10 h. ago Police launch investigation after newborn baby found dead in Tonypandy home

South Wales Police have opened a probe into the ‘sudden death’

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11 h. ago Newborn baby found dead in Tonypandy home as police launch grim investigation

An 11-week-old baby was found dead at a property in Tonypandy, Rhondda Cyon Taf, as South Wales Police have launched an investigation into the death of the infant

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54 h. ago I used to judge my mother’s gambling addiction. Now I think she was longing for a fairytale ending

Toni Jordan’s mother gambled fast, ferociously, without any sense of fun. The author has come to realise she was dreaming of a bigger life My mother, Margaret, died in 2018 at 75. It was a good death, all things considered. The very end was savage, as endings often are, but she was in her own home and on her own two feet until the final week. For a woman who’d smoked two packs a day all her adult life, who’d never exercised or even walked to the shops, who refused to drink water (“I’d spew!”) and lived on Coca-Cola, paté on toast, jubes and green olives from a jar – considering all that, she did OK.During my mother’s final days, I had it easy. My sister, Lee, lived closer and is, to be honest, a more nurturing person. She’s caring. Patient. Lee is also better with money than me, but I thought I should at least attempt to help – so at the end, I took charge of Mum’s bank accounts. She lived on the pension and died with a run-down brick veneer villa unit in an over-50s complex, an old...

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1 week ago Mum charged after 'dead newborn baby concealed in Perth storm drain'

The body of the infant was found in a stormwater drain in Alexander Heights, Perth, this week and a woman - understood to be the tot's mother - has now been charged

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1 week ago Newborn baby found dead in storm drain as police issue major update

Tradesmen made the grim discovery while clearing drains, as police urge the baby’s mother to come forward amid serious welfare concerns

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1 week ago Police give major update after newborn baby found in storm drain

A newborn boy was tragically found dead in a storm drain as workers were cleaning the network - police have released an update into the heartbreaking case

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1 week ago Woman assisting police after infant found dead in Perth storm water drain

Police say woman in her 30s ‘receiving appropriate care and support’ after workers made confronting discovery on MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman is assisting police after a baby boy was found dead inside a storm water drain.Two workers carrying out routine maintenance made the confronting discovery in Alexander Heights in Perth’s northern suburbs on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Newborn baby boy found dead inside storm water drain sparking major hunt for mum

A city-wide appeal is underway for the mother of a new-born baby boy who was found inside a storm water drain

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2 w. ago Newborn baby is among 27 dead after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Italy

The tragedy occurred 14 miles south of the island of Lampedusa on Wednesday - with a search continuing into the night for people still missing.

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2 w. ago Missing Jayden Spicer's mum begged for help before being charged with his death

Felicia Gross has now been arrested and charged with manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and falsely reporting an incident after son Jayden's body was found

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3 w. ago Jean Hanlon suspect has charges dropped as 'devastated' family search for answers over death of mum

The family of a Scots mum who died on a Greek holiday island 16 years ago have been dealt a bitter blow in their battle to bring the person they believe responsible to justice.

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4 w. ago It is ‘imperative’ to follow advice as Storm Floris hits Scotland – minister

Justice Secretary Angela Constance said Storm Floris is ‘well and truly with us’.

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