You’ve probably heard about this NY Times profile of Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy published today by the NY Times. There’s no scandal here, just the usual Gorillas In the Mist approach to people who come from a social background very different from that of the average NY Times reader. Over three decades, Americans have watched...
Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10 years. The scheme, first reported by the Daily Telegraph, is part of a government drive towards predicting and preventing illness, which will also see £650m invested in DNA research for...
Controversial Kenyan televangelist Gilbert Deya, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, has died in a road crash. Police told local media that Deya died on the spot on Tuesday evening after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a university bus and another vehicle near Kisumu town in western Kenya. At least 30 other...
Roksana Lecka answered “no comment” when pressed on the footage seen by police A 22-year-old nursery worker has been convicted of abusing 21 babies, including kicking one little boy in the face and stepping on his shoulder. Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, west London, admitted seven counts of cruelty to a person under the age of...
Amanda has spoken to one other parent whose daughter had the condition and died at the age of two Jack is one of only 16 children in the world with a life-limiting genetic condition that is so rare it doesn’t have a name. The 11-month-old has a mutation of the PPFIBP1 gene which means he...
A UN humanitarian chief has said 14,000 babies in Gaza could die in the next 48 hours if lorries of aid do not reach communities in the Strip. Speaking to the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme, Tom Fletcher said thousands of trucks of aid were “ready to go”, adding that the lorries contained “baby food...
Getty Images Blue Ivy, 13, has been labelled the ‘greatest nepo baby of all time’ While most 13-year-olds were spending their Monday evening stressing over homework, awkward school crushes and what to post on TikTok, Blue Ivy Carter was performing in front of a crowd of 70,000 people alongside her mother Beyoncé on the opening...
Victoria Gill Science correspondent Kevin Church/BBC News Researchers are using specially designed games and brain-scanning ‘hats’ to work out how children develop key skills Two-year-old Henry is completely transfixed by the iPad in front of him. Every time a smiley face appears he taps the screen – and his tap transforms the face into a...
Women in England and Wales are likely to continue having babies later in life, and having smaller families, than previous generations, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) projections. The ONS says girls turning 18 in 2025 are likely to have an average of one child per woman by the age of 35 – unlike...
This is the moment two nurses in China rushed to protect newborn babies when a powerful earthquake struck neighbouring Myanmar on Friday. CCTV from a maternity unit in Ruili, a Chinese city near the border, shows one woman kneeling down to protect an infant, as another nurse holds on to other babies in their cots....