Davina McCall, 53, recalls using drugs to ‘fill the hole’ from being abandoned by her mum

Davina McCall has recalled abusing drugs to ‘fill the hole’ left from being abandoned by her late mum Florence Kock. The presenter, 53, reflected on feeling ‘insecure and instable’ after her mother – who passed away in 2008 – told her she was going on holiday for two weeks, but didn’t return and left her with … Read more

Quaint Italian town with dwindling population offers up its abandoned homes for 85p

A quaint Italian town has offered up its abandoned homes for 85p – and without the usual need to pay a deposit like the country’s other 1 euro house schemes. Laurenzana, in the southern region of Basilicata, is enticing newcomers by scrapping the usual caveats of deposits and legal fees which can rise to more … Read more

Harry and Meghan abandoned millions in annual funding after quitting royal life

Prince Harry and Meghan voluntarily abandoned up to £8.4million of funding and services when they stepped down from Royal life, but last night complained of being ‘literally cut off’.  The couple had been receiving a combined pot to help them fulfil their roles before they activated Megxit last year. It included an estimated £1m protection … Read more

Hollywood star Mark Strong, 57, reveals how being abandoned made him ‘incredibly independent’

Hollywood star Mark Strong, 57, reveals how being abandoned by his father as a baby made him ‘incredibly independent’ and influenced his own approach to fatherhood Hollywood star Mark Strong revealed he lost contact with his Italian-born father  57-year-old told today’s Desert Island Discs how father ‘left when I was a baby’   Mark said he … Read more

Photographs show the hauntingly beautiful abandoned places which have been taken over by nature

Reclaimed by nature: Incredible snaps capture the ruins, old railways and abandoned bridges that have been taken over by plant life These remarkable images capture places around the world covered in plants Many beautiful but crumbling buildings are swamped by trees and greenery  In one picture, an abandoned Chinese fishing village is enveloped in plants By … Read more

Texas man ‘trapped’ in abandoned California mining town he bought

A Texas entrepreneur who has spent almost a year quarantining in an abandoned California mining town after getting trapped there by a snowstorm last spring now says he never wants to leave.    Brent Underwood, 32, purchased Cerro Gordo for $1.4million in 2018 after becoming fascinated by its seclusion and sinister past, which once saw one … Read more

Mission Impossible ‘filming in the UAE is ABANDONED due to the pandemic and crew are sent home’

Mission Impossible becomes an impossible mission as ‘filming in the UAE is ABANDONED due to the pandemic and crew are sent home’ By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 21:39 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 21:39 GMT, 12 February 2021 Filming for Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible has been cancelled in the Middle East due to the … Read more

Priyanka Chopra says she felt ‘abandoned’ when her mother left her at boarding school in third grade

Priyanka Chopra Jonas felt ‘abandoned’ when her parents left her at boarding school when she was in third-grade. The Indian actress, 38, spoke about her childhood away from home, and what it meant to look back on that time, in an interview with Elle ahead of the release of her autobiography Unfinished. ‘Being sent away to … Read more

Daredevil hurtles down an abandoned luge run on a MOUNTAIN BIKE

Cool runnings: Daredevil hurtles down abandoned Winter Olympics luge track on a MOUNTAIN BIKE in heart-stopping helmet camera footage Stuntman Antoni Villoni captured dashcam footage in Villard des Lans, France The 28-year-old navigated down the 1000-metre-long concrete track with ease The luge run had originally been used during the 1968 Winter Olympics  By Raven Saunt For … Read more

Woman, 58, abandoned in Hong Kong before being adopted by British couple appears on Long Lost Family

A woman who was abandoned in Hong Kong before being adopted by a British couple has admitted she just wants to find relatives who ‘look and sound like her’ in ‘one of the toughest ever’ Long Lost Family searches. Claire Martin, 58, was nearly two-years-old when she arrived at Heathrow Airport from Hong Kong’s overcrowded orphanages in … Read more