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Retired nurse arrested for taking her dementia-stricken mother out of a care home shares the full emotional fallout — and the new twist that's just as cruel

Clutching a bouquet of her 97-year-old mother’s favourite roses, something inside Ylenia Angeli cracked when she arrived with daughter Leandra for their last care home ‘window visit’ before the new lockdown.  As Leandra broke down in tears at the pitiful sight of her grandmother, her mother, retired nurse Ylenia, 73, pressed up against the glass, distraught at just how confused her own mother Tina appeared. Despite suffering from dementia, Tina’s face normally lit up when she saw her family.  This time, there was barely a flicker of recognition. Thin and frail, she seemed to be deteriorating. Desperate, Ylenia turned to a member of staff — a female admin worker on duty — pleading for her mother to be wheeled into the courtyard so they could talk to her properly.  ‘She said: “No, it’s too cold.” So I replied: “How about you put a hat on her and a blanket?” ’ says Ylenia. ‘I could hear my daughter crying, emotions were running high so, when this woman told me, “Are you going to just stan

Airport beers are STILL on! Passengers can pre-order booze to pick up and drink before they take off at Heathrow

Passengers travelling from Heathrow can pre-order booze to pick up and drink before take-off, it emerged today. It comes after jokesters claimed to buy a £9.99 ticket for a flight they 'had no intention of getting on' to get themselves into an airport bar for pints as England was plunged into Lockdown 2 on Thursday.  Gary Lee Dasilva, from Cambridge, tweeted: 'When the pubs are closed and the only place serving is the airport, so you book a £9.99 flight (that you have no intention of getting on) to go for beers with the lads, down there for dancing.'   It is thought the prankster's meme was misleading after a MailOnline probe discovered most airport bars have closed.  Of the seven English airports contacted by MailOnline alcohol could only be purchased from the Caviar House & Prunier Seafood Bar at Heathrow It comes after jokesters claimed to buy a £9.99 ticket for a flight they 'had no intention of getting on' to get themselves into an airport bar for p

Earl Spencer's damning dossier: Crisis for BBC bosses as Princess Diana's brother reveals full transcripts of 32 Martin Bashir smears that tricked her into Panorama interview

The 32 jaw-dropping smears peddled by Martin Bashir to clinch his sensational Princess Diana scoop can be revealed today. His preposterous lies included lurid claims about the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince Edward and senior royal courtiers. The Panorama journalist allegedly spun an outlandish web of deceit to win Diana’s trust – and secure the bombshell interview. The BBC has apologised for Bashir faking two bank statements to land his exclusive. But today the Mail can reveal that detailed notes taken by Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, chronicle the breathtaking extent of the dishonesty.  His handwritten and contemporaneous record of his meeting with Bashir and Diana in 1995 reveals the journalist falsely claimed that: Today the Mail can reveal that detailed notes taken by Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer , chronicle the breathtaking extent of the dishonesty. Pictured, Diana with her brother at the Birthright Ball Last night the BBC pledged a ‘robust’ investigation and, for

Two armed men are arrested for driving from Virginia to Philadelphia in a Hummer and 'planning to attack convention center' where ballots are still being counted

Philadelphia police have arrested two men who were allegedly involved in a plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Thursday night. Police were tipped off, possibly from a concerned family member of one of the men, who had driven the 300 miles from Virginia in a Hummer. It's thought the plan was to possibly carry out an attack at the convention center where votes from the election are still being counted. Two men were arrested after driving from Virginia in a Hummer to the Pennsylvania Convention Center Police were tipped off, possibly from a concerned family member of one of the men, who had driven the 300 miles from Virginia in a Hummer Police have taken both men into custody during which point a weapon was found according to 6ABC. Inside the Convention Center, workers have been tallying hundreds of thousands of votes cast by Philadelphia residents. In Philadelphia, 358,644 absentee and mail-in ballots have been returned so far. 84 percent of those have been counted