A man and a woman have been charged with murder after the death of a five-week-old baby. Sean Jefferson, 34, of Walsall, and Amy Leigh Clark, 33, of Lichfield, were charged with murder and with causing or allowing the death of a child. The pair were also charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm...
Daniel Sandford UK correspondent Julia Quenzler The jury in the retrial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been told his barristers have withdrawn from the case. Judge Mark Lucraft KC told the jurors that from now on Gordon was going to represent himself. Marten, 37, and Gordon, 50, deny manslaughter by gross negligence of...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West Woodside Animal Welfare Sanctuary Woodside Animal Welfare Trust said there was 25 baby rabbits currently in its care An animal rescue centre says it has got a record number of baby rabbits in its care, with more on the waiting list. Woodside Animal Welfare Trust in Plymouth said there...
Getty Images Health organisations have urged the government to take immediate action to protect babies and children from nutritionally poor, sugar-laden food. The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) said children “face relentless exposure to unhealthy food” and called for stronger regulation of the baby food market. It follows an investigation by BBC Panorama which found baby...
Kelly Foran BBC North West Tonight Ryan Hampson Ryan Hampson says his proudest moment was becoming a father but the child was not his A man whose ex-partner forged paternity test results to make him believe he was the father of her child said what she did had ruined his life. Ryan Hampson was at...
Constance Marten has denied carrying her baby in a supermarket bag while on the run and said she considered handing the newborn to authorities, a court has heard. Asked if her baby, Victoria, had been carried in a red bag for life at any point, Marten said “absolutely not” and added: “No-one is going to...
Catrin Nye, Adam Eley and Oliver Englehart BBC Panorama Getty Images Baby food pouches from six of the UK’s leading brands are failing to meet key nutritional needs of babies and toddlers – with parents being “misled” by their marketing – BBC Panorama has been told. Laboratory testing of 18 pouches made by Ella’s Kitchen,...
Sanchia Berg and Tara Mewawalla BBC News BBC As they walked through arrivals at Manchester Airport, a couple seemed to be behaving oddly towards their baby. Something did not sit right with Border Force officers. One worried the relationship between the three was “not genuine”. Officers pulled the couple for questioning. The man, Raphael Ossai,...
Fifteen young spotted rays have been released into Plymouth Sound as part of a project to raise awareness of the marine life around the South West. The fish were bred in captivity as part of the Little Rays of Hope project, a partnership between Plymouth Sound National Marine Park and the Marine Biological Association (MBA)....
Constance Marten has told the jury at her retrial that she “absolutely” loved her baby daughter and she and Mark Gordon did everything they could to protect her. She also said that her four other children had been “stolen by the state”, and described her family, which she did not want to be part of,...
RNIB As well as an influencer, author, broadcaster and RNIB ambassador, Lucy Edwards is hoping to become a mum Blind content creator and TikTok star Lucy Edwards says she’s “so excited” to be on a health kick to undergo IVF for gene editing purposes, but reveals the dilemma she faced in deciding to screen out...
Constance Marten’s newborn baby would have been exposed to “substantial climatic cold stress” in the first few days she spent camping on the South Downs in January 2023, a jury has heard. Professor George Havenith, an expert on clothing and cold exposure, told the jury that baby Victoria would have been at a “substantial risk...
This week saw the global markets ride a rollercoaster led by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, Madonna bury the hatchet with Elton John, and new details revealed about how the Titanic sank. But how much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven days? Quiz compiled...
A woman in Australia has unknowingly given birth to a stranger’s baby, after her fertility clinic accidentally implanted another woman’s embryos into her. The mix-up at Monash IVF in Brisbane, Queensland has been blamed on human error, Australian media reports. “On behalf of Monash IVF, I want to say how truly sorry I am for...
Police have launched an appeal to identify a man after infant grave tablets and memorials at a Plymouth cemetery were damaged. Devon and Cornwall Police said the incident was believed to have taken place overnight on Monday 3 March at Ford Park Cemetery. The force said several baby grave tablets and vase tops were deliberately...