26 h. ago NHS newborn test to stop kids being left disabled is ‘no brainer’, expert proves

Lancet study proves that NHS refusing to screen for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as part of the newborn heel prick test is costing lives - and taxpayers’ money

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3 d. ago After Jesy Nelson speaks out, doctors say children are suffering avoidable deaths because of 'political' choice not to expand checks for babies

The NHS carries out up to five-times fewer checks on newborn babies than those performed by some other developed nations.

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5 d. ago Florida man who kidnapped girl, 5, and left her to be eaten by alligator faces death penalty

Harrel Braddy, 76, kidnapped Quatisha Maycock, five, and her mother Shandelle in November 1998 after meeting them at church before abandoning the child near Alligator Alley where she was killed by gators

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9 d. ago Owner of the Swiss ski bar where 40 people died spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was 'a known pimp'

The owner of the Swiss ski bar at the centre of a New Year's Day inferno that claimed 40 lives and left 119 injured spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was a known pimp, it emerged today.

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1 week ago Dentist and wife shot dead by suspect who left bodies with their two young kids at their $700K home

Monique Tepe, 39, and dentist Spencer Tepe, 37, were found slain inside their Ohio home, with authorities saying the deaths do not appear to be the result of a murder-suicide.

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2 w. ago Dad has 'nothing left' after horror blaze kills both young kids and wife

Dad-of-two Tom Shearman tried to save wife Fionnghuala and children Eve, seven and Ohner, four, but all three perished in the fire at their Gloucestershire cottage

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2 w. ago Kids left in tears as families turned away from immersive Jurassic World show at the door

Jurassic World: The Experience at Battersea Power Station was overbooked on Monday after a voucher error

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2 w. ago Coronation Street exit 'sealed' for villain following violent twist

Coronation Street viewers were left in shock when kidnapping ordeal took a sudden turn on Monday evening

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2 w. ago Utah mom who allegedly abducted her kids to Europe left behind a sinister ‘to

Elleshia Anne Seymour allegedly abducted her four children to Europe, claiming the “end times” were coming

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3 w. ago I took my daughter to her first panto and left feeling proud of my hometown

Stockport Plaza’s Aladdin is everything you could want from a pantomime - and the venue itself can't help but steal the show

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3 w. ago Martin Lewis basket abandonment trick gets up to 20% off at major retailers

The Money Saving Expert founder appeared on This Morning to share his proven shopping basket strategy for securing discounts

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4 w. ago Rob Reiner was joy personified – and his movies were warm hugs

As the director behind classics including ‘When Harry Met Sally’, ‘Stand by Me’ and ‘The Princess Bride’, the filmmaker proved himself an expert in creating astonishingly kind and humane cinema. His death is a shocking, senseless end to a remarkable life, writes Adam White

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