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As Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, prepares to outline a package of measures aimed at improving care in pregnancy and the early stages of motherhood, Annie Francis, chief executive of a local midwifery service says women benefit from having a dedicated midwife.   Neighbourhood Midwives, is a NHS-funded social enterprise based in Wandsworth, south London, [...]

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Normally, it’s the teachers telling their easily-distractible students to concentrate and be serious. But at Abby Kelly Foster High School, the teachers are the ones who are the class clowns. Several of the teachers at the Massachusetts charter school agreed to dance in the background of the video as history teacher Mike Penny asked his [...]

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Terminally-ill Australian Shaun Wilson-Miller, 17, has become an internet sensation after accidentally posting a heartbreaking and inspirational farewell message to the world on YouTube. Shaun, who has been told by doctors he does not have long left to live after his body rejected a SECOND heart transplant, was only trying to post his tragic goodbye [...]

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He’s been married to his actress wife for seven years who recently gave birth to their third child. And this weekend, ahead of Mother’s Day, actor Ben Affleck paid tribute to Jennifer Garner and praised her for being a ‘world-class mum’. He took to his Facebook page yesterday to post a video of him speaking [...]

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Footage from a traffic camera broadcast on Chinese state television shows the child slipping out of the front door of the car and onto the road, narrowly missing the back wheel of the car.   The child falls into the path of a taxi following behind which manages to pull up just in time. via [...]

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Seven families are expected to spend a second night in a hotel after being evacuated from their homes following a gas explosion at a house in Cheltenham. Emergency services were called to the terraced house in Rosehill Street, near Sandford Lido, on Thursday evening. An 81-year-old woman rescued from the wreckage is said to be [...]

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Thanks to their parents and a deep-rooted belief, babies in the Bagalkot district of south India’s Karnataka state unwittingly found themselves being tossed off the roof of a temple onto a sheet held by men waiting below, in a ritual that is believed to make them stronger.   On Monday, large crowds of devotees gathered [...]

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At Seattle Children’s Hospital, one floor is full of kids fighting battles that no one should ever have to face — especially not at their age. For a moment, however, the ward was filled with hope and joy from the most unlikely of sources. In the above video, the ward’s patients and staff lip-dub to [...]

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Mr Sendak wrote and illustrated more than a dozen books, the most famous of which, Where the Wild Things Are was also turned into a Hollywood movie in 2009. The author died from complications resulting from a recent stroke according to his longtime editor, Michael di Capua.   In the video, shot for the Tate [...]

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Rescuers freed the leg of a two-year old Chinese boy trapped in a gap in a drainage canal in the pavement in southwest China on Friday. The young boy was playing on the street when his right leg got stuck in the hole said the boy’s mother.   Firefighters chiselled away the sealant that held the [...]

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Would you save a baby monkey if you discovered it injured, alone and abandoned in the street? There is something beguiling about a baby monkey. It is a trembling, nervous thing, yet intelligent and fiercely inquisitive, full of potential. If you found it, you might feel an instant pull to help it, to save its [...]

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Ethan W. is on his way to YouTube stardom. A few new videos of the smiley six-year-old playing classic piano pop songs have been uploaded, and one of them — Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” — has caught fire on the web, garnering nearly 80,000 views in three days. We’ve seen many remarkable kid musicians on [...]

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Documentary on Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind one of the best-loved Sesame Street characters – Elmo. Follows Clash from his tough Baltimore upbringing to his work with Jim Henson and Kermit Love on the Muppets and explores why Clash and Elmo have been described as “Brad Pitt for five-year-olds”. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg via Being [...]

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It is estimated every three seconds somewhere in the world a girl is forced to marry against her will. In Bangladesh 20% of girls become wives before their 15th birthday. Now campaigners are stepping up their efforts to put a stop to the practice. The BBC’s correspondent Angus Crawford got exclusive access to one attempt [...]

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A surveillance camera catches the moment an unsuspecting girl falls through a pavement while walking down a street in northern China. The pavement caved in under the teenager’s weight as soon as she stepped onto a section of the walkway. What followed was a dramatic rescue attempt by a passing taxi driver. His heroic actions [...]

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It is a universally acknowledged truth that the first pancake is always a failure. But don’t be disheartened. It happens to the best chefs, too. No matter how well-greased the pan and carefully whisked the mixture, the initial effort is always flabby or misshapen. It’s probably because the pan is never quite hot enough. It [...]

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Move over Joan Rivers — there’s a new queen of the red carpet and she’s still in elementary school. You might remember adorable cousins Sophia Grace and Rosie from their previous appearances on YouTube and Ellen. Sophia Grace, who is 8 years old, can perform “Super Bass” just as well as Nicki Minaj. Ellen invited [...]

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A 25-year-old man, already on bail for voluntary manslaughter, has been arrested for attempting to abduct the seven-year-old from a Walmart store in Bremen, Georgia, on Wednesday, according to US state police. Bremen police Chief Keith Pesnell said Thomas Woods, of Austell, grabbed the girl and attempted to leave the shop, but let her go [...]

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These pictures are captured from a heart-warming video of a young boy dancing at a party in Eastern Europe. To the sound of high tempo techno-folk music, the pint-sized prancer struts his stuff in front of a crowd of partygoers. It is not clear where or when the video was made, but it appears to [...]

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Turns out that Disney loves the fishes because they’re going to be in 3D. Disney has announced that Pixar’s animated classic Finding Nemo will hit theaters this Fall for a limited, three-dimensional run. This isn’t the first time Disney has re-released 2D Pixar films in 3D. In the lead-up to Toy Story 3, the studio [...]

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After years in mothballs, will Jim Henson’s sweet and innocent creations survive in our cynical age? It’s time to play the music

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The Christmas shows repeated within hours

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The 20 classic films every child should watch to understand the history of cinema

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It has been a perennial Christmas television fixture for almost 30 years.

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The sequel to The Gruffalo has been animated for Christmas. Eithne Farry talks to its author, Julia Donaldson.

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With more than 150 million profiles and a digital newspaper that’s read almost as much as The New York Times, Club Penguin might be the biggest, most improbably successful social network for kids ever.

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A comedy film made for £200 which stars a little girl who cannot stop grinning has become an internet sensation.

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Kung Fu Panda 2 has scored 12 nominations at the 39th annual Annie Awards, which honours the year’s best animation.

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Comedian Jimmy Carr has defended his risqué material after making a joke about handicapped children and the children’s charity the Variety Club.

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Re-releasing old favourites such as the Lion King in all-new 3D versions? It’s all part of Hollywood’s cynical circle of life, says John Patterson

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Children’s television show created by Magnus Scheving sold in a deal valued at more than £15m

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Walt Disney’s quarterly profits have risen 11%, led by strong advertising revenues at its cable TV networks.

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There are some laughs to be had in this moderate family entertainment, though Jim Carrey is fundamentally subdued

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Cars 2, the animated film about a cheeky racing car, is set to become the most lucrative film toy franchise in history – outstripping even Star Wars and Toy Story.

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