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Asda is selling £1 engagement rings in time for Valentine's Day proposals
The supermarket has launched the budget-friendly engagement ring in time for any Valentine's Day proposals.
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Single parent strength – a photo essay
Single parent strength – a photo essay. Photographer Jonathan Donovan has produced a series of portraits focusing on the strength of single parents and celebrating their resilience and love. The project aims to raise awareness of Gingerbread – the leading national charity working with single-parent families. An exhibition of his work opens in Granary Square in London’s Kings Cross from the end of January and will run until the beginning of April
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Woman’s ‘laziness’ turned out to be rare heart condition
Charlotte Carney was diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition.
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Woman lost twin babies - but gave birth to two more
A mum with a long history of miscarriages 'loses' a multiple pregnancy. But after discovering she's experienced 'vanishing twin syndrome', she later welcomes two healthy baby girls.
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The simple sign revealing you’ve ‘clicked’ with someone
Why do we instantly 'click' with some people and not others?
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Why the pandemic has made us kinder
Are we really a nation of givers? According to new research, we're very kind indeed.
The GuardianThe pandemic has weighed heavily on children – but there are ways to lighten their load
The pandemic has weighed heavily on children – but there are ways to lighten their load. The good news is parents can positively influence their children’s wellbeing. We have some simple, evidence-based suggestions
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Birth on board: Hero doctor helps deliver premature baby mid-flight
Inshad Ibrahim, who lives in Wales, helped deliver a premature baby on a plane when mum-to-be went into labour on a flight to India.
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First girl in family for 75 years: 100-year-old meets great-great granddaughter
The moving moment a 100-year-old meets her great-great granddaughter, the first girl in the family since her daughter Sandra in 1947.
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Cringey or cute?: Top couples' pet names revealed
Turns out 'love' and 'babe' are the nation's favourite pet names.
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Our three-year-old says he loves me more than his dad. What can I do?
Rest assured, your son is going through a phase, but his father’s distress about this is understandable, says Annalisa Barbieri
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Woman previously 'drowning in debt' takes control of finances with budgeting strategy
Jodie Wright owed £4,000 when she asked a debt charity for help and turned her life around.
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Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet 'grew apart' - so what if it happens to your marriage?
What do you do if you feel yourselves drifting apart? We asked the experts how to 'grow back together'.
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Amanda Holden celebrates lookalike daughter's 16th birthday with photo: 'Total mini-me'
Amanda Holden's eldest daughter is celebrating her sweet 16.
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'Girls' star Lena Dunham eager to adopt before 38th birthday
'I'll be 36 this year. I don't feel like turning 38 without a child,' says Lena Dunham.
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Cate Blanchett 'dressed up' - here's how the A-list home-schooled in lockdown
Not everyone got into the spirit of education. Here's how the stars made the switch from actor to teacher. (Spoiler: Not easily)
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My baby screeches like a banshee and my heart melts. What have I become?
My baby screeches like a banshee and my heart melts. What have I become?. You know that previously sensible friend who now beams every time her perfect child farts? Reader, that’s me
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'Anxiety' chosen by children as word of the year 2021
Children's Word of the Year for 2021 was 'Anxiety', while teachers most used word was 'Resilience'.
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Baby names predicted to be big in 2022
The experts have predicted the baby name trends for 2022.
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‘I thought: “Everyone knows you’re not a real mum”’ – the pain of parental impostor syndrome
Feeling like a fraud is bad enough at work but even more corrosive when it comes to raising a family. How can parents overcome damaging self-doubt?
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Parents in England ‘disempowered’ by choice over school places
Parents in England are no more satisfied by their level of choice than parents in Scotland, according to new research.
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Couple celebrate 81st wedding anniversary - after friends said it 'wouldn't last'
Ron and Joyce Bond married in 1941 after their friends warned they 'wouldn't last long'.
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Internet watchdog: 2021 was worst year for child sexual abuse online
The Internet Watch Foundation’s latest figures show a drastic increase in the amount of obscene material online.
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My son has not paid child support; I am very upset at his irresponsible attitude. What should I do?
It’s almost impossible to force someone into doing what we think they should, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but you can try to help him
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Simon Cowell is engaged to long-term love Lauren Silverman: Here's how it happened
The TV talent spotter has finally decided to settle down - and proposed on Christmas eve.
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Why did I send emails to my 2-year-old daughter? Memories
Like the ‘baby books’ of old, these emails are time capsules – little intimate tidbits and clues of who my child will become, sent off to her future self