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Hollywood-backed bereaved fathers plan new UK-wide suicide-prevention challenge

Three bereaved fathers who raised nearly £1 million for a suicide prevention charity after their sponsored walk went viral have announced plans for a UK-wide challenge. Mike Palmer, Andy Airey and Tim Owen, known as 3 Dads Walking, caught the ...

20 Jul 2022 at 10:12

Tributes paid following death of Dad’s Army star Frank Williams

Tributes have been paid to Dad’s Army star Frank Williams following his death at the age of 90. The actor was best known for his role as Reverend Timothy Farthing in the BBC sitcom. The news of his death was announced on Facebook on Sunday, ...

27 Jun 2022 at 10:03

Vicky Pattison reflects on past ‘elements’ of herself she’s ‘not proud of’

Vicky Pattison has said she found it “really painful” to watch back old footage of herself on Geordie Shore. The 34-year-old rose to fame in her mid-20s on the reality TV show which, from its first series in 2011, became infamous for its ...

03 Aug 2022 at 13:03

National News

Daniel Craig hails ‘heroic’ fathers on suicide prevention charity trek

Three men whose daughters took their own lives have received a message of support from James Bond actor Daniel Craig, who described their latest charity campaign as “heroic”. The fathers appeared on BBC Breakfast to raise awareness for ...

22 Sept 2022 at 21:33

Fathers’ suicide prevention trek will show ‘due deference’ to the late Queen

Three bereaved fathers who raised nearly £900,000 for a suicide prevention charity after their sponsored walk went viral have begun a UK-wide trek, saying their challenge must go ahead because young people continue to die. Mike Palmer,...

10 Sept 2022 at 12:32

Arts & Entertainment

'Yis will think I'm mental' - Offaly TikTok star The Digger Dad turns down The Voice Australia TV show

Offaly TikTok sensation Shane Gallagher, aka The Digger Dad, has revealed he turned down a huge TV show in Australia because it "might hold him back" from other opportunities. The Daingean native has almost 200,000 followers on ...

19 Dec 2023 at 12:33

Convicted child sex offender and actor Robert Hughes to be deported to UK

Actor and convicted child sex offender Robert Hughes will be deported from Australia to the UK following his release from a correctional facility. Hughes, 73, was imprisoned in 2014 after being found guilty of 10 sexual and ...

14 Jun 2022 at 03:04

Proportion of 25-34 year-olds at ‘hotel of mum and dad’ up by third since 2006

The proportion of 25 to 34-year-olds living with their parents has risen by more than a third in just under two decades, analysis suggests. The share of this age group living at home was at almost a fifth (18%) last year, ...

11 Jan 2025 at 08:46

Life

Money bloggers offer budgeting tips they’ve learned after being £43,000 in debt

Little more than 10 years ago, Ricky and Naomi Williams were more than £43,000 in debt and owed money to 25 credit card companies. With three children – when they met in 2008, they each had a child and went on to have ...

16 Jan 2024 at 08:00

Life

4 first-time dads share the one thing they wish they’d known about fatherhood

Becoming a dad for the first time is a huge life experience and nothing can quite prepare you for the reality of it. There are books, podcasts and endless advice from friends and family yet many dads can still find ...

10 Jun 2025 at 11:13

Fashion & Beauty

Davina McCall: A famous woman is hard for a man to date

Davina McCall has a long history as a matchmaker – on TV and in real life – but the presenter has never gone on a blind date herself. “No one’s ever set me up. I think I’m really scary,” says McCall, who helped ...

14 Sept 2023 at 09:23

GAA

PICTURES: Dads & Lads from Laois GAA club roll back the years for huge football blitz

The GAA’s Dads & Lads initiative was in full flight for the second weekend in a row as attentions turned to the big ball with hundreds of footballers from across the country togging out for the national blitz ...

01 Oct 2024 at 21:33

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