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5 daily habits that could be damaging your hair

The term “microbiome” is quite new to mainstream vocabulary. Thanks to the likes of Tim Spector and Chris Van Tulleken, it’s usually associated with our gut – but hair health experts are now declaring the importance of looking after your scalp’s ...

14 Aug 2024 at 12:19

Kiena Dawes accused told her ‘hitting you is like hitting a man’, court hears

A man accused of the manslaughter of a young mother told his alleged victim “hitting you is like hitting a man”, a court heard. Hairdresser Kiena Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend, along with a suicide note and took her ...

27 Nov 2024 at 15:54

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Migrant Health Well-being event takes place in Leitrim

HSE is set to hold the Migrant Health and Well-Being event at Island Theatre in Ballinamore on November 18 from 2pm to 5pm, as part of its funded Migrant Health Project. Eve Li, Donegal Intercultural Platform Community Development Worker, ...

07 Nov 2023 at 19:33

Man accused of driving partner to suicide tells jury: I am not a monster

A man accused of driving his vulnerable partner to suicide through domestic abuse and violence drank prosecco and took cocaine after being charged with her manslaughter, he told a jury. Ryan Wellings, 30, said he left the police station ...

02 Jan 2025 at 16:56

Kiena Dawes: Trial hears of mental health struggles

A vulnerable young mother allegedly driven to suicide after domestic abuse by her partner had made a number of attempts to kill herself, a jury heard. Hairdresser Kiena Dawes, 23, from Fleetwood, Lancs, said in a suicide note, “I was ...

03 Jan 2025 at 16:17

Alleged abuse contributed to woman’s suicide, court told

A vulnerable young woman would not have taken her own life if she had been treated in a “loving” way, a court has heard. Hairdresser Kiena Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend, along with a suicide note and took ...

10 Dec 2024 at 16:21

Mother of woman who took own life brands daughter’s abuser ‘a monster’

The mother of a woman who took her own life after suffering prolonged domestic violence has branded her daughter’s abuser “a monster”. Angela Dawes told journalists in a statement outside Preston Crown Court that she wished she ...

13 Jan 2025 at 17:58

TikTok teams up with WHO to promote professional mental health content

TikTok and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have announced a collaboration to promote mental health education content including the work of an Oxford University professor. The social media platform said the year-long ...

27 Sept 2024 at 09:26

Young mother ‘covered in blood’ days before her death, court hears

A police officer found a vulnerable young woman “covered in blood” days before she was allegedly driven to suicide by her abusive partner, a court heard. Pc Stephanie Sawyer told Preston Crown Court she went to the ...

11 Dec 2024 at 16:42

Health & Wellbeing

Sex and intimacy are ‘major concerns’ for people living with cancer – why regaining sexual wellness matters

Almost 23% of people living with cancer in the UK are concerned about their sex lives or romantic relationships, a charity suggests. According to Macmillan Cancer Support, who released the research as part of a ...

14 Mar 2024 at 12:10

Six and a half years for abusive ‘monster’ whose partner took her own life

A “monster” who subjected his vulnerable partner to assault and years of domestic abuse, but was cleared of her manslaughter, has been jailed for six and a half years. Ryan Wellings, 30, was cleared of the ...

17 Jan 2025 at 04:17

Body Image

Bereaved woman who ‘ate her feelings’ drops six dress sizes in one year after ‘necklace changed everything’

A manager who “ate (her) feelings” to cope with the grief of losing three family members has lost seven stones in a year after a necklace became the catalyst for change. At the age of nine, Marv Young, ...

24 Feb 2025 at 06:30

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