My husband turned 50 last month and, in between all of the ribbing I have been giving him about it (all light-hearted, of course), I told him that I have decided something. This year, when it comes to

When Sue Dawson lost her partner of 50 years, she thought the future they’d planned together had vanished forever. Instead, through grief, she found unexpected strength – and a whole new way of living

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When I lost the love of my life, I didn’t know how to keep going

When I lost my hubby, I lost our future. Time to build a new one...

I was 17, a trainee surveyor earning £5 a week. Faced with a week’s leave without much cash to spend, I decided to try hitchhiking with my mate Gordon. We started at the gates of Liverpool’s Stanley A