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An acid-attack victim horrifically scarred by her father in an assault that killed her mum is appealing for £35,000 to pay for operations to rebuild her face. Brave Shabbo Sheikh, 23, was disfigured when her face was drenched in acid after her father allegedly threw it on her mother, while the two-year-old was in her lap. Her mother died the next day but Shabbo miraculously survived - only to be abandoned at the hospital and left to grow up in...

Dust off your broomstick and knock back some potions because London is getting seriously spooky this Halloween. Here's our list of the best Halloween parties in London: Secretsundaze ‘Club Kids’ Halloween Party When? Sat 28th Oct Get tickets here This is the place for a cooler than cool night of tasty beats, electrifying surroundings and minimum need to cover yourself in fake blood. Taking place at the Oval Space Secretsundaze’s party theme is ‘Club Kids’. Celebrating party scene starters Amanda...

Dermawell is an unashamedly serious skincare range. The brand’s no-frills approach means there is not a hint of pink in the packaging. It does not make outlandish promises that its products will deliver eternal youth in lotions and potions. Instead the range, born out of a partnership between Well pharmacy and leading Italian derma-cosmetic experts Unifarco, is focussed on the science, not the pretty packaging. Dermawell has paired high quality ingredients with proven formulas and it’s after a place in...

Socialising with family and friends, eating out and DRIVING have emerged among a list of activities we would miss most if we could no longer do them. Researchers who carried out a detailed study also found we would rue an inability to cook, play with the kids and exercise if our health were to go downhill. Working and, bizarrely, food shopping also made the list. The study also revealed as many as two fifths of Brits have never considered the...

A receptionist has been hailed a hero after she saved the life of a baby boy she helped deliver in a hotel car park. Cool-headed Karen Dyass, 46, sprang into action when Heather McSharry’s waters broke outside a Travelodge as the family stopped for a toilet break en route to hospital. Mum-of-two Karen and Heather’s husband Matthew teamed up to bring little Michael into the world as paramedics talked them through the delivery from the other end of the line...

Going shopping when you’re emotional is bad for your bank balance, according to research. A poll of 2,000 adults found retail therapy can turn out to be anything but if you are silly enough to embark on a shopping trip when you are whilst in a bad mood. According to the study the typical Brit will shell out £104 more a month than they’d usually spend if the hit stores while feeling sad or stressed. It also emerged 46 per...

London is full of wonderful, interesting and sometimes wacky museums. They hold some of the world's finest art and artefacts.  Even better is that most of them are free. Here's 10 of the Best Museums in London as chosen by The London Economic's Billy Ray. The Best Museums in London? We think so, but visit them all and decide for yourself! 10. National Maritime Museum By Sue Wallace at en.wikipedia This free to enter museum contains a trove of artefacts...

The paperwork and exact requirements for filing for a divorce are different from province to province. However, most of the requirements are quite similar. For instance, every province needs some kind of dissolution-of-marriage form. The type of papers needed for a divorce will also be dependent on whether your divorce is uncontested or contested. In the latter the amount of paperwork required will be significantly higher; this is because the divorce proceedings will have to be held in court or...

Londoners welcome T-Charge, as BHF warns of dangers of air pollution for capital’s heart health Nearly half (45%) of Londoners are worried about living in the city due to dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new poll from the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The statistics reveal that 81% of Londoners believe the current air pollution levels are putting their health at risk and over a third are put off running (37%) or cycling (38%) in the city because...