9 h. ago One of UK's smallest ever babies who fit in sandwich bag died after 'call handler's mistake'

WARNING: SENSITIVE CONTENT Tiny Robyn was placed in a sandwich bag after she was born - despite growing leaps and bounds she died after she suddenly fell ill and couldn't get an ambulance to hospital

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26 h. ago Mother who hid the bodies of two dead babies inside blankets and binbags walks free from court

Egle Zilinskaite, 31, of Crwys Road in Cardiff, hid the bodies of two full-term babies inside her home after she delivered them 'alone and without medical support', a court was told.

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34 h. ago Bodies of two babies discovered in binbags after mum hid them in attic and cupboard

Warning: This article includes details of an extremely distressing nature which readers may find upsetting

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40 h. ago Doctors discover prescription drug taken by thousands increases risk of devastating birth defects

A new study from the US found an increased risk between a popular medicine used to treat cystitis and birth defects.

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48 h. ago Pine marten kits spotted in national park for first time in 100 years

It is a ‘historic moment’ for conservation efforts

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3 d. ago Father swept away after he refused to give up 'babies' while clinging to tree during Texas flood

A father of three died after he clung to his babies while the Texas floods ravaged the RV park where the family was vacationing.

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3 d. ago Incredible moment hero caretaker saves babies from burning tower

Fousseynou Cissé, 39, said he 'didn't think twice' about the danger as he stood on a ledge outside the building's window to help those inside.

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7 d. ago Is the traditional family unit making a comeback? Proportion of births in wedlock hits highest level for a DECADE at 52.4%

Some 52.36 per cent of babies had parents who were married or in a civil partnership in England and Wales last year.

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9 d. ago Call to 'target' babies as childhood obesity reaches record level

Almost a quarter of children in Year Six are now obese

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1 week ago Pacino effect? Surge in babies born to fathers over 60 in UK

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said last year saw a 'notable' rise in the number of babies born to fathers in their sixties - with an increase of 14.2 per cent compared to 2023.

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1 week ago Children crossing Channel from France exposed to teargas, report says

NGO says rise in interventions has only increased danger as new data shows at least 15 children died in transit last yearChildren and babies coming to the UK on small boats from northern France have been teargassed and subjected to tactics such as the discharge of rubber bullets and the slashing of dinghies with knives, according to a new report.The publication on Tuesday of We Want to Be Safe, by the French non-governmental organisation Project Play, came as the latest figures on daily crossings released by the UK government reached an all-time high of 19,982 for the first six months of the year, a 40% increase compared with the same period last year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Voices: ‘Have more children’ is simplistic and idealistic – who can afford to start a family, minister?

As education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests that young people should have more babies, Victoria Richards says it has a nice ring – but the government must do one little thing first

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1 week ago Inside the twisted mind of UK's 'most prolific' serial killer who murdered 3,900 babies

Amelia Dyer is believed to be the UK's most prolific serial killer, with the murderess killing as many as 3,900 babies - and a chilling piece of her history is on display in a museum

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1 week ago Revealed: The dark truth about the thousands of Chinese babies snatched from their mothers and sold to childless couples in Britain and America

Abandoned by her parents, Fu Lian Doble was left outside a bank on a wintry Boxing Day in 1999. Or at least that is according to records kept by the Chinese orphanage that took her in.

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2 w. ago I breastfeed my husband, here's how I do it now my children aren't babies

Rachel Bailey, 32, from Florida, US, and her husband Alexander, 32, went viral after they revealed she breastfeeds him, but she insists it's not a sexual thing.

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2 w. ago 'Most hated' UK woman who bought US babies for £8k has 'no regrets'

Judith Kilshaw and her then-husband paid over £8,000 to adopt a pair of six-month-old twins from the United States,.

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2 w. ago I was branded Britain's most hated woman for buying twin babies online for £8k in 'cash for babies scandal'... here's what happened next

When Judith and Alan Kilshaw bought two six-month-old twin baby girls for £8,000 from a single mother in the US, it sparked what would become a national scandal

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2 w. ago Serial rapist who attacked young mothers as their babies lay beside them and served time alongside Ian Huntley in Monster Mansion is found dead in jail

Ronald Cole had been in prison from the age of 29 following his last horrific crime - where he raped a 25-year-old woman as her baby son lay in bed beside her.

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2 w. ago Inside horror London nursery where babies were terrorised by 'evil' vaping abuser

Roksana Lecka tortured young children at the well-regarded Montessori Riverside Nursery, with harrowing footage showing how she attempted to conceal her sickening crimes

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2 w. ago 'We'll never forget the horror': What really happened inside London nursery where babies were tortured by vaping Polish worker as furious parents reveal the signs that were missed

There are two very different faces to Roksana Lecka. Photos posted by her family on social media portray her as a loving, caring young woman who helped raise her siblings.

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