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South west couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US

6+ hour, 27+ min ago  (918+ words) A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy. Musicians Issy Ferris, from Cornwall, and Archie Sylvester, from Somerset, who perform as…...

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Contaminated formula milk left my baby hospitalised, says Wirral mum

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (563+ words) A mother has told how her 10-month-old daughter became seriously unwell after drinking contaminated formula milk from a batch that was later recalled. Amy Sutton, 42, of Bromborough Pool Village, Wirral, said her daughter Dolly projectile vomited after having the SMA…...

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Farmer's surprise at 'rare' delayed cow twin birth

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (448+ words) A farmer said she was left confused when a cow that had already delivered a healthy calf gave birth to a second six days later. Claire Hart said twin births in cows are rare, but the delayed twin birth at…...

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Asda worker 'restores faith in humanity' for newborn's parents

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (655+ words) A couple's "faith in humanity has been restored" after a supermarket worker stepped in to buy them the essentials they needed following the birth of their daughter. After his wife's emergency Caesarian section, Harry Brown from Bolton in Greater Manchester…...

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BBC Audio | Woman's Hour | Weekend Woman’s Hour: Kinship carers, Ashley James, Mia Brookes’s mum, impact of Ian Paterson's crimes, Charles Dickens’s women

5+ day, 38+ min ago  (481+ words) Weekend Woman's Hour: Kinship carers, Ashley James, Mia Brookes's mum, impact of Ian Paterson's crimes, Charles Dickens's women'BBC Weekend Woman's Hour: Kinship carers, Ashley James, Mia Brookes's mum, impact of Ian Paterson's crimes, Charles Dickens's women Available for over a…...

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'Mum took pressure off so I could follow my dreams', says Wunmi Mosaku

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (605+ words) Travelling from Manchester to London on a "3.50 Megabus trip for an audition, Wunmi Mosaku remembered her mum's advice; "dream, and do what you feel is right". Two decades later, Mosaku is in the running for best actress in a supporting…...

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Jesy Nelson in tears as 100,000 sign SMA petition in one day

1+ week, 28+ min ago  (691+ words) Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson burst into tears after her petition calling for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to be added to post-birth baby checks for serious health conditions passed 100,000 signatures. The singer launched the petition on Thursday morning and…...

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Jersey records lowest number of births for 80 years

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (264+ words) Jersey recorded its lowest number of births last year since 1945, an annual statement has revealed. The figures from the superintendent registrar Claire Follain provided insights into the key life events of Islanders as well as social and lifestyle trends including…...

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Camberley mum wants change after baby's brain condition missed

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (440+ words) A mother is campaigning for tighter controls in the medical profession after her baby's life-changing brain abnormalities went undetected. Charlotte Tolley, 36, from Camberley in Surrey is petitioning Parliament to legally regulate those practising sonography - a diagnostic technique which uses ultrasound…...

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Pregnancy tourism: 'Dis women dey come meet us just to carry belle"

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (667+ words) One German woman come Ladakh, she spend days dey have affair wit one local man. She come here just to come carry belle. Na why she travel from far, from her own kontri to start relationship wit foreign man? Di…...