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A former Tory MP jailed for groping a 15-year-old boy has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction and sentence.Imran Ahmad Khan, 49, was jailed for 18 months at Southwark Crown Court in May, after being found guilty of sexual assaulting the teenager after a party in 2008.Two days after winning his seat in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in the December 2019 general election, Khan contacted one of the victim's relatives expressing concerns about the 2008 incident, and the victim later went to police.

The Co-op has doubled the length of paid leave available for bereaved staff in what is says is a market-leading policy for the retail sector.The convenience chain and the UK's largest funeral provider said its 57,000 employees can take up to 10 days paid leave when someone close to them dies or is seriously ill, up from five.

Sadie Hawkes, who miscarried at nine weeks, was fined for claiming a free prescription A woman who miscarried was fined by the NHS for claiming a free prescription while pregnant.Sadie Hawkes, 33, lost her baby before she had received the maternity exemption certificate that entitled her to free prescriptions throughout her pregnancy.

A mum is raising her premature twins alone after conceiving with sperm from a stranger she met on Facebook.Sarah Mangat, 34, had been single for nearly eight years when she decided to embark on solo motherhood in July 2020.She had planned to use a sperm bank but found the process 'too impersonal'' so instead found a Facebook group for sperm donors.

A mum is raising her premature twins alone after conceiving with sperm from a stranger she met on Facebook.Sarah Mangat, 34, had been single for nearly eight years when she decided to embark on solo motherhood in July 2020.She had planned to use a sperm bank but found the process 'too impersonal'' so instead found a Facebook group for sperm donors.

Rapid changes must be made to England's maternity services or more mothers and babies will be harmed, a damning report from the Health Service Ombudsman has concluded.The new study, based on complaints and compensation payments made to women for poor care, found that mothers and babies are still being put at risk despite high-profile inquiries into services.

It all started on a late morning on a highway.A camera panned to the cab of a large semi-trailer truck.The driver wore a plaid shirt and a day's growth of beard.Next to him was a mysterious hitchhiker in expensive clothes that were ripped and a fresh head wound.He got out at Genoa City.And he stayed.

BIRTH: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America, by Rebecca Grant The French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir provides an epigraph for Birth, Rebecca Grant's exploration of pregnancy and childbirth in the United States.Pregnancy is above all a drama playing itself out inside the woman between her and herself, Beauvoir wrote in The Second Sex (1949).

Season one is done.slammed the barn door shut with its breathlessly awaited finale, "Nothing Left to Lose." Fans will debate Episode 8 for a long time, at least until season two rolls around.It was an important episode, with a lot happening, but it also left several story threads unresolved and did NOT answer arguably the biggest Yellowstone question of all, though some fans believe the answer is now at least implied.

Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter The Duke of Sussex will discuss living with loss and the importance of personal healing during a livestreamed event which follows the publication of his controversial memoir.

In the first episode of the fourth season of The Simpsons aired in 1992 Marge and Homer see Bart and Lisa off to summer camp.As soon as the bus drives off, all the parents start hollering, hooting, popping bottles of champagne and one parent even shouts, don't come back.Once they're gone, Homer's hair begins to grow back and he loses weight.

Naomi Ackie in "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody."(Emily Aragones/Sony Pictures/AP) StarOutline StarOutline (1.5 stars) "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody," director Kasi Lemmons's frustratingly one-note biopic about the pop songstress, who died in 2012 at age 48, suffers from an egregiously ironic musical sin: It's all hooks and no bridges.

I t was 1am when Afghan refugee Muhammed Nasir heard his wife calling to him from the bathroom in the Southampton hotel where they were sta ying.She was suffering a miscarriage.Just weeks earlier the former National Crime Agency (NCA) logistics manager, his wife and two young children had fled Taliban violence in Kabul via an evacuation flight as part of the UK's Operation Pitting.

Scotland's First Minister has told how she attended a memorial service while still having a miscarriage.Nicola Sturgeon has been open about her baby loss experience in the past, but provided more detail in an interview on the ITV show Loose Women.Speaking to the hosts, the First Minister was asked how she could deal with such a traumatic experience and continue being a politician.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Nicola Sturgeon has said her grief over suffering a miscarriage will stay with her forever.The outgoing First Minister spoke of her personal experience of baby loss as she announced details of a new Memorial Book, in which parents can record details of infants lost prior to 24 weeks in pregnancy.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A junior doctor trekked for two hours and 35 minutes to get to help his patients - after heavy snow stopped him from driving.Dr Alex Burnett took on the eight-and-a half mile journey from Thurgoland to his nearest tram stop, and said he would do the walk again if needed in a heartbeat.

I got pregnant for the first time early in the pandemic.It felt like perfect timing.There was nothing to do but binge watch TV, go on walks and feel nauseated in the privacy of my own home.The outside world was perilous and unrecognizable, but my life was full of meaning and possibility.Nine weeks into the pregnancy, I FaceTimed my husband from a routine scan  because partners weren't permitted in the office, he'd been waiting in the car.

What my high school director was actually reflecting was society's gender-based expectations of parental roles at the time (and perhaps still now), and the sentiment comes in such a slick package that it rings true even if it's not.Conversely, there is no neat categorization or adage for the single mother experience, but there sure is a lot of judgment.

Miscarriages are heartbreaking for couples.For those determined to become parents, they can be particularly hard to overcome because the effort to conceive complicates the work of healing.Still, research shows that the sooner people have sex after miscarriage (within a doctor's recommendations), the more likely they are to conceive again.

Welcoming your newborn into your home is probably the most memorable experience of any new parent's life.After months of nurturing and caring for your baby, it's natural to feel apprehensive and worry about the little things your newborn does or what they don't.Not on; y that but it's common for new parents to wonder how well their newborn is eating or whether they are getting enough sleep.

Kirstie Alley, whose role as Rebecca Howe in the US sitcom Cheers propelled her to stardom in the 1980s and 1990s, has died from cancer at the age of 71.A statement from her family, posted on social media through her official accounts, described her as an amazing mother and grandmother.To all our friends, far and wide around the world We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered, the statement read.