2 h. ago One sperm donor passed on a deadly gene to 200 children. It could easily happen again

The case has prompted urgent questions about the effectiveness of screening for sperm donors

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3 h. ago Mary Portas gets emotional as she shares her brother is the father of her son

Retail expert Mary Portas opened up about her brother being a sperm donor for her son Horatio in an emotional interview on Jamie Laing's podcast

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22 h. ago Nickelodeon star Jim Ward dead aged 66 as Fairly OddParents voice actor passes away

Jim Ward, the voice actor behind Fairly OddParents characters Chet Ubetcha and Doug Dimmadome, has died aged 66 after battling Alzheimer's disease.

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35 h. ago Mother, 43, discovers she is dying of cancer just months after welcoming baby fathered by anonymous sperm donor: 'I'm staring my own mortality in the face'

Emily Hausman, 43, from Utah , made the difficult decision to start a family on her own, using a donor and IVF , but shortly after welcoming her son, she discovered she had melanoma.

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49 h. ago Sperm donor with 'cancer causing gene' helped conceive nearly 200 children

Nearly 200 children across Europe including some British families face a sky-high risk of cancer after a sperm donor, whose sperm was used for 17 years, was found to carry a hidden genetic mutation

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56 h. ago Sperm donor who has fathered 197 children found to have cancer

A 'very small' number of British women have received sperm from a donor that has fathered at least 197 children across Europe

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3 d. ago Georgia longed for a baby. At 40, she decided to find a sperm donor and found the perfect man. Peter was handsome, caring and educated... until they met and she discovered the brutal, horrific truth

In Peter Lewis, she thought she had found the perfect man. A handsome science graduate, Lewis, 40, had an established reputation as an online donor, having already fathered almost 50 kids.

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5 d. ago Tom Hicks dead at 79: Controversial former Liverpool owner passes away as 'devastated' family issue emotional statement

A spokesperson for the American businessman, who owned the Reds for three-and-a-half years before selling up in 2010, confirmed he died surrounded by his family in Dallas on Saturday.

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6 d. ago Katie Price brands Dwight Yorke a 'sperm donor' in new attack as she reveals the number of times he has 'refused' to see son Harvey, 23

The former model, 47, has launched a fresh attack on footballer Dwight, 54, in a trailer for a new podcast.

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7 d. ago Finding Prince Charming star Chad Spodick dead at 42 as family mourn his 'sudden' passing

Finding Prince Charming alum Chad Spodick has passed away at the age of 42 as  his loved ones mourn his 'sudden' passing.

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7 d. ago Katie Price slams Dwight Yorke and reveals staggering amount times he's snubbed Harvey

Katie Price branded her ex Dwight Yorke a 'sperm donor' as she opened up on his lack of relationship with their son Harvey Price, who Katie has raised as a single mother

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7 d. ago 'It's my first Christmas with my sperm donor baby — he doesn't need a dad'

Emily Hausman, from Utah, US, has been looking forward to celebrating the Christmas holidays with her little baby, Ezekiel, ever since she fell pregnant via a sperm donor

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9 d. ago Royal Mail shares crucial deadline to anyone sending post this Christmas

Royal Mail has announced the final Christmas posting dates for 2025, with some international deadlines already passed and UK services ending December 22

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1 week ago Gran declared dead by paramedics was discovered ALIVE in hospital mortuary – before she passed away hours later

A WOMAN who was wrongly declared dead in her kitchen later was later found alive in a mortuary, an inquest heard. Olive Martin was making toast in her Darlington home, where she lived with her husband Kevin, when she suffered a seizure and collapsed on October 13. Emergency services responded but paramedics took the 54-year-old...

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2 w. ago Fuzzy Zoeller dead at 74: Masters champion tarnished by racist Tiger Woods joke passes away

Zoeller, a two-time major champion whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods , has died at the age of 74, according to a longtime colleague.

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2 w. ago TikTok's Marquay The Goat dead at 24: Mother heartbreakingly announces 'sweetest' social media star passed away

The influencer's mother Sonja Collins made the sad announcement  about her son (born Marquay Collins) as she shared a cute snap of them together on her Instagram on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Missing man found dead in huge plastic dinosaur after passersby spotted something odd

A man was found dead inside a giant stegosaurus statue in Spain just hours after being reported missing by his family - police believe it was all one unfortunate accident

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2 w. ago Clubs mourn 'passionate footballer' found dead after vanishing on night out with friends

Rehaan Akhtar had been on a night out with friends in Bristol

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2 w. ago Jimmy Cliff dead aged 81: Reggae legend has passed away, his wife announces

Singer was credited with popularising reggae alongside Bob Marley

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2 w. ago Elderly passenger dies after falling overboard on Disney cruise

The ship searched the Tasman Sea for more than five hours on Saturday

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