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BEL MOONEY: Can I do anything to save my alcoholic daughter?

This week Bel advises a mother who is concerned her younger daughter's drinking is out of control.




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BEL MOONEY: I met a girl online: is it too soon to talk about marriage? 

This week Bel advises a young man who has fallen for a woman he met online and desperately wants to fix their bond after a disagreement




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BEL MOONEY: A stroke's turned my husband into a vile monster

This week Bel advises a reader who is at her wits' end and doesn't know how to deal with her husband since his stroke last year.




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BEL MOONEY: Have I just sacrificed my identity for being a mother?

BEL MOONEY: You worry that you're at fault for 'being just a mother and housewife'. I beg you never use that belittling word 'just' in that context.




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BEL MOONEY: Have I just sacrificed my identity for being a mother?

This week Bel advises a reader who is concerned she has sacrificed her identity for being a mother.




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BEL MOONEY: I'm in love with a younger woman from Nigeria but my children think she's scamming me

This week Bel Mooney advises a man, 74, whose children disapprove of his relationship with a 39-year-old single mother from Nigeria.




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BEL MOONEY: How can I help my chaotic and dying little sister reunite with the family

This week Bel Mooney advises a woman whose youngest sister is dying and estranged from the family on how to reunite them.




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BEL MOONEY:  Even if your family's broken, now is the time to reach out

This week Bel advises a young woman who feels like giving up on her parents  after feeling they don't make any effort with her.




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BEL MOONEY: I fear I'll never see the needy folk I care for again

This week Bel advises a reader who fears he will never see the needy folk he cares for again.




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BEL MOONEY: Brave proof anyone can cope with this nightmare

This week Bel advises a woman whose husband is in hospital with coronavirus as she opens up about loneliness during isolation.




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BEL MOONEY: How silly my petty trials of the past now seem

This week Bel advises a reader who is not really worried for himself, but terrified for the young ones.




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BEL MOONEY reveals why they can't lock down our hope this Easter 

BEL MOONEY: Nothing is as it should be. Around the country, countless families like my own are sad because we are necessarily deprived of much that makes this time of year special.




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BEL MOONEY: The virus took my love: how can I say goodbye?

This week Bel Mooney advises a woman who has lost her husband to Covid-19 on how to mourn.




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BEL MOONEY: How can I leave my helpless son all on his own?

This week Bel advises a reader whose son, 44, from her first marriage is suffering from depression. She says he is completely reliant on her, but it's causing problems between her and her husband.




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BEL MOONEY: Is my son unfaithful because of his dad's cheating?

This week Bel advises a reader who is afraid her son's extra-marital affair is a result of his own father's cheating.




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BEL MOONEY: Should I walk away from my lazy, toxic brother? 

This week Bel advises a reader who doesn't know whether to walk away from her lazy, toxic brother.




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Hellebores are as alluring to bees as they are to us, says Monty Don

British gardening expert Monty Don shared advice for growing hellebores. He revealed which variety is the least fussy and grows in sun or shade. Monty advises gardeners to mulch borders this week.




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Artist Lesley Jenkins bought a run-down house with grounds - now they’re a masterpiece

Lesley Jenkins and her husband John bought Wollerton Old Hall in 1982. Eventually she developed the four-acre space in Shropshire and made 16 garden ‘rooms’, each with its own character.




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By George they’re great! Monty loves zingy green euphorbias

British gardening expert Monty Don advised on growing different varieties within the euphorbia family. He also answered a selection of questions from readers of Weekend magazine.




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Greenhouses, bedding plants, mowers – they were all born in the Victorian era

British gardening expert Monty Don grew up in a home with a Victorian garden which had circular borders filled with bedding plants and a coke-fired greenhouse.




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Heavenly honeysuckle: Entwine this social climber with roses for sublime scents

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for achieving heavenly fragrances by blending different varieties of honeysuckle with roses.




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Your silver service: Fill your borders with these shiny hues - just don't call them grey

Nigel Colborn advised gardeners on embracing the silver foliage trend, that was last in vogue in the Sixties. The British gardening expert says most varieties love sun and tolerate drought.




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Exhibition celebrates the glorious Ladybird Books that opened our eyes to nature

Exhibition at the Garden Museum in London celebrates the nostalgic covers of the Ladybird books. Alan Titchmarsh says the books enabled him to identify birds that he hadn't seen before.




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The finalists in our competition have created gardens as diverse as they are beautiful

Finalists from this year's Daily Mail's National Garden Competition shared the stories behind their plots. The winning garden is set to receive £2,000 and a coveted blue plaque.




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Grape expectations: He may not yet have a vineyard on the Med, but MONTY DON can still grow grapes

Monty Don writes this week that avid gardeners can still grow grapes at home. One vine that he planted in his greenhouse has taken over after only three years - and has even produced fruit.




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They look divine and provide food for humans and birds alike - MONTY DON on Rosehips

Monty Don gives his verdict on Rosehips, saying they look divine and provide food for both humans and birds. He also names his plant of the week and describes this week's garden job.




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The point of poinsettia: Nigel Colborn says they look jolly in winter

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week.




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California dreaming: On a dreary grey winter's day, why not plan for some summer colour? 

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for a colourful garden this summer. British gardening expert suggests making use of heated greenhouses.




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Snowdrop heaven: They're blooming like crazy after the wet winter, says Monty Don

Monty Don shares his advice for snowdrops this spring. British gardening experts reveals pollution of the seeds rely on sunny, mild weather and insects.




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Dig deep for our nurseries: They're feeling the pinch after plant shows were cancelled

Constance Craig Smith says UK nurseries are bursting with stock they need to sell, since many local plant shows have been cancelled. She revealed a selection offering mail-order.




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The beauty of biennials: They're tough, provide glorious spring colour in abundance

Monty Don shares his advice for growing biennials in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert says now is the time to sow Lunaria annua.




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Nurse Pauline Cafferkey who beat Ebola twice gives birth to 'amazing' healthy twin boys at 43

Pauline Cafferkey, 43 (pictured) from Glasgow, who first contracted the killer bug in 2014, welcomed the 'two amazing boys' at 10am on Tuesday.




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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How to beat coronavirus? Sing Happy Birthday as you wash your hands

You have to use soap and water, and you should wash your hands for about 20 seconds. One way to estimate this is to sing the whole of the Happy Birthday To You song, twice, says DR MOSLEY.




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California woman tells of husband diagnosed with coronavirus just a day after they were evacuated

Jeri Seratti-Goldman, of Santa Clarita, California, says her husband, Carl Goldman, was diagnosed with coronavirus after they were evacuated from the quarantined cruise ship in Japan.




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Laboratory monkeys are infected with a lethal coronavirus in vaccine hunt

Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health tested an experimental antiviral drug, first created for Ebola, on 18 rhesus macaques.




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Mick Mulvaney dismisses coronavirus as being hyped to 'bring down' Donald Trump

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney accused the media of working against President Trump on the coronavirus and predicted some U.S. schools would probably close amid the outbreak.




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Gorillas in Africa are 'put on lockdown' amid fears they will catch coronavirus 

The move has seen gorilla tourism in Africa suspended for present and the closure of sanctuaries for other apes - including orangutans, which are also endangered.




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Oscar Pistorius told to keep his 'blood money' by parents of Reeva Steenkamp

Reeva Steenkamp's parents rejected £21,000 of 'blood money' from Oscar Pistorius after he shot dead their daughter, a court heard on Tuesday.




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Oscar Pistorius hearing sees Reeva Steenkamp's sobbing family recall the moment they heard of her death

Reeva Steenkamp's cousin sobbed while testifying on Wednesday how she first heard on a car radio that Oscar Pistorius had killed his girlfriend.




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Oscar Pistorius's sister accuses hitman Mikey Schultz of mouthing abuse at her

Self-confessed hitman Mikey Schultz is said to have mouthed 'f*** you' at Aimee Pistorius after she expressed discomfort that he was occupying a place in court normally reserved for the sprinter's family.




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Reeva Steenkamp's mother despised taking Oscar Pistorius' 'blood money'

June and Barry Steenkamp were given £340 a month by the athlete in a series of payments that began several weeks after he killed their daughter at his Pretoria home on Valentine's Day last year.




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Luxury yacht intercepted near Sydney by Border Force containing commercial quantities of drugs 

The $250,000 vessel was intercepted by New South Wales Police in waters off Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney, at 4.30am on Saturday.




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Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney is almost unrecognisable as a teen model in the 1980s  

She's the Gold Logie winner who has appeared on Australian television screens for decades - but this star is almost unrecognisable in her 1980s modelling shot. 




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Former New Zealand Prime Minister buys Sydney apartment then puts it on the market the next day

Sir John Key and Lady Bronagh became the owners of a high-end harbourside apartment in McMahons point last week, but placed it back on the market a day later.




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McDonald's stores in Rotorua, New Zealand forced to shut their doors because they RAN OUT of food

Franchisees Rob and Linley Parry, who own the three restaurants in Rotorua, New Zealand , opened on Tuesday after the country eased coronavirus restrictions to level three.




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Bill Beaumont receives a stark warning on future alterations from NZ Rugby boss Brent Impey

WILL KELLEHER: While Beaumont was backed by all 18 of the Six Nations votes for a second term in charge, he was warned by those in the southern hemisphere that drastic alterations are needed.




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Boston Consulting Group survey reveals coronavirus has made Australians change their shopping habits

Coronavirus has made Australians reassess their taste in luxury goods and opt for the simpler things in life, a Boston Consulting Group survey of 1,000 consumers has found.




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Lesbian couple discover they're BOTH pregnant just days apart with the SAME sperm donor 

Kat Buchanan, 33, and her fiancee Taryn Cumming, 31, live in Auckland, New Zealand with five cats. They knew they wanted children from the beginning of their two-year relationship.




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Friendship between British and Kiwi Lancaster Bomber war heroes discovered 75 years after they died

Alison Round, 54, of Staplehurst, Kent, found a Bible belonging to Morgan Swap, a New Zealand (NZ) flight sergeant in her uncle Edward Finch's belongings and travelled to NZ to return it to his family.




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Hayley Holt: TV host's unborn child dies two months before due date

A New Zealand television presenter who tried for years to have a child has tragically lost her unborn baby while in self-isolation.