'Why as a society are we offended by breastfeeding?'
5 December 2014 Last updated at 17:26 GMT Louise Burns has said she will not return to Claridge's, a luxury hotel in Mayfair, after being asked to cover her baby with what she described as a "shroud"...
View ArticleTwycross Zoo: Baby Asian elephant on show to public
11 March 2014 Last updated at 18:45 GMT A baby Asian elephant born at Twycross Zoo has gone on public view for the first time. The female calf was born last week after its 18-year-old mother was...
View ArticleMPs to vote on three-person babies
3 February 2015 Last updated at 06:45 GMT MPs will hold a crucial vote on Tuesday to decide whether to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people. They will have a free vote on the...
View ArticleInsurance relief for 'stranded' baby and parents
3 January 2015 Last updated at 01:00 GMT A Lincolnshire couple, stranded in America after their baby was born 11 weeks early, will have their medical bills paid by an insurance company. Lee Johnston...
View ArticleHIV care 'at risk from NHS changes', specialists warn
1 December 2013 Last updated at 07:51 GMT HIV care is at risk from the changes to the health service in England, specialists have warned. As part of NHS reorganisation, sexual healthcare became the...
View ArticleHealthy start for newborns safe in mothers' arms
23 July 2014 Last updated at 12:59 BST A new study shows that newborn babies can reap the health benefits of a delay in cutting their umbilical cord - whilst they're safe in their mothers' arms. It had...
View ArticleBaby receives cochlear implants
8 April 2014 Last updated at 06:06 BST A baby has become the youngest person in the UK to have cochlear implants fitted and activated. Evie lost her hearing after contracting meningitis when she was...
View ArticlePolice seek woman who grabbed at baby in London shop
17 February 2015 Last updated at 16:00 GMT Detectives are trying to trace a woman who grabbed at a toddler in a central London shop. The unknown woman grabbed at the child's neck and said "that baby...
View ArticleMillie Thompson's mother: 'My daughter might not have died'
13 March 2015 Last updated at 09:12 GMT Training in paediatric first aid will be a legal requirement for nursery staff in England under government plans announced following a baby's death....
View ArticleBristol mother Charlotte Bevan and baby missing from hospital
3 December 2014 Last updated at 11:40 GMT Police in Bristol are conducting an "urgent" search for a mother and her four-day-old baby, who have gone missing from hospital. Charlotte Bevan, 30, left St...
View ArticleChristmas gift cards: Warning over vouchers
9 November 2013 Last updated at 08:49 GMT Many shoppers may be considering buying gift cards or vouchers this Christmas. Last year four big retailers went bust, and it meant thousands of people were...
View ArticlePhilippines typhoon: Briton 'hid in Cebu dive shop'
11 November 2013 Last updated at 10:58 GMT A British man visiting the Philippines has told the BBC he hid in a dive shop as Typhoon Haiyan struck. Towns in Cebu province in the far north have suffered...
View ArticleU.K. Now Paying Mothers to Breastfeed
In a new initiative, the U.K. will offer mothers vouchers as incentive to breastfeed, the BBC reports. The scheme promises mothers £120 ($190) in coupons at stores like Poundstretcher, Asda, and Tesco...
View ArticlePolice plea to missing mother: 'Please make contact'
3 December 2014 Last updated at 16:45 GMT Police conducting a search for a mother and newborn daughter have made a plea for her to make contact with them. Charlotte Bevan, 30, and her four-day-old baby...
View ArticleMothers to be given £200 vouchers to breastfeed
London (AFP) - New mothers in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire will be offered £200 in shopping vouchers if they breastfeed their babies under a pilot scheme that could be...
View ArticlePeanut allergies preventable by early introduction, research says
24 February 2015 Last updated at 09:23 GMT A new study has shown that eating peanut products early in life can prevent young children from becoming allergic to them. The trial involved more than 600...
View ArticleMothers To Get A £200 Incentive To Breastfeed...
New mothers will receive up to £200 of store vouchers in return for breastfeeding under a controversial scheme partly funded by the taxpayer. They will be given coupons for stores such as Poundland,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding mothers offered £200 in shop vouchers
New mothers are to be offered up to £200 in shopping vouchers to encourage them to breastfeed their babies. The pilot scheme is being targeted at deprived areas of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire and...
View ArticleBreastfeeding mother: I was called a tramp
5 December 2014 Last updated at 20:04 GMT The head of campaign group Free to Feed has said comments by UKIP leader Nigel Farage about breastfeeding are "absurd". Mr Farage stated on Friday that some...
View ArticleMothers stage breastfeeding protest at Claridge's
6 December 2014 Last updated at 14:40 GMT Mothers are staging a mass 'nurse-in' outside Claridge's hotel in London, in protest over an incident in which a woman was asked to cover herself up when she...
View ArticleStudy finds vouchers help pregnant smokers quit
28 January 2015 Last updated at 11:52 GMT Pregnant smokers have been offered shopping vouchers worth up to £400 to encourage them to quit. The study, conducted by researchers from Glasgow and Stirling...
View ArticleClaridge's breastfeeding mother: 'I felt humiliated'
2 December 2014 Last updated at 20:03 GMT A mother who says she was asked to cover her baby while breastfeeding at Claridge's Hotel says she felt humiliated. Louise Burns tells reporter Victoria...
View ArticleNigel Farage says breasting mothers could 'sit in a corner'
5 December 2014 Last updated at 11:41 GMT The UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said that women could, "perhaps sit in a corner" while breastfeeding in public. His comments come after a recent incident at...
View ArticleNottinghamshire triplets given donated breast milk
22 January 2014 Last updated at 00:24 GMT Ellen Lingard from Hucknall, Nottinghamshire struggled to produce enough breast milk for her triplets after they were born seven weeks premature. She turned to...
View ArticleWorld Breastfeeding Week - in 15 seconds
4 August 2014 Last updated at 16:37 BST World Breastfeeding Week is being marked, with the aim of encouraging breastfeeding and improving the health of babies around the globe. The UN says that about...
View ArticleDo financial incentives help pregnant smokers quit?
28 January 2015 Last updated at 07:07 GMT A trial in Glasgow suggests that pregnant women are more than twice as likely to give up smoking if given financial incentives. The researchers suggest...
View ArticleThe nanny state? Mothers could be paid to breastfeed their babies
Low breastfeeding rates in parts of the UK could be tackled by offering mothers up to £200 in shopping vouchers, researchers have said. A study in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire will investigate the...
View ArticleCall for better tongue-tie care for babies
18 February 2014 Last updated at 07:13 GMT Services for babies with breastfeeding problems caused by tongue-tie need to be improved, a parenting charity has said. The condition, which restricts the...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: New Mums To Get Shop Vouchers
Vouchers for Matalan, John Lewis, Mothercare or supermarkets are to be dished out to new mothers if they feed their babies with breast milk. Researchers from the University of Sheffield are examining...
View ArticleOswestry mum's breastfeeding photo deleted by Facebook
30 October 2014 Last updated at 12:24 GMT A photograph of a mother breastfeeding her premature baby has gone viral after it was deleted by Facebook. Emma Bond's picture of her feeding newborn Carene...
View ArticleMothers in South Africa donate their breast milk
7 August 2013 Last updated at 21:27 BST Doctors say the first line of defence for new born babies is proper nutrition and that almost 90% of neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life. As Pumza...
View ArticleResearchers to offer shopping vouchers to mothers who breastfeed
Sheffield University study will involve 130 mothers in communities where breastfeeding is thought to be stigmatised...
View ArticleBreastfeeding mothers to get £200: new incentive scheme could offer vouchers...
New mums will be handed vouchers for Matalan, John Lewis or Mothercare if they feed their babies with breast milk as part of a trial which could be rolled out nationally. They will receive up to £120...
View ArticleScheme offering shopping vouchers to mothers who breastfeed to be extended
The UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world but pilot scheme suggests offering vouchers can help takeup...
View ArticleBritan to pay moms to breastfeed under pilot program
LONDON - New mothers in two areas of Britain are to be paid to breastfeed their babies, it was announced Tuesday, under a trial scheme aimed at boosting the practice in poor areas where it is...
View ArticleBritain pays mothers to breastfeed
NEW mothers in two areas of Britain are to be paid to breastfeed their babies, under a trial scheme aimed at boosting the practice in poor areas where it is "stigmatised". Mums in Derbyshire, central...
View ArticleBritain pays mothers to breastfeed under pilot scheme
AFP - New mothers in two areas of Britain are to be paid to breastfeed their babies, it was announced Tuesday, under a trial scheme aimed at boosting the practice in poor areas where it is...
View ArticleNew mothers paid to breastfeed
--> New mothers in two areas of Britain are to be paid to breastfeed their babies, it was announced Tuesday, under a trial scheme aimed at boosting the practice in poor areas where it is...
View ArticleMothers to get £200 to breastfeed: new incentive scheme could offer vouchers...
New mums will be handed vouchers for Matalan, John Lewis or Mothercare if they feed their babies with breast milk as part of a trial which could be rolled out nationally. They will receive up to £120...
View ArticleFines for free formula milk
2 November 2013 Last updated at 00:05 GMT Research shows that breastfeeding is nearly always best for the health of both babies and their mothers. But in Venezuela breastfeeding rates are relatively...
View ArticleMother branded 'tramp' for breastfeeding plans protest
13 March 2014 Last updated at 13:49 GMT A Staffordshire mother has launched a breastfeeding protest after being labelled a "tramp" on Facebook for feeding her baby in public. Emily Slough, 27, was...
View ArticleStudy finds link between breastfeeding and intelligence
18 March 2015 Last updated at 11:11 GMT A long-term study has pointed to a link between breastfeeding and intelligence. The study in Brazil involved nearly 3,500 babies from all walks of life....
View ArticleNew mothers 'paid' to breastfeed in shopping vouchers scheme
20 November 2014 Last updated at 17:03 GMT A scheme offering up to £200 in shopping vouchers to mothers as an incentive to breastfeed their babies has been so successful in may be extended, the BBC has...
View ArticleNew mothers offered shopping vouchers to breastfeed
12 November 2013 Last updated at 19:16 GMT New mothers are to be offered up to £200 in shopping vouchers to encourage them to breastfeed their babies. The pilot scheme is targeting deprived areas in...
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