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A newborn baby in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on May 22, 2020 in Frimley, United Kingdom. (Stock Image. Credit: Steve Parsons - Pool/Getty Images)

Bereaved families call for inquiry into NHS maternity services

Harriet Moxon with her five-year-old daughter Eve. Photo by Charlotte Ridgeon (Harriet's twin sister).

Mum says she's lucky to be alive after being hit by a car on holiday

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

Criminals must face victims for sentencing after Lucy Letby’s no-show

Boots issues apology after baby milk advert breaks rules

Boots issues apology after baby milk advert breaks rules

Outside Countess of Chester Hospital

Former nursing director suspended following Lucy Letby trial

Iceland is giving away ‘black cards’ across its stores (Photo: Getty Images)

Iceland issues warning on frozen food containing deadly bacteria

Jessy Williams with her daughter Sky

Mum has one of smallest babies ever born in UK - weighing 350g

Amy Walsh confirms she is returning to Emmerdale

Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam

A baby has been born using three people’s DNA for the first time in the UK, the fertility regulator has confirmed. Photo for illustrative purposes.

First UK baby with DNA from three people born after new IVF procedure

Best changing bags: stylish, wipe-clean, designer bags for nappies

Best changing bags: stylish, wipe-clean, designer bags for nappies

Carrying your kids’ kit about doesn’t have to be cumbersome or look frumpy. Here are practical, comfy nappy changing bags to help you cart your baby essentials in style

John Lewis has warned anyone who has bought a Winnie the Pooh sleeping bag to stop using them immediately and return them to their local store.

John Lewis issue urgent recall on Winnie the Pooh sleeping bags

Love Island star Amy Hart gives birth to first child with Sam Rason

TK Maxx and Homesense to close stores across the UK - full list

Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury (Getty)

Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury kept baby’s arrival secret for a week

Gemma Atkinson is pregnant with her second child with Gorka Marquez

Nigel the young cotton-top tamarin monkey on mother Florencia’s back at Drusillas Zoo Park in Alfriston, East Sussex (Credit: Drusillas Zoo Park/SWNS)

Baby monkey saving endangered species and unpopular name ‘Nigel’

Love Island star Dani Dyer is pregnant with twins with Jarrod Bowen

Primark has launched a premature baby collection with affordable items for parents

Primark launches premature baby range with £4 items

Love Island stars who have had a baby - featuring Molly-Mae and Tommy

Christmas baby: Most popular elf names of 2022 revealed by Baby Bella

London-based charity Little Village runs over 200 ‘baby banks’ across the UK and surveyed its workers who revealed the shocking length parents are have to go to in order to survive.

Cost of living crisis: Struggling families ‘reusing dirty nappies’

The best car seats from birth to 12, including Maxi Cosi and Cybex

The best car seats from birth to 12, including Maxi Cosi and Cybex

Toys ‘R’ Us is set to make a return to the UK’s high streets this year (Photo: Getty Images)

Toys ‘R’ Us is returning to the UK’s high streets ‘within months’

Introducing high doses of gluten to babies could offer protection against coeliac disease (Photo: Shutterstock)

Feeding your baby Weetabix could prevent allergies later in life

The masks are not new products but have been on sale since 2014 (Shutterstock)

Parents are being warned not to put face masks on babies due to risks of suffoca...

St Mary's Birth Centre in Melton EMN-200616-120421001

Melton parents can register babies now as lockdown eases

Health

New vaccine to prevent meningitis to be given to babies from today
Babies in the East of England to be offered vaccination against meningococcal group B (MenB) – a disease which can lead to meningitis