A materialist feminist approach to women’s oppression destroys the idea that women are a “natural group”: “a racial group of a special kind, a group perceived as natural, a group of men considered as materially specific in their bodies.” What the analysis accomplishes on the level of ideas, practice makes actual at the level of...
Claire Manning BBC News, Devon BBC Kingsbridge Primary School has received an award for the support staff give to pupils born prematurely A Devon school has been recognised for the support it gives pupils who were born prematurely. Kingsbridge Primary School has been given a Smallest Things Prem Award to acknowledge the extra training its...
Emily Bell BBC News, Jersey Danny Parkinson BBC News, Channel Islands BBC Adam Dalton was born with underdeveloped arms and no hands A Jersey teenager born with a congenital limb deficiency (CLD) said learning to play golf had been “life-saving” for him. Adam Dalton, who lives by the motto “no hands, no limits”, has underdeveloped...
Jacob Panons BBC News, South East PA Media Little Lady was born on 10 May An animal sanctuary has announced one of its rare snow leopards has given birth to a cub after months of dedicated work. The cub, nicknamed Little Lady, was born at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, Kent, on 10 May....
“I first met Natalie when I was working at Loughborough University,” says former fast bowler Katherine. “She was trialling at the National Cricket Performance Centre there. “She came in with an arm brace on because her elbow hyper-extends. Mark Lane, the England coach at the time, was trying to wind me up saying she could...
Sarah Hawley BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Vanellope Hope Wilkins, now aged seven, was born with her heart outside of her body Vanellope Hope Wilkins made medical history when she was born with her heart outside of her body in 2017. Described by experts as “one of a kind”, Vanellope had three operations to place...
A “miracle” baby has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister’s womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK’s only successful womb transplant. Mum Grace and her...
Fergus Walsh Medical Editor Watch: New mum Grace (left) and her sister Amy (right) talk about the “miracle” of baby Amy A “miracle” baby has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and...
A woman gave birth to a baby on a street in Bangkok shortly after a hospital evacuation following tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar. The patient was lying on a stretcher as hospital staff surrounded her and delivered the baby. Patients from both King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and BNH Hospital were gathered in a park,...
