13 h. ago The birth defect scandal bigger than thalidomide: 'Forgotten' mothers of children left disabled by epilepsy drug taken during pregnancy fear kids will 'die in poverty' without compensation

Since the 1970s, it has been known that sodium valproate can harm babies in the womb, yet alarmingly it has continued to be prescribed to pregnant women for decades.

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45 h. ago Mothers with newborns forced to leave children behind in India as diplomatic row with Pakistan deepens

Following a deadly terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam, India has expelled hundreds of Pakistani nationals, including women married to Indian citizens.

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58 h. ago RICHARD EDEN: New romance blooms for Lord Cowdray, 80, two years after bitter split from mother of his six children

RICHARD EDEN: He parted from his second wife Marina, mother of five of his six children, two years ago in what, as I disclosed at the time, were 'highly acrimonious circumstances'.

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64 h. ago Pictured: Tech recruitment father 'who kept his three children locked up inside House of Horrors for four years because of his fear of Covid'

The horrific conditions three young boys had to suffer while being trapped in their home for four years by their Covid-obsessed parents have been revealed for the first time.

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65 h. ago Inside House of Horrors where children were kept in isolation by 'Covid obsessed' US mother and German father

The horrific conditions three young boys had to suffer while being trapped in their home for four years by their Covid-obsessed parents have been revealed for the first time.

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2 d. ago Margaret Drabble: ‘Our family had a passion for Georgette Heyer’

The author on re-reading The Mill on the Floss, discovering the eccentric genius of Georges Perec and the comforts of Lee ChildMy earliest reading memory I remember very clearly being taught to read by my father, who had just returned from the second world war in Italy with the RAF. We were living in a council house in Pontefract, having been evacuated from Sheffield. I was three or four, and we used a primer called The Radiant Way which I loved. I later used the title for one of my novels.My favourite book growing up I loved the Alison Uttley stories and was shocked to find in later life that the creator of Little Grey Rabbit was not a good mother and did not like children. I also loved Mary Poppins by PL Travers. I didn’t like the film, which was saccharine, but I loved the much sharper book. Travers too was a very difficult person. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Incredible moment children 'see sunlight for the first time in four years' after being rescued from House of Horrors where US mother and German father kept them in self

Police in the northern city of Oviedo found three young boys between the ages of eight and ten in the house on Wednesday, having apparently been there since 2021.

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3 d. ago Kate Middleton's three children 'absolutely loved' doing one thing when living in Wales

The Duchess of Cambridge has been known to open up about her experiences of motherhood over the years, often sharing anecdotes about her three children

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3 d. ago Drug trial for severe epilepsy has transformed children’s lives, families say

The parents of children with Dravet syndrome taking part in a clinical trial at Sheffield Children’s Hospital have reported life-changing results.

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4 d. ago The supplement that could prevent a birth defect affecting 13 UK babies every day

Groundbreaking new research has big implications for heart disease in babies

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6 d. ago How a law made to stop child abduction is being weaponised against mothers fleeing abuse

Award-winning barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman has spent her career advocating for vulnerable women in family law courts. In an extract from her new book, she explores how the very systems designed to protect children can end up putting them – and their mothers – at risk of more violence and abuse

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6 d. ago Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown

More than 130 women and children who fled Haiti to seek healthcare rounded up in hospitals and sent backPregnant women and new mothers are being rounded up in hospitals in the Dominican Republic and deported back to Haiti as part of what observers say is an openly cruel, racist and misogynist government policy.More than 130 Haitian women and children were removed on the first day of a new crackdown on undocumented migrants last week targeting the Caribbean country’s main public hospitals. Dominican authorities said 48 were pregnant, 39 were new mothers and 48 were children. Local media reported that one woman was deported while in labour. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Prince Andrew 'must come clean' after his sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre killed herself, her lawyer says

Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, David Boies, said the Prince had to take responsibility and even went on to request King Charles to intervene.

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6 d. ago Mothers deported by Trump ‘denied’ chance to transfer custody of children, lawyer says

Two women and their children, who are US citizens, held in ‘complete isolation’ before being put on flight to HondurasTwo women who were deported to Honduras alongside their US citizen children were held in “complete isolation” and denied any opportunity to coordinate the care and custody of their children before being put on a flight, according to one of the lawyers representing them.The mothers were unable to contact attorneys or loved ones, and were not allowed the option to transfer the custody of their citizen children to another parent or caregiver, said Gracie Willis, an attorney with the National Immigration Project who is representing one of the families and coordinating with the team representing the other family. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Immigrant mothers are to blame for their US citizen children being deported, says Trump’s border czar: ‘Parenting 101’

At least three US citizen children were deported with their mothers, who did not have legal status

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6 d. ago 80,000 kids in Scotland living in 'very deep poverty' as politicians told to 'up their game'

It estimated that in affected households where there are two parents and two children, they would need an additional £1,100 a month to lift them above the poverty line.

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6 d. ago CCTV image released after 'petrol bomb' thrown at family home

A mother and her children were forced to escape the building

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9 d. ago Stalker in 'trench coat' kept sick diary as he targeted mums on school run

Travis Ward, 22, Londesborough, sprayed a woman with bodily fluid from a syringe as he stalked mothers taking their children to a Hull school and kept sick diaries about meeting them, a court heard

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1 week ago Massachusetts mother falls to her death in front of three of her children while hiking famed 'Purgatory Chasm'

A Massachusetts mother who fell to her death in front of her three children while hiking the famed 'Purgatory Chasm' has been identified.

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1 week ago The supplement that could prevent common heart disease birth defect

This is the first time anaemia in the early stages of pregnancy has been identified as an issue

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