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The son of a pregnant British woman found dead in a Ghanaian hotel bathtub in mysterious circumstances has recalled the moment he was told his mother had died.The body of Charmain Speirs, 41, was discovered in Koforidua in 2015, two days after her husband Eric Adusah, a Christian preacher from Ghana, had returned to the UK.Local police arrested Mr Adusah on suspicion of murder but the case was dropped due to insufficient evidence and he has always denied involvement in her death.A post-mortem examination in Ghana gave the…

War in the Middle East ‘continues to stoke consumer anxiety’ as household confidence in the economy languishes at record lows.The longer the conflict continues, the more ‘uncertainty’ there is in the economy, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned, as households brace for energy and grocery price hikes.It comes as inflation leapt to 3.3 per cent last month, up from 3 per cent in February, as soaring oil prices caused by the war sent motor fuel prices climbing at the fastest pace in four years.Consumer expectations…

Zoe Ball has revealed that her 16-year-old daughter Nelly has ADHD - and is the third member of their family to have been diagnosed. Radio DJ Zoe, 55, and her son Woody, 25, also have the behavioural condition defined by inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Zoe shares her two children with her ex husband Norman Cook, better known as DJ Fatboy Slim.In a new interview with The Mirror, Zoe said that Nell is now on medication which helps her at school.She said: 'I always bang on about having…

Diplomat and one-time Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry savaged President Donald Trump’s war in Iran and the scandal around FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged drinking habits in one cutting remark during a Tuesday night stop to “The Late Show.”Weighing in on foreign affairs with host Stephen Colbert, Kerry scoffed at the fact that Trump was already heralding a yet-to-be-done peace deal as “FAR BETTER” than the 2015 nuclear agreement the former secretary of state helped negotiate under President Barack…