64 h. ago Teen accused of plotting to kill his baby’s mother’s new boyfriend had to ask for a ride: cops

Arrest warrants show Hugo Carlin had been sending violent texts to friends ahead of the alleged murder plot

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66 h. ago Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in central California after dramatic rescue

The Marine Mammal Center has rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother

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6 d. ago Warning from coroner after mother, 34, died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in 2023 after having a heart attack shortly after giving birth to baby Agnes, Joanna Kersley, senior coroner for Manchester North, heard.

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9 d. ago Macabre find is made during excavation at Irish house of horrors mother and baby burial site where 800 corpses are feared to be buried

Excavators working on the site of a former Irish mother-and-baby institution have made an intriguing discovery as they complete a two-year mass excavation

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9 d. ago Macabre find is made during excavation at Irish house of horrors mother and baby burial site where 800 corpses were hidden

Excavators working on the site of a former Irish mother-and-baby institution have made an intriguing discovery as they complete a two-year mass excavation

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1 week ago This machine could keep a baby alive outside the womb. How will the world decide to use it?

For parents who have buried infants born too soon, a device like the AquaWomb is a miracle in waiting – and an impossible choiceBeth Schafer lay in a hospital bed, bracing for the birth of her son. The first contractions rippled through her body before she felt remotely ready. She knew, with a mother’s pit-of-the-stomach intuition, that her baby was not ready either.At just 23 weeks of gestation, her son teetered on the cliff edge of viability, the fragile threshold where modern medicine offers any promise of keeping babies alive. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nepo baby turns heads at Glamour Women Of The Year Awards in a glitzy gold sequin feathered gown

Born to an A-list actress mother and film director father, this nepo baby has been creeping onto red carpets in recent years.

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1 week ago Fake baby 'mother' Kira Cousins ready to reveal her astonishing story as TV producers sign her up for documentary

A woman who faked she was pregnant and continued the lie that she had given birth using a plastic doll has signed a deal with documentary makers.

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1 week ago North London council can vaccinate baby against mother's wishes, High Court rules

The baby girl, known only as P, has been under the council’s guardianship since February

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2 w. ago Cops trying to find mum of newborn baby boy found dead inside black bag and dumped in woodland a decade ago

COPS are still trying to find the mum of a newborn baby boy who was found dead inside a black leather handbag and dumped in woodland nearly ten years ago. The tragic discovery was made near Imperial Park, Coedkernew, Newport, in January 2016, sparking a major police appeal to trace the baby’s mother amid fears...

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2 w. ago Brit pregnant 'drug mule' Bella Culley given 'proper toilet' after move to new Georgia prison

Bella May Culley's mother, Lyanne Kennedy, said the 19-year-old has been transferred to a prison with a mother and baby unit as the family keeps calling for her to return home

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2 w. ago Pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley gets 'proper toilet' after Georgia prison move

Bella May Culley's mother, Lyanne Kennedy, said the 19-year-old has been transferred to a prison with a mother and baby unit as the family keeps calling for her to return home

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2 w. ago Pregnant teen 'drug mule' Bella Culley forced to 'toast bread over candle' to eat in prison

Bella Culley, 19, who is due to give birth in December, has been transferred to a prison "mother and baby" unit in Georgia, her mum has said, after she was charged with drug smuggling

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2 w. ago 'They were meant to protect him': Evil mother and father found guilty of murdering their three

Klevi Pirjani, 37, and his partner Nivalda Santos Pirjani, 34, of Seacombe, Wirral, were convicted of murder, causing or allowing the death of a child and grievous bodily harm.

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2 w. ago Boy, 14, killed himself after being falsely accused of doing an heinous act

Kai Lloyd, 15, was found dead at his home in Flintshire, North Wales, after being accused of stealing a baby's ashes - his mother said the claims were 'completely untrue'

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2 w. ago Boy, 14, killed himself after being falsely accused of doing a horrific crime

Kai Lloyd, 15, was found dead at his home in Flintshire, North Wales, after being accused of stealing a baby's ashes - his mother said the claims were 'completely untrue'

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2 w. ago Baby dies hours after being born to mum who 'tested positive for cocaine while pregnant'

An inquest heard that the baby was born at his mother's home in Builth Wells, Powys in Wales at around 24 weeks' gestation - around 16 weeks prematurely - and died the same day

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2 w. ago 'I befriended female paedophile who offered her own baby to Ian Watkins to abuse': Mother reveals horror at discovering true identity of trusted pal who was 'the nicest person I'd ever met'

Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was killed in prison earlier this month, where he was serving 29 years for a string of child sex offences.

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2 w. ago Mother and her newborn daughter died in home birth tragedy following 'catastrophic' errors and a 'gross failure to provide basic medical care', coroner rules

Jennifer Cahill - described by her family as an 'amazing, attentive' mother - chose to deliver Agnes Lily at home after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital when she had her son three years earlier.

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2 w. ago Mother and her newborn daughter died in home birth tragedy following 'catastrophic' errors and a 'gross failure to provide basic medical care', coroner rules 

Jennifer Cahill - described by her family as an 'amazing, attentive' mother - chose to deliver Agnes Lily at home after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital when she had her son three years earlier.

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