4 d. ago ‘The pain was worse than giving birth’: why are so many women separated from their babies in prison?

First they had to give birth in custody, then their babies were taken away. Sometimes they never got them back. Here’s what 29 women told the Lost Mothers ProjectOne by one, 29 women sat before Dr Laura Abbott in similarly small, nondescript rooms across five UK prisons, and described losing their babies. They were not bereaved in the conventional sense – although they were clearly holding in grief, as once the guards had left, they let rare public tears fall. Prisoners who had given birth in custody, they had been separated from their newborn children. In some cases this had happened within four or five days of becoming mothers.“It was worse than giving birth,” said one woman. “That was the hardest pain of my life. I’ve never felt pain like it It was in my chest, in my heart. Even in my belly.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Man Utd fall short at Brentford as Ruben Amorim plan left in ruins

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6 d. ago King Charles accused of 'disrespecting' Princess Diana's legacy as childhood home left to rot

Princess Diana's childhood home, Park House, on the Royals' Norfolk estate has been left to fall into sad disrepair - with overgrown grass, peeling window paint and stained bricks, exclusive pictures show

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7 d. ago Scots skier "lucky to be alive" after horror fall on slopes cheats death again in car crash

Kieran Troup was involved in a horrific crash which could have killed him after plummeting 30ft down an Austrian mountain.

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8 d. ago Eamonn Holmes rushed to hospital in ambulance as he's left in agony after nasty fall at home

GB News host and former This Morning star Eamonn Holmes has revealed that he was taken to hospital after falling on the bathroom floor at home, sharing a snap from the ambulance

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1 week ago Christopher Dean speaks to concerned crowd as Jayne Torvill falls during live show

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have been wowing crowds across the UK on their farewell tour - but the pair were left red faced after Jayne suffered a fall on the ice

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1 week ago Fire rips through foodbank hero's home as locals rally to help

Share Alike chairwoman Annmarie Campbell says she is lucky to be alive after waking to find a "massive ball of flames" engulfing her Westwood home on Sunday afternoon.

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1 week ago Dancing on Ice's Jayne Torvill's horror fall on ice during live tour performance

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1 week ago BREAKING Horse dies after horror fall during Sandown's feature race, with viewers saying they 'feel ill'

Viewers were left stunned and 'feeling ill' after they witnessed a horror fall at Sandown in the feature race, with a favourite suffering a fatal blow after a jump

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1 week ago Horse dies after horror fall during Sandown's feature race, with viewers saying they 'feel ill'

Viewers were left stunned and 'feeling ill' after they witnessed a horror fall at Sandown in the feature race, with a favourite suffering a fatal blow after a jump

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3 w. ago Violence erupts at man's wake as his girlfriend leaves love rival 'lucky to be alive'

The mum-of-one walked free from court - while her victim said she was lucky to be alive

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3 w. ago Love triangle girlfriend who drunkenly glassed a love rival at their ex's funeral wake is spared jail after magistrate takes pity over 'ongoing tension'

Following the attack by mother-of-one Shannon Morgan, 27, Lisa Wilson was left with a 3 cm cut in her neck requiring stitches. She later said she was lucky to be alive.

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3 w. ago Workman ‘lucky to be alive’ after being run over by truck at waste site on first day

A worker is “lucky to be alive” after he was hit from behind by a moving shovel loader at a waste site on the first day of his new job.

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3 w. ago Driver 'lucky to be alive' after cow bounces over bonnet and shatters windscreen

A man hit a black cow in the darkness on a road in Northern Ireland and police said that he had a lucky escape with the animal "bouncing up on the bonnet and onto the windscreen"

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4 w. ago Gavin and Stacey's Alison Steadman 'getting frustrated' using wheelchair after injury

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4 w. ago Alison Steadman 'lucky to be alive' after fall that left her seriously injured

EXCLUSIVE: Gavin and Stacey legend reckons she was close to death after she fell during a trip to Dubai earlier this year, saying the pain was 'so bad'

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4 w. ago Dad left in coma and needing SIX brain operations after freak fall on night out

Scott Gold spent weeks in an induced coma and suffered a fractured skull after he was knocked over - but the dad has now paid a special thank you to the team that saved his life

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4 w. ago Worker 'lucky to be alive' after horror on his first day captured on CCTV

The company was fined £250,000

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4 w. ago Gavin & Stacey star Alison Steadman, 78, is seen out in a leg cast and wheelchair as she is supported by partner Michael Elwyn after fall in Dubai three months ago

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