6 h. ago BEL MOONEY: Why is it called 'infanticide' to kill a newborn child, yet it will soon be legal to end the life of a baby when it's fully formed in the womb?

There are times in life when you shake yourself hard, as if wishing to awaken from sleep, only to find that the nightmare is all too present and frighteningly real.

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20 h. ago ‘It’s life and death’: parents of baby killed at nursery call for for mandatory CCTV

Nursery worker would not have been convicted of Genevieve Meehan’s manslaughter without footage, parents sayThe weekend before Genevieve Meehan died was one of the best of her short life.The nine-month-old with the beaming smile and emerald eyes was leaping through her milestones: she had taken her first tentative steps, hands clasped to her mother’s, and said her first word: “Dadda”. She tried on sunglasses and a swimsuit for their first family holiday two months later. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago ‘It’s life and death’: parents of baby killed at nursery call for mandatory CCTV

Nursery worker would not have been convicted of Genevieve Meehan’s manslaughter without footage, parents sayThe weekend before Genevieve Meehan died was one of the best of her short life.The nine-month-old with the beaming smile and emerald eyes was leaping through her milestones: she had taken her first tentative steps, hands clasped to her mother’s, and said her first word: “Dadda”. She tried on sunglasses and a swimsuit for their first family holiday two months later. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Mark Wright shares new pictures of Michelle Keegan with baby daughter as he declares 'loves of my life'

The Heart Radio presenter and his actress partner welcomed their first child into the world earlier this year

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40 h. ago Why naming your baby after their birthstone could see them lead a lucky life

Gemstone-inspired baby names are on the up - some you will have heard before while others are far more unusual

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48 h. ago ‘He just told me lies to have sex with a teenage girl’: Natalie Fleet MP on grooming, statutory rape and fighting back

At 15, she began seeing an older man and conceived her beloved daughter. It was years before she properly understood it as abuse. Now she is working tirelessly in parliament for other survivorsNatalie Fleet is nervous about this interview. Her assistant has warned me and Fleet tells me several times, before and during. “I just feel sick,” she says. “I don’t know if it’s because it’s about me or because of the subject. It just doesn’t seem to get any easier.”The subject is rape – specifically Fleet’s experience of being groomed by an older man when she was 15, becoming pregnant and having the baby. That daughter, “the love of her life”, is now 24. Since entering parliament last summer as the Labour MP for Bolsover, Fleet has spoken a good deal about rape, her life story and the lack of support for mothers whose children were conceived this way – and each time it upsets her. “My husband said: ‘I don’t want you to be the “rapey MP”,’ and I don’t want that either,” says Fleet. “But it’s...

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65 h. ago Scots lawyer charged with child abuse appeared on TV as 'legal expert'

Attendees only discovered his ­conviction via an internet search after he became embroiled in a heated debate with Mike Pilbeam, a former McClure’s client and lead campaigner on the issue.

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68 h. ago Abbey Clancy says she'd 'have ten kids' as Peter Crouch threatens to 'leave her'

Former Britain's Next Top Model star Abbey Clancy has revealed that she has welcomed a new 'baby' into her life - but husband Peter Crouch is not on board with the idea of expanding their brood

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2 d. ago Brain dead woman on life support gives birth to one pound baby after emergency surgery

Adriana Smith, 31, was declared brain dead while pregnant in the US state of Georgia, and gave birth to a little boy named Chance, who weighed one pound and 13 ounces, via emergency caesarean

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3 d. ago Brain dead Georgia woman forced to stay on life support because she was pregnant gives birth to baby boy with a heartbreaking name

Atlanta nurse Adriana Smith, 30, was declared brain dead in February, when she was eight weeks pregnant.

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3 d. ago Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly reveal name of daughter three months after birth

The former couple welcomed their first child together in March

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3 d. ago Tiny baby 'fighting for life' after brain dead woman on life support gives birth

Adriana Smith's son, Chance, was born via emergency caesarean and weighing one pound and 13 ounces early on Friday morning.

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3 d. ago Kim Woodburn's tragic early life before she found fame: How Clean Is Your House? star was abused by BOTH parents and buried her stillborn baby in a park

Kim Woodburn was never afraid to attract public controversy for her outspoken opinions. But, compared to the trauma of her childhood, such criticism was nothing.

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3 d. ago Joss Stone gives birth to baby shortly after adopting newborn

Singer had been left ‘shocked’ at pregnancy after adopting in November 2024

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3 d. ago Kim Woodburn's tough life from 'brutal childhood' to stillborn baby nightmare

Kim Woodburn has had a rollercoaster of a life, fighting her way to the top and becoming a household name in the UK thanks to a career in showbiz spanning five decades

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5 d. ago ‘I don’t want my boy to be positive’: pregnant women face sky

As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virusPhotographs by Chris de Beer-ProcterAphelele Mafilika was born HIV positive in 2004. Put on antiretrovirals (ARVs) as a baby, she has been on the life-saving medication ever since and has lived a normal life. No longer. “Now, I have a problem,” she says.For most of her life her viral load (the amount of HIV in her blood) has been undetectable. “When I went for my February clinic visit, I didn’t get my pills. They told me ‘shortage of staff’ and ‘come back another day’. I came back a few times, but it was the same story.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Heartbroken parents pay tribute after girl, 11, knocked down by van

Elemei has been described as 'our baby girl, our life and soul'

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5 d. ago Ioan Gruffudd announces he is expecting child with new wife Bianca Wallace

‘Baby Gruffudd poppin’ out to say hello!’ couple said in their announcement

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6 d. ago She was a baby when hospital staff saved her life, now she's come 'full circle'

'It was really surreal, this was so strange, I have to be the carer now and not be the patient'

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6 d. ago BEL MOONEY: As a British Jew, I have never felt so terrified as I do now

I feel my whole world has turned into a dystopian nightmare. What prompted me to write was that video made by Dawn French.

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