All news by author: Matthew Barbour

Ellen Roome started campaigning for the legislation after the mystery death of 14-year-old son Jools in April 2022. She believes he died in an online dare that went wrong

Since Beckie Ramsay lost her teenage son during a devastating swimming accident, she has spoken to 300,000 students about water safety and has campaigned to have the skill included in the curriculum

Rich and Jackie MacKenzie spend their time travelling the UK's waterways on their secondhand 60ft narrowboat after making a life-changing decision

BRITAIN was stung by a 3,800 per cent rise in deadly Asian hornets last year, The Sun on Sunday can reveal.And experts are predicting a plague of the

Mum Claire was emotional as she saw little Daisy steal the closest seat to Father Christmas with a big grin on her face - things were starkly different to a year earlier

MUM Caitlin Bell rushed her daughter to hospital fearing she had concussion in September of last year. But the true cause of seven-year-old Delilah's

WHEN Rhianna Crobsy was rushed to hospital in labour went at just 22 weeks, doctors warned her to expect the worst.Her son, Mark was born weighing jus

Carly McGuinness and Jayne Smith, two mums on the long road back from a devastating addiction to gambling, tell the Mirror the harrowing story of how close they came to losing it all

An addiction charity has seen an over 80% rise in the number of women desperately trying to retake their lives from the 'silent addiction' of online betting

FROM a very young age, Hollie Alabaster admits she had a problem with food, secretly eating chocolate and other sweet treats whenever she felt down.Bu

HAYLEY McCrossan, 38, a pupil support assistant, lives in Kirkcaldy, Fife, with her husband Michael, 45, a hospital porter.Here Hayley tells her story

CLARE ROGERS knows all about the dangers facing Gen Ket – the group of youngsters like her son who risk death with every fix of party drug ketamine.

Jakob Frost was just six months old when he was diagnosed with Mirage Syndrome and the baby had just a 30% chance of survival

The teenager died while swimming in a disused quarry with pals in 2011, and mum Beckie has made it her 'absolute focus' to teach children the dangers of 'fun in the sun'

USERS of painkillers pop 373 each year on average, with one in 20 taking at least six every time they feel ill.Pharmacologists warn that such high lev

LEWIS CAPALDI’s moving performance at Glastonbury has shone a light on Tourette syndrome – which the singer was diagnosed with only last year.The

At 13, Poppy Kreuzer developed the same spine condition as Princess Eugenie. Her mum Helen shares their story of hope

CASES of hi-tech stalking using tiny tracking devices and smartphones have risen tenfold in just a year – prompting experts to warn the scale of the

Tracey van Alphen-Read, who had just applied to become a palliative care nurse, said 'everything came crashing down' when she discovered a breast lump days before a holiday in Greece

Lisa Thomas and her three children are planning a charity Arctic adventure later this year and her husband Alan, passed away aged just 40 following a cancer battle, will be with them the whole way

Baby Pippa had been suffering from heart failure over Christmas 2021 but after making a speedy recovery her parents have finally given her the 'perfect roll-over Christmas' they dreamed about

LYING in bed last summer, Beccy Dashwood-Ball felt her life was over.Crying herself to sleep after polishing-off a massive bowl of pasta and a f