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Dad whose teen son drowned warns of dangers of open water after another young life lost

Simon Haycock whose 16-year-old son Sam drowned has warned of the dangers of swimming in open water after another young life was lost last week in Carlisle, Cumbria

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2023

The best new books released in May, as selected by avid readers and critics

A beautiful grifter, a defiant prodigy and a political prisoner star in this month’s best books, which our critics describe variously as "utterly engaging", "beguiling" and "profound".

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Bill Lee, jazz musician who worked with Bob Dylan and on son Spike Lee's early movies, dies at 94

Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Britain's Got Talent illusionist Miki Dark 'rumbled' by viewers as Simon Cowell 'set on fire'

The act proved a talking point

Nottingham Post · May 15, 2023

Quarter of people with dementia symptoms delay seeing doctor

It comes after a breakthrough in recent weeks in which new drugs lecanemab and donanemab may work better in people who are diagnosed earlier

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

One in three people who notice dementia symptoms ‘keep it to themselves’

Around a quarter of people polled waited more than six months before they spoke to a medical professional.

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

The Guest by Emma Cline review – strange depths and an arresting originality

The Girls author’s smart, menacing tale of a young female serial deceiver succeeds as a treatise on sex and alienation and an engrossing beach read

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

Gran passes Glasgow as she treks around UK for son who survived leukaemia twice

Stella Parke has taken on the mammoth 7,500 mile hike around the UK for Anthony Nolan, the charity she credits with saving the life of her son, Simon, on two occasions.

Glasgow Live · May 8, 2023

No woman should have to give birth alone. Pregnant asylum seekers need our support

Stories of women supporting one another in the community are heartening, but more volunteer birth partners are needed, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

Britain's Got Talent fans disappointed as Saturday night show cancelled

ITV has axed next week's Saturday night show

Bristol Post · May 5, 2023