All news on the topic: Single mum

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'Money worries around Christmas make me feel like a failure'
Two mums share their financial struggles, as money and health experts explain how best to deal with the rising cost of Christmas
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Mum won £150,000 gambling online - and says she lost it all in a year
Carly McGuinness and Jayne Smith, two mums on the long road back from a devastating addiction to gambling, tell the Mirror the harrowing story of how close they came to losing it all
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Brave mum speaks out on sex abuse by driving instructor as he's freed from jail
Chenine Woods, a 37-year-old single mum from Cheshire, says she still "feels threatened" by the memory of her attacker, Frank Barham, after he was released from jail
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Mum's punishment for son, 5, who refused to tidy messy room divides opinions
Making sure a young child understands they need to clean up after themselves is a difficult lesson to teach - but some TikTok user think this single-mum might have gone too far
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‘Ex-wife is furious I spoke to our daughter about periods - she says it's wrong’
A single dad has opened up a conversation online to see if readers think he’s wrong for discussing periods with his 9-year-old daughter – and has been left shocked by the response
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Woman who's been proposed to '400 times' opens up about being celibate at 55
The single mum and former model certainly isn't short on offers from men young and old but has remained single and celibate despite desperately wanting to find true love
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'Neighbours are threatening me for removing my carpet - I can't help the noise'
A woman has been slated for refusing to accomodate her neighbours after ripping up her carpets. The wooden floor is making lots of noise but she won't budge
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Single mum threw away winning $12million lottery ticket - but has no regrets
Janet Valenti lost all of the $12million jackpot while she was raising her two sons alone after her husband passed away when she accidentally threw the ticket in the bin
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Adult electrocuted to death rescuing drowning kid from shopping centre fountain
The Jupiter Police Department announced the death of the person - who has not yet been identified - on Monday, sharing that four others were also injured when the electric shock occurred at Harbourside Place on Sunday
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'I thought I was stressed at my mum fighting cancer - but I had the disease too'
Kimberley Findeis-Sparkes, 35, began planning to write letters to her two young sons if she couldn't be by their sides anymore after being diagnosed with breast cancer
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'I bought a second home in stunning seaside village - but the locals hate me'
Londoner Rebecca Tidy bought a second home in St Mawes, Cornwall, during lockdown but claims locals have told her she is to blame for pushing house prices up
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Man dumps date in busy restaurant after woman 'lied about having children'
A man has been praised for 'dodging a bullet' after he walked out on a woman who 'lied' about having children and expected him to step up into a father role, just three weeks into dating
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Foodbanks set for worst winter as parcels to be given out 'every eight seconds'
The Trussell Trust expects to hand out more than a million aid packages to hungry people over the three months from December to February as the cost-of-living crisis bites
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David Beckham cracks Victoria joke as he surprises Pride of Britain award winner
A Pride of Britain award winner was left stunned when former England and Manchester United star David Beckham not only dished out the honour but plated up her dinner
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Single mum's brutal open letter to dad who 'won't pay Child Maintenance'
The single mum says the father of their children isn't paying his Child Maintenance in full as she lists all the things she has to pay for to ensure the kids are brought up in a happy and safe home
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Mum branded 'inappropriate' for honest sex chat with son - but others praise her
A mum has come under fire for a very honest and open chat she had with her teenage son about sex as the boy's father called it 'inappropriate' but others have jumped to her defence
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Mum forced to flee home as child left with 'nightmares' over horror infestation
Chloe Ingham, 22, had to create a shield outside of her earwig-infested home by using a fence - despite the methods, alongside fumigation, the 'beasties' continue to return each year
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Mum hit and killed by plane as it landed while she was on lawnmower at airport
Samantha Hayes was riding a lawnmower when she was struck by the left wing of the aircraft after the pilot's efforts to avoid collision failed at Broken Bow Airport in Oklahoma, US
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Family pay tribute to 'talented' Jessica Baker killed in coach crash on M53
Heart-rending tributes have poured in after the death of 15-year-old Jessica Baker in a major coach collision on Friday. The driver, dad-of-two Stephen Shrimpton, also tragically didn’t make it
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'I was a single mum on benefits - now I make six figures thanks to snails'
A single mother who used to live on benefits now pulls in a six-figure salary thanks to her highly profitable snail breeding business and says her life has 'totally changed'
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'My sister is making me pay for bridesmaid dress I'll never wear after wedding'
A bridesmaid was shocked to learn her sister expects her to cover the cost of the "glam" dress she'll be picking out, and she'll likely have to cover the cost of her accessories as well
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My food bank diary - solo mum pushed back into poverty by cost of living crisis
Deborah, not her real name, is a mum-of-five who has found herself turning once again to food banks this summer to make sure her kids get fed as one of millions of Brits struggling to put enough food on the table
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England star Georgia Stanway's mum sold her home twice to fund football career
Teacher Joanne Stanway was given permission to leave work early twice a week to drive the young Georgia from their home in Barrow, Cumbria, to Blackburn Rovers for training
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Corrie's Cassie Plummer's real-life - single mum, 'hard times' and money woes
Actress Claire Sweeney has joined ITV's Coronation Street as Tyrone Dobbs' long-lost mother and off-screen, the West End star has her own son that she loves deeply but has struggled at times as a single mum
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Helen Skelton close to tears as she quits show live on air in emotional farewell
The Countryfile star, 40, revealed that she was stepping down, admitting that she had found it tough juggling her job with being a single mum to her three children