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More than 500 mothers and babies died or were seriously harmed due to ‘deep-rooted,

More than 500 mothers and babies died or suffered serious harm as a result of deep-rooted, systemic and sustained failures over many years, the largest maternity review in NHS history has found.The damning report into maternity and…

British mother’s horror as she finds man, 33, ‘kissing and hugging’ her…

By NATALIA PENZA Published: 02:45 EDT, 22 May 2026 | Updated: 04:05 EDT, 22 May 2026    <!-- A man has been arrested…

Victoria and David Beckham include Brooklyn in tribute to their children for US Mother’s

Victoria and David Beckham flouted their estranged son Brooklyn's requests to be distanced from their family by including him in their Mother's Day celebrations. On Sunday, the US and Australia marked Mother's Day, during which David…

The mothers ripped away from their babies and condemned to a life of slavery in the

I was an unmarried girl / I’d just turned 27 / When they sent me to the sisters / For the way men looked at me / Branded as a jezebel / I knew I was not bound for Heaven / I’d be cast in shame / Into the Magdalene laundries.That’s the…

Inside Jack Whitehall’s wedding to Roxy Horner, from his mother’s transformation after

It's usually the mother of the bride who finds herself in the spotlight at a wedding. But on Saturday, as comedian Jack Whitehall married his model girlfriend Roxy Horner at the celebrity nuptials of the year, it was his mum Hilary who…

Scandal of the mothers left to suffer in silent shame for years with shattering

Bethanie Parsons vividly remembers the moment she realised something had gone terribly wrong during the birth of her first child.After hours of pushing, she was told her baby’s heart rate was slowing and a doctor said forceps were needed…

British boy, 13, stabbed to death by his mother’s Portuguese ex-boyfriend ‘died trying…

The heartbroken grandmother of a 13-year-old boy stabbed to death in Portugal spoke of her shock today and said: 'He died trying to protect his mother.'Linda Hallett described her grandson, Alfie Hallett, as a 'lovely, gentle boy with a…

LOSING JAMES: A MOTHER’S STORY by Caroline Jane Munday: The war ended years ago…but my

LOSING JAMES: A MOTHER’S STORY by Caroline Jane Munday (Independent £18.99, 322pp)WEDNESDAY, October 15, 2008, began as an ordinary morning for mother-of-five Caroline Munday, working at Parcelforce near Coventry Airport. She did not…

Babies could be born WITHOUT biological mothers as scientists create human eggs from skin

Infertility is something that affects millions of people around the world – often caused by problems with the egg. Now, scientists have taken a huge step towards helping many women have their own genetic children. Experts from Oregon …