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I fled drab UK for a £28k villa in the Turkish sun – now I’m homeless at 67 after dream turned into a disaster

SIPPING a glass of cold white wine and looking out over the sparkling sea just moments from her new home, Wendy Williams thought all her dreams had come true.

The glamorous gran had fled chilly Wiltshire for the sunkissed shores of Kusadasi in Turkey, hoping for a better life to see out her retirement.

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Wendy Fallon, 67, bought a bolthole in Kusadasi, Turkey, in 2009
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The mum-of-three fell in love with the place almost two decades ago after visiting a friend who lived there
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Wendy, a keen cyclist, loved exploring Kusadasi by bike

But five years later her dream has become a nightmare – and she’s been forced back to Britain, where she finds herself homeless and penniless.

And Wendy, 67, warns there’s a hidden danger to living abroad she hadn’t budgeted for – which has ruined her retirement.

She says: “I never imagined I’d be this skint in my sixties. 

“Instead of sunbathing on the beach, I’m sofa surfing and relying on food banks.

“I am the living breathing warning every retiree or pensioner should read about before choosing to leave Britain for sunshine and sangria.”

Former interior decorator Wendy fell in love with Kusadasi almost two decades ago after visiting a friend who lived there.

The coastal resort on the Aegean Sea, south of Izmir, is famed for its sandy beaches and Roman ruins. 

Wendy says: “I took one look at the white sand beaches, met the locals, tasted the food and knew it was my dream retirement location.”

The town had such an impact on Wendy – who is mum to two sons aged 50 and 46, and a daughter who tragically passed away at the age of 40 – that she snapped up a botlhole there in 2009. 

She says: “I bought a two-bedroom villa for £28,000, two hundred metres from the beach, with a shared pool. I nabbed a bargain before the town became popular with tourists.”

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Wendy’s Turkish delight turned into a nightmare when she suffered a nightmare accident
Wendy Williams (66) of Morden,SW London who has become a sofa surfer.Pic by Steve Bell/Story by Alley Einstein.09/12/24..
Wendy is now back living in the UK and sofa-surfing at friends’ houses
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In 2019, Wendy was hit by an uninsured drunk driver while cycling on a road near her Turkish home
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Wendy severed an artery in her leg

At first Wendy – a grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of six – used her new pad for holidays, then when she retired in 2014 aged 56 she moved there, planning to see out the rest of her days in the sun.

But the keen cyclist’s hopes for a peaceful old age came crashing down in 2019, when she was hit by an uninsured drunk driver while cycling on a road near her Turkish home.

And as her medical bills spiralled, she discovered she didn’t have the correct health insurance to cover them – and was hit with a bill of more than £150,000.

Wendy recalls: “My right leg was shattered. An artery in the leg was severed and there were five serious breaks.

“When I arrived at the hospital, the doctors thought I was dead.” 

‘I couldn’t make a claim’

Wendy had to undergo multiple surgeries to save her leg and was unable to walk or leave hospital for 12 months.

But there was worse news to come. She says: “As the driver had been drunk and was not insured, I had no way of making a claim against him. 

“I was offered £18 for the accident. My medical bills would be over £150,000.”

When I arrived at the hospital, the doctors thought I was dead

Wendy Williams

Turkey isn’t part of the EU or EEA; this means that Turkey and the UK do not have reciprocal healthcare agreements. 

European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs) and Global Health Insurance Cards (GHICs) are not valid in Turkey.

Instead, people retiring there are encouraged to take out private health insurance or pay into Turkey’s State Scheme known as the SGK.

“I couldn’t afford to pay the full fee which is 24 per cent of the national gross minimum wage,” Wendy says.

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The grandmother-of-six experienced five serious breaks
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Wendy was unable to walk for 12 months
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Wendy started rehab to regain her strength
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A fall in rehab caused her to break her arm

“Private health insurance would have cost me up to £150 a month, and that wasn’t in my budget.”

Wendy was finally able to leave hospital in September 2020 – but by then was unable to travel back to the UK because of the Covid pandemic.

She was forced to remain in Turkey and fork out yet more cash for rehab, costing £15,000, as she learned to walk again.

A fall during a rehab led her to break her arm, which cost  another £10,000 in expensive surgery to insert a metal plate, followed by £10,000 in occupational therapy.

She says: “I was alone and scared. All I could think about was getting back to England and finding work.”

I was alone and scared. All I could think about was getting back to England and finding work

Wendy Williams

When Wendy planned her Turkish retirement she thought she would never have to worry about money again.

The cost of living in Kusadasi is half that of Britain – making it a popular retirement spot for OAPs from across Europe. 

But while there are approximately 34,000 Brits living in Turkey, only about 1,000 of those are thought to be retirees.

Experts say Turkey’s decision to not offer a dedicated retirement visa, the cost of private healthcare, and the fact the country is not an EU member means it is not as popular as countries like France or Spain.

Wendy says: “I bought my Kusadasi cottage before these issues became a problem. 

“I was working part-time organising holidays and special events abroad for British tourists and was careful with my savings.

“I was fit, healthy and active – I’d done my budgets and knew I could afford to live.”

Forced to sell home

Wendy Williams (66) of Morden,SW London who has become a sofa surfer.Pic by Steve Bell/Story by Alley Einstein.09/12/24..
Wendy didn’t previously have any medical issues
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Wendy had hoped to one day upgrade her Turkish home

Having never had any medical issues, Wendy didn’t factor in comprehensive health insurance.

It was a decision she came to regret when staff at the Turkish hospital presented her with eye-watering bills.

She says: “I was horrified. I’d been made to sign a document saying I’d cover the cost of my treatment when I was bleeding in the ER.

“It was either that or die in the hospital. I barely remember that day, but it was my only option.”

Before Wendy moved to Turkey she rented out her three-bedroom home in Moredon in the hope of one day selling it and upgrading her Turkish home.

Now she was forced to sell it to cover her costs.

I was horrified. I’d been made to sign a document saying I’d cover the cost of my treatment when I was bleeding in the ER. It was either that or die in the hospital

Wendy Williams

She says: “As I lay alone in a foreign hospital, I realised the only way I could pay my medical bills was to sell my home in Turkey for £28,000 and my three-bedroom house in Britain for £200,000.

“It was gut wrenching. I had to do this during Covid. The isolation and depression were awful.”

By the time Wendy covered estate agent fees, taxes, hospital bills and rehab costs she was left with less than £5,000 to her name. 

She was finally able to return to Moredon in October 2021, but was still reliant on a walking stick, had minimal use of her right arm and no income.

With her state pension still three years away, she survived on an £81-a-week carers allowance as she nursed her elderly mum who suffers from dementia.

She was offered temporary accommodation in a hostel but was unable to manage the stairs with her injuries.

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Wendy was forced to sell her dream home
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Her two-bed villa had a balcony
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She also had a shared pool

Now on a long waiting list for council housing, she relies on friends who let her sofa surf.

Wendy says: “I usually arrive with a bag of groceries from the food bank, and we share a cup of tea, and I get pillows, sheets and a duvet so I can make a bed on their sofa.

“I feel like a burden.”

Wendy – who divorced her first husband in 1985 and lost her second to a heart attack in 1998 – says it is a million miles away from how she imagined she would spend her retirement.

Having run a successful business, she was counting on the equity in her house to support her in her old age, alongside the state pension.

She says: “When I retired a decade ago, I thought I’d never have to work again or worry about money. Now everything has changed – I can’t even afford a trip to the supermarket.

“I am calling the local council daily begging for emergency housing and relying on food banks and charity handouts to get by.”

Sadly Wendy’s shock return to Britain is not unique.

Dire warning

About 30 per cent of retired expats come home within three years – often for family or healthcare reasons.

And there are more than 1.4m over 65s still working despite hitting state pension age – just like Wendy, who says she will take any part time work she can get.

She says: “The only way I can survive is work until I die. There are no holidays, world cruises or long lunches in my future.

When I retired a decade ago, I thought I’d never have to work again or worry about money. Now everything has changed – I can’t even afford a trip to the supermarket

Wendy Williams

“The best I can hope for is being able to afford to rent a room in a shared house.”

Wendy hopes her story will act as a warning to other OAPs dreaming of a new life in the sun.

She says: “I am begging anyone aged 50 or over who moves overseas to factor in the cost of private health cover.

“I didn’t think I’d be the victim of a worst-case scenario.

“I just hope my story will help other people realise moving abroad can come at a cost and it takes just seconds for your dream life abroad to be destroyed.”

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The glam gran never thought she’d be in this situation
Wendy Williams (66) of Morden,SW London who has become a sofa surfer.Pic by Steve Bell/Story by Alley Einstein.09/12/24..
There are no holidays, world cruises or long lunches in Wendy’s future
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Wendy Williams (66) of Morden,SW London who has become a sofa surfer.Pic by Steve Bell/Story by Alley Einstein.09/12/24..
Wendy fears she will have to work until she dies
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The coastal resort, on the Aegean Sea south of Izmir, is famed for its sandy beaches and Roman ruins

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I’m left black and blue & feel abandoned by HSE, cries mum of 3 beloved autistic boys as she details devastating reality

A MUM left “black and blue” trying to care for her three autistic children says she’s had “no help” from the State.

Louise Lawlor hit out at the lack of adequate support for her kids Aidan, 11, Charlie, eight, and Matthew, six.

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Louise Lawlor says she’s had ‘no help’ from the State in looking after her autistic kids
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Louise hit out at the lack of adequate support for her children
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The Dublin mum told how she’s still searching for help
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The Dublin mum told how she’s still searching for help six months after she spoke out in the Irish Sun about being “abandoned” by the HSE.

And while fighting to get support for her three sons, Louise revealed that Charlie has become a danger to himself and others.

She told The Irish Sun: “Everything is aggravating him and upsetting him and causing him to hurt himself.

“He literally has himself, and me, black and blue.

“From December to April, Charlie self-harming went through the roof.

“I couldn’t be in a car on my own with Charlie because he would jump in the front, or he’d headbutt me, bite me. . . or he’d basically do something that could cause an accident.

“Then he might drift off to sleep, and then he’d suddenly jolt up and he’d attack me.”

In February, Charlie put his head through the bathroom window.

On April 7, little Charlie was hospitalised for self-harming.

Louise explained: “He has actually become a danger to himself and to other people.”

HEALTH CONCERNS

After being left in triage for two days, the mum-of-four was sent home and informed that Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services would be in touch in two weeks.

But Louise revealed: “I was home two hours. Charlie tried lifting up a chest of drawers in his room and throwing it at me.”

An ambulance brought the eight-year-old straight back to hospital.

Louise recalled: “So we went back to the hospital and the child walked the length and breadth of the triage area for six hours, just trying to regulate himself.

‘VIOLENT MELTDOWN’

“He fell asleep at 6pm and woke up at 9pm. He had an extremely violent meltdown, tried basically trashing and destroying the small triage room.

“Then eventually the doctor came down and they had to give him an injection.

“At eight years old, he had the equivalent of a mental breakdown.”

Louise recalled how Charlie was moved to “four different places in the space of one day”.

And the 43-year-old confirmed she has had no assistance from the State.

‘NO HELP’

She said: “I’ve had absolutely nothing, no help. The social worker might check in on me once every three weeks.”

Doctors promised Louise home help but she’s “still waiting on that call”.

Charlie is now on antipsychotic medication to help the violent tendencies.

“I couldn’t be in a car on my own with Charlie because he would jump in the front, or he’d headbutt me, bite me. . . or he’d basically do something that could cause an accident.”

Louise Lawlor

Louise said: “CAMHS have been very good to us. But it’s very difficult with the doctors only working two days a week.

“Last Monday I drove Charlie home from school. He put his head through my car window. Can you imagine what he’d be like at 18?”

Louise revealed she is still waiting for assessments for Charlie and ­his brother Matthew, with Charlie’s paperwork with the HSE since 2021.

Her oldest lad Aidan, who has limited speech and struggles with sensory overload, was only diagnosed by the HSE two years after approaching the HSE for an assessment.

PROTECTING HER BOYS

Her youngest son Matthew has trouble managing his emotions and is quite prone to frequent meltdowns.

Louise said: “Matthew is good. Matthew is more Asperger’s than ASD.

“I do feel a huge amount of guilt because Charlie’s needs are so severe.”

While Matthew “adores his big brother” Charlie, Louise wants to do all she can for her boys to protect their relationship with each other.

‘LASHING OUT’

Louise said: “If this continues, Charlie lashing out and destroying the house, that’s going to psychologically damage Matthew.

“Now, granted, since the medication, he doesn’t lash out at Matthew. He doesn’t lash out at his brothers, which is a good thing. But he will still try with me.”

While feeling totally abandoned by the HSE, Louise praised Charlie’s schoolteachers for their help.

“I’ve had absolutely nothing, no help. The social worker might check in on me once every three weeks.”

Louise Lawlor

She said: “Charlie’s schools have been fantastic. They have been the only ones that have not only cared for me, but for Charlie.

FUND PLEA

“Thanks to the principal in Charlie’s school Vivienne Wynne, Vice Principal Sarah Lynch and all the teachers.”

Louise is now fundraising to build a sensory shed in her garden in Ballyfermot in a bid to help her boys.

She said: “We are currently trying to raise money to put a roof on the sensory shed and have it plastered, insulated and electrics put into it.”

Doctors have advised a good sensory diet will help reduce her son’s self-harming and lashing out.

The HSE were contacted for comment on the matter.

A GoFundMe has been set up to help fund the sensory room with €3.7k raised of the €5.5K target.

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A GoFundMe has been set up to help fund the sensory room
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Notorious Irish rapist due back on streets in DAYS as vile beast boasts about prison release with gardai on high alert

ONE of Ireland’s most notorious rapists will walk free from prison this week, the Irish Sun can reveal.

Evil Simon McGinley, 52, will be released from the Midlands Prison after completing a sentence he received last year for breaching the conditions of his release.

The 15-month suspended sentence he received when he was caged for 20 years for raping an 86-year-old woman was activated after he was caught cold-calling to two homes in Dundalk, Co Louth.

He also received an extra six months for breaching the conditions.

Once released, he has three days to notify Gardai of his whereabouts.

As part of his release conditions, he will also be under the supervision of the Probation Service for twelve years.

McGinley is also on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Gardai are also on high alert after being told of his release.

One prison source said: “McGinley is telling everyone that he’s getting out to enjoy the summer.

“He has been in jail since last year and he has been keeping his head down.

“Everyone knows that he’ll probably be back inside because he just can’t stop breaching the conditions of his release.

“He’s very arrogant and seems to think he can do what he wants.”

RETURN PLANS

We understand that McGinley has told prison bosses of his plans to return to Dundalk.

He was sent back to prison last year when he was accused of offering a power washing service to elderly residents.

One one occasion, he put pressure on a pensioner to clean her driveway.

McGinley was freed in September 2022 after serving 13-years for raping the 86-year-old, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s at her home in Co Monaghan in 2008.

His vile rape of a 13-year-old girl back in 1997 sparked the famous C Case legal battle over whether the youngster was allowed to travel to the UK for an abortion.

Convicted rapist Simon McGinley leaving his home.
Convicted rapist Simon McGinley is due back on the streets
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I hated being a mum – my mind was telling me to hurt my baby and intrusive thoughts started as soon as I held her

GENTLY lowering her baby into the bath, Tawana Musvaburi felt overwhelmed with emotion.

But it wasn’t the rush of love she might have expected.

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Tawana, a content creator from Buckingham, was plagued with urges to hurt her daughter River after giving birth[/caption]
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River’s birth in February 2023 was traumatic, and Tawana was left with a severe tear that needed stitches[/caption]

Instead, the new mum, then 21, was plagued with an urge to hurt her daughter.

She says: “There was a constant noise in my head, all these intrusive thoughts, from the day she was born.

“At bath time, I would think about drowning her.

“I felt like I was going crazy, but I couldn’t tell anyone as it was too shameful to admit.”

Tawana’s story might sound extreme, but around half of new mums are believed to experience thoughts of harming their baby or themselves.

For most, these thoughts may be fleeting. But for some, they can become constant and distressing, which can be a symptom of perinatal OCD, anxiety or depression.

Clinical psychologist Professor Fiona Challacombe, a patron of charity Maternal OCD, says: “We have all sorts of thoughts going through our minds all the time — neutral, positive and negative.

“But intrusive ones are unwanted and flagging something we find distressing.

“We can be quite confused and upset about why we are thinking of bad things happening deliberately, especially as a new parent.”

New research shows that significant changes to the brain during pregnancy, particularly in the area connected to empathy, can be a factor.

This rewiring is thought to help to keep our baby safe but the anxiety it produces can be overwhelming.

Dr Caroline Boyd, a clinical psychologist and ambassador for perinatal mental health charity Pandas Foundation, says: “These thoughts can feel upsetting and out of character, but the fact they feel horrifying is a strong sign you don’t pose a risk to your baby.”

Sadly for mums experiencing this, getting help can take time.

In 2022, Pandas found that eight in ten women seeking NHS support experience worsening symptoms as they sit on the waiting list, with 19 per cent reporting intrusive or unwanted thoughts.

For Tawana, 24, a content creator from Buckingham, motherhood was a huge shock because she only found out she was expecting four weeks before her due date.

At bathtime, I would think about drowning her. I felt like I was going crazy, but I couldn’t tell anyone as it was too shameful to admit.

Tawana Musvaburi

She says: “I had a cryptic pregnancy, so didn’t have nine months to prepare like most women and that definitely contributed to my poor mental health.

“I was expecting to go to university a few months later. I’d been enjoying life and partying. I didn’t look pregnant, people thought I was lying when I told them.”

Her daughter River’s birth in February 2023 was traumatic and Tawana was left with a severe tear that needed stitches.

“The minute I held her, the intrusive thoughts started,” she says.

“You hear about mums getting a rush of love, but I hated her and felt very violated, like I didn’t have a choice with my life and my body any more.

“I just wanted to be as far away from her as possible.

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For Tawana, motherhood was a huge shock to the system because she only found out she was expecting four weeks before her due date[/caption]

“I’d think about harming River or harming myself. But it was too scary to voice it to others.

“What would they say if I confessed to such dark feelings?”

Luckily, her mum, Chipo, 45, who she was living with at the time, sensed something was not right and stepped in, refusing to leave Mum alone with her baby.

“It was like I was mentally checked out,” says Tawana, who now lives with River’s father, Emmanuel, 30.

“I didn’t realise it, but I had severe post-partum depression. If it wasn’t for my mum, I would have been sectioned, or worse.

“River was about a month old when I admitted my dark thoughts to my mum, but she had already guessed and got me to see my GP.

“I was lucky to have a wonderful doctor, who was sympathetic, and prescribed me antidepressants.

“Within a month of taking them, I felt things start to lift and the thoughts were much quieter.”

INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS

Research by Maternal OCD has found that parents with a baby staying in neonatal intensive care are particularly vulnerable, with two-thirds reporting intrusive thoughts of harm, either accidental or deliberate.

This was the case for Ivana Poku, 41, who became overwhelmed when her twin sons, Henry and Mason, were born prematurely by emergency C-section at 34 weeks in 2016.

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Ivana Poku, 41, who became overwhelmed when her twin sons, Henry and Mason, were born prematurely[/caption]

“Everything felt wrong, I didn’t feel like a mum,” says Ivana, from Fife.

“I had found pregnancy difficult and then I didn’t fall in love with my babies at first sight.

“I thought something was deeply wrong with me, that I was a horrible mum.

“Two weeks after they were born, I began to look at them sleeping and wish they were dead.

“I loved them, but they were crying constantly and I felt out of my depth.

“I now know those feelings are common and natural. Back then, no one had told me that.”

It took Ivana, who is married to Yaw, 49, a project manager, a long time to admit to her feelings. “When you already feel ashamed and judged, how can you say, ‘Yes, I’m having scary thoughts’?” she asks.

Eventually, she broke down in tears to a midwife at the NICU and confessed to her struggles. The hospital called a mental health nurse for an intervention.

“But I had to wait a year for proper counselling, which is ridiculous given that I was possibly a risk to my kids,” says Ivana, who has since had a third child, Yaw, now three.

“I was suicidal and the intrusive thoughts were on and off for a year. It was a dark time. On one occasion, I was home alone and had to lock myself in a bedroom to let the feelings pass.

“The first time I could even admit it to a friend was when the boys were eight months old. The fact she didn’t judge me helped with the shame.”

I thought something was deeply wrong with me, that I was a horrible mum.

Ivana Poku

Ivana, who now runs Mums Journey, offering courses preparing women for motherhood, believes the system does not create a safe space for mums to open up. “The focus is mostly on physical recovery,” she says. “Emotional and mental health is barely scratched, until it’s too late.

“We need honest conversations about life after a baby.”

According to the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, 70 per cent of women downplay or hide symptoms of poor mental health after birth due to fear of judgement.

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Ivana – who now runs courses preparing women for motherhood – believes the system does not create a safe space for mums to open up[/caption]

But suicide is the leading cause of maternal death between six weeks and a year after birth, which is why talking about feelings is vital.

“There’s already a stigma around perinatal mental health,” says Prof Challacombe.

“Sufferers have a fear that they are not going to be seen as an adequate parent. And if the nature of your difficulties is that you’re having thoughts you might abuse your baby, there is additional shame.

“Women need to know that intrusive thoughts are common and normal, but if you are finding them distressing, help is out there.”

Help for mental health

If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support.

The following are free to contact and confidential:

Mind, www.mind.org, provide information about types of mental health problems and where to get help for them. Call the infoline on 0300 123 3393 (UK landline calls are charged at local rates, and charges from mobile phones will vary).

YoungMinds run a free, confidential parents helpline on 0808 802 5544 for parents or carers worried about how a child or young person is feeling or behaving. The website has a chat option too.

Rethink Mental Illness, www.rethink.org, gives advice and information service offers practical advice on a wide range of topics such as The Mental Health Act, social care, welfare benefits, and carers rights. Use its website or call 0300 5000 927 (calls are charged at your local rate).

Heads Together, www.headstogether.org.uk, is the a mental health initiative spearheaded by The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Dr Boyd says voicing your thoughts to a supportive friend or healthcare professional is a vital first step, but antidepressants or talking therapy could be needed.

“The ‘perfect mother’ myth that we all internalise from an early age creates this idea that experiencing any negative thoughts or feeling means you are bad or failing,” she explains. “Women need to remember this is not the case.”

For Ivana, being open made the world of difference when her third baby arrived.

“Even though I struggled and didn’t bond right away, knowing it was normal made such a difference,” she says. “It’s hard to think I could feel such love for my children and experience such terrible thoughts.”

Tawana also feels huge love for her daughter two years on.

She says: “I couldn’t imagine ever hurting River.

“But I dread to think what could have happened without my mum stepping up to help.”

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Pat Ryan hits out at GAA ‘dummy team’ culture and vows not to ‘pull strokes’ with Cork

PAT RYAN insisted he has no interest in ‘pulling strokes’ after the Cork boss was quizzed about the culture of naming dummy teams that continues to pervade the GAA.

Now in his third year in charge, Ryan has consistently fielded the same side announced to the public on the Thursday evening before games.

7 June 2025; Cork manager Pat Ryan before the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship final match between Limerick and Cork at LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
Cork manager Pat Ryan says he has no interest in ‘pulling strokes’ ahead of the clash against Dublin
25 May 2025; Cork manager Pat Ryan before the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 5 match between Cork and Waterford at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
It comes after the Cork boss was quizzed about the culture of naming dummy teams that continues to pervade the GAA

That trend was briefly bucked for last summer’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Dublin, when illness forced Rob Downey out.

Ryan, whose charges face the Dubs again in Saturday semi-final, said: “I don’t want to be telling the players, ‘Don’t say this now to anyone.’

“They have to go home and tell their mam and dad are they playing, are they not playing. Your friends, you’re getting texts. I find that’s only putting more pressure on them for the following week.”

In Cork, where the hurling team are under a constant microscope, Ryan reckons keeping secrets from the public would be a futile exercise.

He said: “I’m not going to question any manager who wants to put in dummy teams or doesn’t want to put in dummy teams. But realistically, bar probably Limerick, I think everything gets out of every other dressing room. 

“If you look at Nickie Quaid this year, nobody knew that was coming. That shows how tight they are and that’s probably a challenge for all of us to be.

“Our training sessions aren’t closed-doors either really – to a degree. We don’t want to invite 25,000 people down. We often get a mother coming up with her kids looking for autographs and she’s sitting on the side of the field.

“Look, this isn’t my team. This is the Cork public’s team and it’s the players’ team more than anything. We try and be as straightforward as we can.”

A hamstring injury will rule Séamus Harnedy out of this weekend’s return to Croke Park.

Cormac O’Brien’s availability is uncertain due to a quad issue, while there is hope that Ger Millerick will be back from a broken finger.

Ryan’s transparency was evidenced as he lifted the lid on Cork’s injury situation early in the week instead of keeping his cards close to his chest until shortly before throw-in.

The Rebels gaffer said: “I think it’s dishonest to the players themselves. You can talk about the panel and you can talk about the strength of it and the belief that you have in everybody else. 

“But if you’re pretending that Joe Bloggs is playing before someone, you have a player going home then and he’s telling his mam and dad he’s starting because he can’t tell them that Séamus Harnedy is playing before him. How’s he going to come off the bench then and perform?”

It was put to Ryan that he could have ‘pulled a stroke’ before this year’s National League final by keeping the involvement of Brian Hayes under wraps after the forward made an unexpectedly swift recovery from a knee injury.

But he insisted: “I don’t believe in pulling strokes. We’ll turn up, we’ll man up, we’ll go at you and leave the opposition do the same to us. 

“It’d be selling a disservice to myself, the selectors and our coach, who’s brilliant, Donal O’Rourke, that we can’t decide 45 minutes before the game that, ‘Oh, they’re playing this fella, they’re bringing in this fella, he’s going in centre-forward, how’s this going to work?’

“If we haven’t talked all those scenarios out, we’re not doing our job properly.”

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‘So sorry.. I don’t know if I’m supposed to do that’ – Iga Swiatek admits to STEALING Wimbledon souvenirs for friends

IGA SWIATEK apologised as she admitted to stealing Wimbledon souvenirs for her friends and family.

The world No4 cruised past Polina Kudermetova 7-5 6-1 on Court 2 on Tuesday.

Iga Swiatek playing tennis at Wimbledon.
Iga Swiatek admitted she has been stealing towels from the All England Club

She is now into the second round at Wimbledon for the fifth time in her career.

After the match she admitted she has been stealing towels from the All England Club throughout her career, to share them with her friends and family.

She came clean, saying: “Come on. It’s a topic no one ever talks about. We love our towels.

“Every time I come back from a Slam I think I have like 10 friends and 10 family members wanting towels.

“So, sorry guys. Sorry Wimbledon. I don’t know if I’m supposed to do that!

“I have a lot at home. Trust me. I don’t need many more. If I’m going play like 15 more years on tour I can’t even imagine.

“I think I’m going to have to build another room in my house just for Grand Slam towels.”

Swiatek, 24, who is seeded eighth at the championships, faces Caty McNally in the next round.

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And she will be grateful to see the weather forecast predicting a drop in temperature after a sun-kissed first two days in SW19.

The Pole said of the conditions: “Playing in this heat… I’m glad some clouds came.

“This day was pretty… I don’t know. I didn’t know how I’m going to survive it.

“In tennis we need to be ready for the rain, the heat, everything. Especially in the UK, as you see!”

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Major food brand urgently recalls Brit staple snack from supermarkets over fears it could cause ‘fever & diarrhoea’

A MAJOR food brand has urgently recalled two of its British staple snacks from supermarkets amid fears they are contaminated.

The Compleat Food Group is recalling the two items: Wall’s The Classic Scotch Egg and Wall’s 2 Classic Scotch Eggs, as Salmonella has been found in the products, according to the FSA’s recall notice.

Wall's Scotch eggs packaging; one single egg and a pack of two.
Both recalled products have use by dates of July 2

Symptoms caused by Salmonella can include a fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.

The affected batches are 113g packs of Wall’s The Classic Scotch Egg with a use by date of July 2, and 226g packs of Wall’s 2 Classic Scotch Eggs, also with the same use by date.

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Purchasers of the affected items have been advised to return the product to the store where it was purchased for a full refund (stock image)
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