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Novels for mums
Chic lit for mums This New Year pour yourself a strong tea/coffee/gin and settle back with our choice of the hottest ‘mum lit’ novels in the bookshops! Sam Pope did and here are her reviews! Baby on Board Don’t You Want Me? Julia Gets a Life Keeping Mum The Mummy Diaries My Life on a Plate…
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Tagged Bridget Jones, Films, Fiona, freelance magazine writer, Julia Gets, Keeping Mum, Laura, Lynne Barrett-Lee, Max, Molly, New Year's Day, Rachel Johnson, Rhiannon de Laney, school sports day, Stella de la Croix, Stephanie Zia, Sue Haasler, the Daily Telegraph, Tom
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Mum Cleared Over Baby Death
A mother whose baby died after being left for two hours in a car on a blazing hot day has been cleared of a cruelty charge. It took a Manchester jury only eight minutes to clear Marie Trueman, 32, of wilfully neglecting three-month-old Courtney, it was reported in the Daily Telegraph. The jury had already…
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Tagged Courtney, Marie Trueman, psychiatrist, the Daily Telegraph, Trueman
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Mum and disabled baby booted off bus
6 June 2000 MUM AND DISABLED BABY BOOTED OFF BUS A MUM and her sleeping disabled baby were thrown off a bus in Warrington because the mother could not fold the buggy. Baby Lucy Croston, age six months, was sleeping in the buggy, which has an oxygen cylinder attached to help her breathe. Mum Karen…
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Tagged driver, Lucy Croston, Mum Karen, the Daily Telegraph, Warrington
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Cracking the credit crunch
Babyworld members are tightening their belts according to our poll. We asked babyworld members to reveal how they have been affected by the credit crunch… and to pass on their tips for managing. Hype or here for good? Rising food bills Fearsome fuel prices Ever-growing energy bills Back to work Letting go of the luxuries…
Pylons may cause cancer risk in children
Children living near some electricity pylons could face an increased risk of contracting leukaemia. The claim comes in a report after months of analysis into cancer cases of people living near power lines. It would be the first time a government body has recognised a link between power lines and increased levels of childhood cancer.…
Pylons may pose cancer risk for children
Children living near some electricity pylons could face an increased risk of contracting leukaemia. The claim comes in a report after months of analysis into cancer cases of people living near power lines. It would be the first time a government body has recognised a link between power lines and increased levels of childhood cancer.…
Breastfeeding may be allowed in Parliament
24 January, 2001 BREASTFEEDING is back on the agenda in the House of Commons, thanks to the new Speaker, Michael Martin. Mr Martin has said he would have no objection to the ban being lifted and has referred the matter to the Commons Administration Committee, the Daily Telegraph has reported. The committee will have the power to decide…
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Tagged Breastfeeding, Childhood, Martin, Parenting, Politics, Royal College of Nursing, Speaker, the Daily Telegraph
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Dying dad meets his baby
25 April 2000 A MAN dying of cancer clung desperately to life to met his newborn daughter. Gavin Moon, from Newcastle, was diagnosed with lung cancer just a few weeks after wife Angela discovered she was pregnant. He was told he had a year to live and the couple made plans for the first few months…
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Tagged Breastfeeding, Childhood, Family, food, Gavin Moon, Imogen, Infant feeding, Parenting, the Daily Telegraph
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Miracle baby in mum’s tummy
10 March 2000 DOCTORS set to carry out a Caesarean section were shocked to find the baby was not in the mother’s womb. Baby Tula, born at Nottingham’s Queens Medical Centre, had grown in a sack around her mother’s bowel instead of in her womb. The birth was only a one in 500,000 chance for the…
Baby barred from certain areas of the House of Commons
DESPITE claiming to be a family-friendly government, a female MP has been warned not to take her baby into areas of the House of Commons. The ban applies even if she is called to work at 1am to make a vote. Labour MP Julia Drown, who represents Swindon South, has an eight-month-old son Harvey. She…
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Tagged Breastfeeding, Childhood, Family, Harvey, Julia Drown, Politics, the Daily Telegraph, Westminster system, Yvette Cooper
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