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Soapbox: Metroid’s Mother Brain and the Rollback Dilemma

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Image: Nintendo Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random things they’ve been mulling over. Today, Nile ponders whether it’s time to hit the (rewind) button… Last month, Nintendo announced that it would be adding Metroid: Zero Mission to its Nintendo Switch Online service. For me, … Read more

Mother jailed after showing off at car show, saw her seriously injured

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Keira Ridler, of Hampson Avenue in Wrexham, appeared at Mold Crown Court on Thursday morning to hear her sentence. The 26-year-old, of Marlborough Road in Ellesmere Port, had admitted two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving at an earlier hearing. Ryan Rothwell, prosecuting, told the court that on the evening of September 19, … Read more

Mother dies in cable car horror after getting stuck and falling 500 feet

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Margherita Lega, 41, was hiking in the Italian Alps with her family A mother has fallen 150 metres from a cable car in Italy after being dragged down in front of her shocked family. The woman, named Margherita Lega, was hiking with her family during a holiday in the Italian Alps when the strange tragedy … Read more

Mother leaves husband paralyzed, two others injured after crash during car meet

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A dangerous driver has left a pedestrian paralysed and two others injured after a crash at a car meet in Flintshire. Kiera Ridler was travelling at around 65mph on a 30mph road when she collided with another car, before her vehicle veered off the road and hit pedestrian Christopher Rakestraw. Mr Rakestraw’s injuries were so … Read more

Pictured: the tree stump where a giant ash tree once stood after it was illegally felled by a 40-year-old mother because it was a ‘nuisance’ that blocked her drains and destroyed her home

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Before the tree was felled

The stump of a protected giant tree at a mother’s home is still visible after she illegally felled it because it was a ‘nuisance’, MailOnline can reveal. Kelly Palmer, 40, avoided having to pay a fine after admitting paying a tree surgeon to cut down the imposing ash tree as it blocked the drain and … Read more

Mother who hires tree surgeon to cut down giant tree avoids fine

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A mother who illegally felled a protected tree in her driveway because it caused a ‘nuisance’ to her entire street has been spared a fine. Kelly Palmer, 40, smiled as she left court after admitting she paid a tree surgeon to cut down the giant ash because it was blocking the drain and regularly hitting … Read more

Mother, 40, illegally cut down a protected giant tree in her driveway because it was a ‘nuisance’ blocking the drains and slamming into her house – but she is spared a fine after insisting she did it for the benefit from her street

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Kelly Palmer was seen smiling as she left Birmingham Magistrates' Court after avoiding a fine for cutting down a giant tree in her driveway, which was allegedly a nuisance to the entire street

A mother who illegally felled a protected tree in her driveway because it caused a ‘nuisance’ to her entire street has been spared a fine. Kelly Palmer, 40, smiled as she left court after admitting she paid a tree surgeon to cut down the giant ash because it was blocking the drain and regularly hitting … Read more

I am a strict mother: I throw away toys if they are left on the floor

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A ‘super strict’ mother prides herself on being the boss in her household, by making her children live under strict rules. Elena Leeming from York only lets her children watch television once a week and even throws away their toys if they are left outside – no matter how expensive. Clive, six, and Violet, five, … Read more

I swore my mother to secrecy. I just found out she told almost everyone.

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Slate Plus members get more Care and nutrition weekly. Do you have a question about children, parenting or family life? Submit it here! Best care and nutrition, I don’t know what to do with my mother. All my life nothing has ever been a secret. If I messed up somehow, my whole family would hear … Read more

My mother crashed into Tesco before being assaulted by a woman with a pram who almost hit her

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A drunk mum who drove straight into the front of a Tesco Express was shortly afterwards assaulted by a woman pushing a pram. Emma Poingdestre was almost three times over the limit when she got behind the wheel and went shopping. A judge today told her it was “luck and not judgment” that she had … Read more