mom Facebook groups

The unknown woman shared a sample of idiotic questions along with her sarcastic replies in her Facebook post making fun of the groups.




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Mother is left horrified by disturbing audio recording on a children's toy bought at Westfield

The blue toy keyboard was purchased from an Asian pop up store at a Westfield in Western Sydney and plays a story about rabbits who want to die.




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Immunocompromised woman hospitalized with coronavirus after her mother 'refused to let her isolate'

Reddit user racingbarakarts shared photos of herself in the hospital, her official diagnosis, and her text message exchange with her mom on Wednesday.




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Nazeem Hussain tricks his mother into thinking he has a TIGER in his house for April Fool's Day

Nazeem Hussain pulled off an epic April Fool's Day prank on his mother by tricking her into thinking he was keeping a live tiger in his house. 




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Hero mother-of-three saves a man's life giving him CPR - and is ROBBED in the process

A kind-hearted woman who stopped to save an old man's life was cruelly robbed of her iPad as she resuscitated him by the side of a Perth road.




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Mother-of-one caught her Tinder boyfriend cheating on her when a naked woman fell out his wardrobe

Megan Bexton, 21, from Newcastle upon Tyne, rushed to her boyfriend Reece Mitchell's house after finding suggestive texts on his iPad while the 22-year-old father-of-one was on a night out.




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Stoke boy, six, saves his pregnant mother and unborn sister's life by using iPad to call for help

Max Lewis, six, came to his mother Nicky's rescue when she fell ill at their house in Stoke-on-Trent. He called his aunt, Sonia, to tell her his mother, 31, was 'breathing funny' and she called 999.




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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: My heart goes out to you all on a surreal Mother's Day 

Today, I was planning to drive up to see Mother in Birmingham and take her out for a slap-up Mother's Day meal at her favourite Miller & Carter steakhouse in Sutton Park.




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Mother transformed her sofas with chic covers costing just £33

Single mother Anna Pek, from Norfolk, couldn't afford to buy a new sofa when she moved house and revealed how she transformed her tired old couches for just £33.




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Mothers used Poundland tote bags to upcycle their furniture

Two mothers from Rotherham and Northampton showcased their crafting skills by creating beautiful Disney and Harry Potter furniture from old £1 tote bags from Poundland.




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Mother-of-two, 34, is horrified to discover that anyone can access her smartphone

Lisa Neilson, 34, from Castleford, in West Yorkshire, bought the gel cover to protect her new Samsung S10.




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Canvey Island Essex mother given black eye by magic staff she bought son for Christmas

Clarissa Clary, 44, of Canvey Island, Essex, bought the retractable 'magic staff' on eBay for her son 16-year-old Caine, who has special educational needs.




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Mother-of-seven shares her back to school station complete with bags, shoes and a bookcase

An Australian mother-of-seven has shared an image of her family's school bag station on social media, which helps her children stay organised during the term.




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Savvy mother shares genius dining room-space saving trick

Louise Serena Clark, from Worcestershire, revealed to the Facebook group DIY On A Budget Official how she transformed her cramped dining room by slicing her dining table in half.




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Thrifty mother reveals she transformed her kitchen using eBay stickers

Mum-of-three Martyna Janczyńska, from Middlesbrough, has shared her impressive kitchen makeover, revealing how she spent just £80 transforming the space with bargain buys. 




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Mother bags £25,000 worth of freebies dressing her children in designer labels on Instagram

Aleksandra Hoyles, 32, from Yorkshire is so popular on Instagram that clothes sellers are using pictures of her and her daughter on eBay without her permission to sell their look-alikes,




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Mother reveals why you should never put your rug in the tumble dryer

Natasha Siobhan took to the British Facebook group Mrs Hinch Made Me Do It to share a picture of the fluffy grey eBay rug she had decided to tumble dry, with disastrous results.




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Mother-of-two transforms her beige home into a Barbie dream house

Rachael Havenhand, 28, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, said it is 'impossible to feel miserable' when living in her brightly-painted home which she's decked out with her own art works.




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Single mother reveals how she transformed her kitchen from drab to fabulous

Victoria Robinson, 33, a part time Tesco worker from Hertfordshire, took to a Facebook group to share how she turned her drab kitchen into a modern space by swapping her handles and tiles.




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Savvy mother transforms her 'toy dumping ground' Wendy house into an incredible outdoor cafe

Becky Alice, believed to be from Preston, Lancashire, upcycled her children's Wendy house - using leftover paint, flowers from eBay and old plastic chairs, which she decorated.




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Unorthodox star Shira Haas video calls her Holocaust-survivor grandmother

Unorthodox star Shira Haas shared a picture of her family's video call to her grandmother on Holocaust Remembrance Day. 




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Malia and Sasha Obama share their admiration for their mother Michelle in new Netflix documentary

Malia, 21, and Sasha, 18, appear in the new Netflix documentary 'Becoming,' which chronicles Mrs. Obama's 34-city tour for her memoir of the same name.




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Outraged mother of raped daughter demands faster justice

The need for speedy redress comes as Delhi waits for those convicted of the brutal December 16, 2012, gang-rape of a medical student on a bus to be hanged till death.




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Pregnant mother is forced to give birth in field in India

Eight months pregnant Samarwati Devi, 24 from Madhya Pradesh, central India went to hospital on Monday fearing an early labour. But reportedly doctors said the baby had died.




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Hull City set to sign James Scott after agreeing £1.5m fee with Motherwell

Hull City have agreed a deal worth £1.5million for highly rated Motherwell forward James Scott. The 19-year old saw a £750,000 bid rejected on Thursday.




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Don't let the virus stop Mother's Day: Host an afternoon tea at home

The coronavirus means that taking your Mum out for an afternoon tea this Mother's Day may no longer be possible - but we reveal how to celebrate at home.




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ASK TONY: TSB - The bank that said 'NO' to my frail 86-year-old mother

I took my mother to a TSB branch to open an account because she has been told she can no longer receive her state pension via the Post Office. We took several documents showing her address.




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Lockdown: Mothers in villages use household items to homeschool kids

While parents in cities are tutoring their children at home using digital tools and technology amid the ongoing COVID-19-induced lockdown which has led to closure of schools, those in villages are utilising simple household items like fruits, buttons and pulses to homeschool kids. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a nationwide lockdown from March 25 to April 14 and urged the country of around 1.3 billion people to stay home in view of the coronavirus outbreak. The restrictions were first extended till May 3 and again extended till May 17. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. As most of the educational institutions in cities across the country are offering online classes due to the lockdown, parents too are chipping in to educate their kids at home using iPads, tabs and ...




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Mother's Day: Home and beyond, finding a partner for the pandemic

He hops off a helicopter, whips off his shades and makes a dash through the grounds towards his home to give his mother a surprise, but there she is, waiting at the door with a pooja thali' in her hand. That admittedly cheesy scene between Shah Rukh Khan and Jaya Bachchan from the blockbuster Hindi film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham was playing in Sonali Puri's mind when she was on a Mumbai-Jammu flight to give her mother a surprise last month. Her mother was at the door just as she had imagined but instead of a thali' was a hand sanitiser! Good hygiene is a blessing in times of coronavirus, my mother told me, laughed the 37-year-old. That was in mid-March, a few days before the coronavirus forced lockdown began on March 25. And home in Jammu is where Puri still is, the short vacation turning into extended mother-daughter downtime, both recalibrating their equations as they spend focused time with each other after years. This Mother's Day, the first time perhaps that Puri has been home, she




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Woman commits suicide at AIIMS after her mother dies of cancer

A 23-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide at the AIIMS here after her mother died of cancer at the hospital, police said on Saturday. She was reported missing after her mother passed away on Wednesday and her body was found near the new private ward block of the hospital on Saturday, they said, adding that she fell to her death from a building. "Her mother was a cancer patient. She was being treated at the hospital and had died during treatment on Wednesday," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said. Her father was busy in the formalities when she left the area. She was reported missing since Wednesday. The family hails from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said. Hospital staff noticed the body and informed the police. The block was closed due to which nobody found out about it earlier, police said. Police said she had called her friends and told them that she was going to kill herself. The body has been recovered and an inquest ...




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A mother's touch at school


An innovative program of education for young children achieves the twin objectives of encouraging more families to send their girls to school, as well as giving the teachers a greater sense of autonomy over their own lives. Malvika Kaul reports on the Mother-Teacher Programme.




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A mother's fight for justice


Despite all that she has endured, Neelam Katara remains a picture of stoic determination and motherly affection. Vasudha Mehta visits her to learn what her son's murder and the subsequent trial have taught her about the justice system.




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A mother's plea: protect our seafarers from pirates


A permanent solution should be sought to defend ships and their crew who, refusing to be party to unscrupulous trade, end up being eliminated, with their deaths portrayed as suicides, writes Shabeena Zaheer who lost her son.




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Mothers of the Earth


The knowledge of growing conditions and nutritional traits of plants not only gives rural women a unique, crucial edge in seed selection and breeding, it also helps them maintain the genetic diversity required for adaptation to fluctuating weather. Despite this, the role of women in protecting biodiversity is largely unrecognised, writes Ramesh Menon.




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How Mothers Can Survive Their Daughters' Teen Years

Teenage girls are hardwired for drama, according to Family therapist Colleen O'Grady, author of "Dial Down the Drama." But there are key ways daughters and mothers can find common ground. She offers tips for keeping the peace on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: iStock




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'Rahul should thank his mother for letting him go alone'

'She did not push him nor did she push the party in his direction. If she had declared him a leader, that would have been her biggest mistake. She did not do that,' says political thinker Sanjay Kumar.




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When expecting mothers fight graft to secure prenatal care


In Jahangirpur Gram Panchayat of Bihar’s Kishanganj district, Rs 30 lakh meant for pregnant Muslim women had already been misappropriated, when a community-driven project launched by Oxfam decided to tackle the corruption head on. Ajitha Menon reports.




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Mother tongue or English?


With a multitude of problems and the diversity of languages, the medium of instruction remains a topic of impassioned debate. Teaching in the mother tongue fuels pride, but English is here to stay. Fostering multilingualism in our schools, however, is far from smooth sailing. Deepa A reports.




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Neidonuo Angami, mother of peace


Sustaining the ceasefire between underground groups in Nagaland and New Delhi has never been easy. But led by Padmashree award winner Neidonuo Angami, a number of Naga women have been organising themselves for years in trust-building and conflict prevention. A Women's Feature Service and Sangat report.