6 h. ago Fashionable baby bouncers, jumpers and even car seats may delay development, researchers find

Early years specialists warn bouncers, jumpers and car seats may hamper infants' efforts to learn to walk and increase the risk of obesity, calling the phenomenon 'container baby syndrome'.

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13 h. ago Van driver fled the scene after tragic Metrolink crash that killed 3

A girl, 3, died after the van crashed into a tram and mounted the pavement

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14 h. ago Air ambulances sent out following tram and van crash which killed girl, 3

Officers are searching for the van driver

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16 h. ago Police hunting van driver who 'left scene' after girl, 3, killed in tragic Metrolink crash

Officers remain at the scene

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16 h. ago Girl, 3, killed after tram and van crash in Manchester city centre

The child was a pedestrian and was not travelling in either the tram or van during the collision on Mosley Street

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17 h. ago Girl, three, killed in crash between tram and van in Manchester

No arrests have been made.

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17 h. ago Manchester Metrolink tram crash horror as girl, 3, killed in tragic collision with van

The three-year-old is believed to have been walking along Mosley Street in Manchester city centre when she was hit by a van that had collided with a Metrolink tram

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18 h. ago Girl, 3, killed in Manchester city centre crash involving Metrolink tram and van

The child was walking on Mosley Street when she was hit by a van following a collision with a tram, it is understood

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20 h. ago LIVE Metrolink crash: Girl, 3, killed in incident involving tram and white van

Police are warning of a 'lengthy closure'

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20 h. ago LIVE Metrolink crash: Police 'yet to locate' van driver after girl, 3, killed

Police are warning of a 'lengthy closure'

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24 h. ago Shiri Bibas remains identified as Israel and Hamas prepare for another hostage

Gaza ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and initial false return of their mother’s bodyThe body of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been identified, Israel’s army radio reported early on Saturday, adding that Bibas was likely killed in captivity with her children.The confirmation came as Israelis and Palestinians braced for another tense exchange of hostages, prisoners and detainees on Saturday after uproar in Israel over allegations that two child hostages were “brutally murdered” by Hamas, and the group’s initial failure to deliver the body of their mother, instead returning the corpse of an unidentified woman. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Dave Grohl's 'secret lovechild' spotted for first time with alleged cheating mum

The woman who claimed to be the mother of Dave Grohl's love child was spotted out in New York City for the first time with the 7-month-old baby girl on Valentine's Day

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35 h. ago Time for England to end Calcutta Cup blues and show France was no fluke | Robert Kitson

Red Rose have lost four in row against Scots, but if they can back up Les Bleus win there will be talk of top-two finishIn recent times the Calcutta Cup has morphed into the “Scottish play” the English would rather not mention by name. One Red Rose win in seven attempts and four consecutive victories for Gregor Townsend’s side has certainly been an uncomfortable sequence for those who, for decades, regarded death and taxes as only marginally more inevitable than Scotland losing down south.So much for the supposed dead weight of history. “What’s done cannot be undone,” murmured Lady Macbeth but she wasn’t privy to the skill and daring of Finn Russell or the killer finishing of Duhan van der Merwe. The last time England lost three or more consecutive home games in this fixture was in the early 1900s before Twickenham became their spiritual home. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago How Raneem Oudeh’s death led to change in how police support domestic abuse victims

The murder of a woman and her mother has prompted a change in the law that will domestic abuse specialists embedded in 999 control rooms across some police forces.

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47 h. ago Middle East latest: Netanyahu says body Hamas released was that of a Gazan woman, not a hostage

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a Gazan woman instead of that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday

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52 h. ago Mother of young woman, 32, who was killed by a van while out walking with her baby has 'no hate' in her heart for the driver

The mother of a young woman struck and killed by a van while out walking with her baby told mourners at her funeral there 'is no hate in our hearts' for the driver.

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2 d. ago In these dark times of racially charged election campaigns, the German left offers a flicker of hope | Fatma Aydemir

Heidi Reichinnek’s speech went viral on TikTok – and sparked a surge of support from voters who reject the mainstream’s xenophobiaI was shopping for groceries the other day in Berlin’s neglected northern outskirts, when I remembered a joke. A banker, a social welfare recipient and an asylum seeker are sitting at a table. There are 12 cookies in front of them. The banker takes 11 cookies and says to the social welfare recipient: “Watch out, the refugee wants your cookie.”It came back to me as I witnessed a young white mother completely losing it at the checkout. At first I thought it was the prices that had caused her fury, though there was no indication of that; I was probably just projecting my own anxieties about money on to the woman’s tantrum. It took me a moment to realise that she was accusing another woman, also a mother but not white, of standing in her way on purpose. She shouted that this was her country and we should all step out of her way and that soon we would see. Two...

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3 d. ago ‘The energy in the delivery room was insane’: Maggie Shannon’s best photograph

‘The mothers and midwives never asked me to leave. Most of the time, they would call me over and say, “You’ve got to photograph this!”’I hadn’t met Aquilla Flemming before I photographed her giving birth. I was sitting on my couch at home when her midwife Chemin texted to say there was a woman in labour and she had given permission for me to take pictures. It was my day off, so I hesitated at first. But as soon as I got to the birthing centre I was glad I had come.When I arrived, Aquilla and her partner were outside, under a pepper tree. She was sitting on a birthing ball and they were holding hands. It was such a beautiful moment – the birth was special from the outset. Chemin had worked with Aquilla’s mother too, so there was this generational thing. The woman holding Storie, as the baby was called, is a student midwife. It was taken right after Storie was born. She’s still connected to the placenta – you can see the cord in the bottom of the frame. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Espionage charges are ‘made up’, says mother of British woman detained in Iran

Jennifer Rutland said family members had warned the British couple not to visit Iran because they knew it was ‘dangerous’.

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3 d. ago The hidden detail in this photo that I believe is a sign from my dead mother

Robin sightings are commonplace; however many believe there are spiritual meanings to their appearances. One woman had an encounter with a robin which she says is a sign from her late mum.

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