All news on the topic: Single mum

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Tupperware became a kitchen must-have as shares of the post-war relic slump
Shares in the food storage giant tumbled almost 50% this week, threatening the firm that has kept us busy for almost 80 years trying to find the right lid for the right box
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Mum shaves head to embrace grey hair after breakup and 'looks way younger'
After going through a breakup, mum-of-two Amy Jowett decided to shave her head and embrace her natural grey locks - now she 'looks younger' and feels much more confident
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Mum who 'self-medicates' with cannabis is given dressing down by judge
Kayley Baker, 35, was found with 1g of cannabis in her home during a drug bust by police at her home in Anfield, Liverpool, last year, and claimed she used it to calm her anxiety
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Terminally ill patients plunged into poverty with some too scared to heat homes
Carers have found patients lying in distress, curled up under blankets for hours in damp homes. Data from end-of-life charity Marie Curie found 89% of staff have patients with cash woes
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Girl, 14, 'had own mum killed by hitmen' after being forced to dump boyfriend
The teenage girl and her boyfriend, 15, allegedly paid two other teenagers £3,650 to beat and strangle single mum Anastasia Milosskaya to death after she tried to kick the boy out of her apartment
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Mum livid over 'out of order' text - but many say she's being 'unreasonable'
A mum has shared her upset after receiving a text message from a fellow mum about her partner which she feels was 'out of order' however, many think she's overreacting
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'Good enough' mum's hack to being good parent is accepting that you're 'average'
Janey Holliday, 45, admits she walks past piles of washing, hires a housekeeper and takes pride in not being perfect at everything - and says the key is to accept that you're average
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Woman with terminal cancer asks best pal to look after 11-year-old when she dies
When single mum Hayley Morse, 42, was told her breast cancer was terminal her one fear was what would happen to her only child, 11-year-old Lucy - but her friend Claire Way promised to help
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Mum heartbroken as baby son's sore leg turns out to be fatal tumour
Georgia Barber, from Rochdale, took her son to A&E with a suspected sore leg, but it later turned out to be a fatal tumour
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Malin Andersson shares emotional update as she recalls her child's hospital dash
TV personality Malin Andersson took to her Instagram page to share an update with her 705,000 followers - opening up about a recent visit to hospital and the high and lows of being a single parent
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'My annoying friend says I'm 'lucky' to not have kids – she chose to have them'
Her close friend recently left her husband and finds herself a single mum with four kids – but the woman is annoyed by her friend saying she is 'lucky' not to have them
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Moment woman left paralysed after thief bodyslams her before stealing $4,300
Nhung Truong had been at the bank getting cash out for her upcoming trip to see her family for the first time in six years before the brutal attack was launched in Houston, Texas, US
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Worried mum dismissed by GPs 18 times discovers son has dangerous brain tumour
Tessa Crane was concerned about son Oscar's health and when he was seven months old took him to the doctors 18 times in a month but she was prescribed anti-anxiety medication and dismissed
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'I have no choice but to have a baby on my own - men can't accept my success'
Booby Tape co-founder Bianca Roccisano says her successful business 'intimidates' men and that she is 'running out of time' to become a mother
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Single mum slapped with £170 fine for parking at McDonald's is 'worried sick'
Catherine Bowden, 40, overstayed at a McDonald's car park by 14 minutes and has seen her fine spiral to £170 but is worried about she's going to pay up without falling into debt
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'Devoted' single mum-of-five dies falling down stairs as daughter pays tribute
Zoë Scott, who was 50, was found dead by her 17-year-old son following the freak accident at the family's home in south east London - her grieving family said she 'would do anything for anyone'
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Mum dyes son's hair rainbow after cruel 'child abuse' accusation for the length
Charlie Hayes, who also faced criticism over her school-run outfits, says it's important for her five-year-old son to express his individuality
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Mum's horror as energy company turns up after 'house was used as cannabis farm'
Single mum Melissa Phillips was at home in Leeds with her two children when SSE OVO turned up to change her meter discovering previous tenants had allegedly powered a cannabis farm
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Mum's sodden ceiling collapses into bathtub after weeks of ignored complaints
Single mum Daisy Lovering was horrified when the damp ceiling in her Neath Port Talbot flat collapsed into the bath, where her young daughter had been just moments before
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Act now with Budget help... or 2,000 British pubs will be lost forever
Three in 10 pubs are at risk of going to the wall in a devastating blow to communities across Britain as beer and energy prices threaten to drag our much-loved boozers under
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Mum-of-six from losing fingers and toes after doctor said 'go back to bed'
Michelle Griffiths now faces a long road to recovery after sepsis attacked her body. She will now have the tops of her feet and thumb amputated after they "turned black"
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Mum spends £32k on excess skin removal after 11st weight loss amid cruel insults
Kate Richmond, 46, received nasty comments from men she dated before her new regime - and has now had expensive surgery to remove half a stone of skin
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Mum and son, 5, forced to sleep on sofa in flat riddled with black mould
Klaudia Giedo and son Alex have been reduced to sleeping on the sofa after mould engulfed their two-bed flat
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'My cheating mum named me after her secret lover - it's made my life so awkward'
A woman has taken to Reddit to share how her mum named her after the man she was in a secret relationship with in her early 20s - and says it made her relationship with her now step-dad really awkward
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Supermarket worker accidentally eats heart-shaped Walkers crisp worth £100,000
Mum-of-two Dawn Sagar was enjoying a snack before work when she discovered a heart-shaped crisp inside her packet of Walkers Ready Salted crisps. Delighted by the sweet snack, she sent photos to her friends before munching away on the unusual crisp