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Mariam Hijab, 27, Birmingham Dressed in my black robe and square cap, I stepped on stage and took my scroll. ‘So proud of you, Mariam!’ my dad, Mohammed Istakhar, then 40, boomed from the audience. I chuckled. Typical Dad. My mum, Nasira, then 41, st

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Whenever Karreon Franks, 15, arrived at school, he had one thing on his mind. ‘Eat, eat, eat,’ he said. His first words to teachers most days. Karreon suffered developmental delays due to a rare genetic disorder. It left him autistic and almost non-v

Natalie Williams, 41, Ebbw Vale True-life PATIENT CASEBOOK Walking through the dim car park with my partner, something hard slammed into my tummy. ‘Ouch,’ I cried. I'd walked straight into a bollard. It was February 2012 and we'd spent the day shoppi

Beth Hope, 27, Cheltenham Mum's key rattled in the front door, and seconds later, she was in my bedroom. ‘I've had an idea,’ she grinned. ‘Let's get you a wheelchair!’ I gulped, shocked. Only… was it the answer? It was February 2017, I was 20, and a

Hayley Newman, 54, Cornwall Ilingered in the doorway as my daughter Natty, then 10, grinned from ear to ear. It was 2016 and she was on a video call with her new friend Olly, 12. ‘One day we'll live together at Number 3 by the sea,’ Olly told her pro

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Q My husband's business troubles have caused big money problems and lots of arguing in our family. Our kids have seen us fighting a lot, and it's making them upset. My 9-year-old even said maybe we should live with Nana to get away from it. I feel li

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By day, Bella Madysin runs her own beauty spa. It's not hard to believe, with her glamorous, surgery-enhanced good looks. But when the sun sets, Bella transforms into something unexpected. A professional wrestler. And her goal? ‘I would like to be th

Chelsey Milby, 32 Standing side-on in front of my bedroom mirror, I stared down at my rapidly growing bump. ‘Look at the size of me already!’ I said to my husband Blake, then 33. It was the summer of 2022 and I was 17 weeks gone with our third child.

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BBC1 ● Catch up with rookie police officers Grace Ellis (Siân Brooke), Tommy Foster (Nathan Braniff) and Annie Conlon (Katherine Devlin) in the second series of the Belfast-set drama. The six-parter starts a year after the first series and there's mo

DISNEY+ ● Get ready for a fifth series of the reality show, with plenty more family drama, red-carpet events and baby bliss. Once again, the cameras will roll as Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie navigate some tricky sisterly dynamics, all play

Lyvona Muchekesi, 44, Rotherham Rifling through my make-up bag, my daughter Deborah, then 6, pulled out a shiny tube and flipped open a compact mirror. Staring at her reflection, she splodged on pink lip gloss… loads of it! ‘Beautiful,’ I winked. ‘No

Enjoy the view from the monorail At the south end of the promenade is everyone's favourite amusement park, the Pleasure Beach (pleasure-beach.co.uk). There's something here to thrill all ages, from a cute caterpillar train to a wooden rollercoaster t

Everyone knew Tony Eastlake. The born-andbred Londoner was the popular and well-loved Flower Man of Islington. Had been since he was just 14 – it'd been his father's stall back then, which Tony took over at 16. Early every morning, he'd walk the few

To my siblings, I grew up thinking I was an only child. Imagine that! My childhood was happy, though. My dad worked away for long stretches at a power plant, so mostly it was me and Mum. We were incredibly close. And in April 2018 she sat me down and