85 m. ago I'm a parent and there are four Netflix shows I've banned my toddler from watching

Some of the most popular children's TV shows on Netflix at the moment have been banned by one mum and for what she feels is a very good reason

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22 h. ago Blackpool teacher charged with sexual assault and murder of baby

Jamie Varley and co-accused John McGowan-Fazakerley were in process of adopting 13-month-old Preston DaveyA secondary school teacher has appeared in court accused of the sexual assault and murder of a 13-month-old baby boy he was adopting.Jamie Varley, 36, who was a head of year at a school in Blackpool, is also accused of a number of counts of assault, cruelty and taking and distributing indecent images relating to Preston Davey. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago 'High school teacher', 36, is accused of sexually assaulting and murdering 13

Jamie Varley, 36, from Lancashire, has accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a 13-month-old baby boy, Preston Davey, whom he was in the process of adopting. 

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68 h. ago 'Jealous' man knifed wife more than 25 times as she pushed baby in pram, court told

Kulsuma Akter was knifed more than 25 in a 'ferocious attack' in front of her seven-month-old baby while she was pushing the tot in a pram, a court heard

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2 d. ago Man tracked down his wife after she fled home and stabbed her 26 times as she pushed their baby in pram, murder trial told

Kulsuma Akter was 27 and from Oldham

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3 d. ago Police found dad gaming after shaking baby so hard she later died, court told

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Thomas Holford, 24, showed 'little emotion' and appeared to be in a 'good mood' as he played games on his phone when officers arrived, a court heard

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3 d. ago Baby dies after getting ten times recommended dose of powerful drug

A leading doctor has told an inquest that a newborn baby was given ten times too much of a powerful drug usually used in surgery - just minutes before she collapsed.

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4 d. ago Boy, two, was placed on the child protection register month before 'he was murdered by his grandparents while his mother was upstairs', court hears

Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, are on trial accused of murder, causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child - which they deny.

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5 d. ago Midwife who told pregnant shop keeper that wearing a facemask during the height of the pandemic would harm her unborn baby is struck off

Northern Ireland NHS worker Seana Kerr urged a pregnant shopworker not to wear a mask in August 2020 in case it harmed her unborn child.

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6 d. ago Was Meghan right to share twerking video? Take our poll and have your say

Meghan Markle’s twerking-in-labour video has everyone talking - from royal fans to possibly even King Charles himself. Was it a fun, unfiltered mum moment or a royally awkward overshare? Let us know!

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6 d. ago Beloved little boy beats cancer only to get devastating news within months

Henry Castle was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just 18 months old and has spent more than two-thirds of his life in treatment

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8 d. ago 'I accidentally named baby after dog food brand and I don't know what to do'

A mum has been left horrified after her sister told her that the baby name she chose sounds very similar to a dog food brand - and now she's struggling to find an alternative

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9 d. ago Putin's revenge: Six dead, including a baby, as Russian drones pound Ukraine hours after Vladimir told Trump he would make Zelensky pay for Operation Spiderweb humiliation

The attack came hours after Trump spoke with Putin. According to Trump, Putin 'very strongly' said Russia will retaliate for Ukraine's weekend drone attacks.

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1 week ago Mum opens up on moment she was told baby boy may only have months to live

Little Tommy Booth has been diagnosed with Menkes disease.

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2 w. ago Constance Marten's partner Mark Gordon is convicted rapist, Old Bailey baby manslaughter trial is told

Mark Gordon spent 22 years in prison for rape, burglary, and assault, trial told

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2 w. ago Ellie Simmonds: Should I Have Children? review – fails to properly tackle the stigma around disabled babies

The Paralympian’s thoughtful documentary about whether to become a parent is a compelling watch. But it doesn’t go far enough to address social prejudices around disabilityFor the makers of Ellie Simmonds’ new documentary, Should I Have Children?, the most powerful moment of the show is clearly supposed to be when she finds out why she was given up for adoption. It is emotional viewing: her birth mother speaks of her difficult circumstances (she had kept her pregnancy secret), the purely negative information she had been given about Ellie’s dwarfism, and, most poignantly, how she thought of Ellie every day in the decades before they met again. It is deeply moving, for Ellie and the viewer.For me, though, the most powerful moment is altogether less charged. It comes when Ellie visits David and Megan, whose pregnancy she follows after they are told their baby almost certainly has Down’s syndrome. We watch them grapple with the ramifications of the diagnosis including their fears for t...

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2 w. ago The moment I knew: I was complaining about my mum, and his tender response changed my life

TV presenter Matty Mills was attracted to Danny’s compassionate nature from the outset, but one difficult conversation sealed their futureFind more stories from The moment I knew seriesIn September 2022 my brother was murdered. A couple of months later my relationship of six years broke down. That summer was the darkest period of my adult life. It felt like the rug had been pulled out from under me and I was self soothing in ways that I’m not proud of. My mental health was spiralling. My morals were out the door and I hardly recognised myself.By the next April things were turning around. I was seeing a therapist and working on getting my mental and physical health back. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Baby boy found abandoned in stroller in train station after 'parents forgot six

The blunder happened on Tuesday evening at the Cacilhas South Terminal in Almada, south of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.

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3 w. ago Moment learner driver caught fleeing scene after horror crash that left mum dead

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Khizer Ali was driving his mother's VW Golf when he crashed into a Vauxhall Meriva carrying Valerie and David Ayres, leaving the the woman dead

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3 w. ago 'My sister is naming her baby after a fungal infection after I told her it as a joke'

A man has slammed his sister for wanting to name her daughter after a fungal infection - but some people believe she's simply making him panic for her amusement

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