Mothers and Daughters: Sophie Morgan – ‘I felt guilty that, because of me, Mum’s life changed, too’

How do you turn one of the worst things that could happen into a positive? For TV presenter Sophie Morgan, left paraplegic after a car crash, her mother Carol’s can-do attitude was inspirational Sophie with mum Carol in 2011 Sophie’s story TV presenter and disability rights campaigner Sophie Morgan, 35, lives in London For a … Read more

HEALTH NOTES: Thousands of children miss out on jabs because their mothers have mental health issues

HEALTH NOTES: Thousands of children miss out on jabs because their mothers ‘have mental health problems’ By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 4 July 2020 At least 5,000 children in the UK miss out on potentially lifesaving vaccines every year because their mothers have mental health … Read more

Britain’s Best Parent viewers criticise smacking mother’s ‘lazy’ tactics

Furious row erupts on Britain’s Best Parent as mother who smacks her children claims it’s always done in a ‘controlled manner’ – but viewers criticise her ‘lazy’ tactics Two mothers exchanged heated words during the final of Britain’s Best Parent  Strict parents Nicky and David returned to the Channel 4 programme tonight  Show turned tense … Read more

A mother’s obesity may raise liver cancer risks for generations to come, mouse study suggests 

A mother’s obesity may raise liver cancer risks for generations to come, mouse study suggests Researchers fed mice a high-fat diet so they would become obese and then exposed them to a liver carcinogen The diet led to an over-expression of a gene that is abnormally expressed in various types of cancer This increased odds of the … Read more

Producer Naughty Boy admits ‘everyday is a challenge’ coping with mother’s dementia battle

Producer Naughty Boy admits ‘every day is a challenge’ as his mother, 66, battles dementia but says he copes by looking for ‘glimpses of who Mum is’ and ‘vibrations of love’ British DJ, called Shahid Khan, 35, from Watford detailed mum’s dementia battle Zahida ,66, received a diagnosis for dementia last year after having a … Read more

Baby wombat WAVES for help from her dead mother’s pouch after she was killed by a car

Extraordinary moment baby wombat WAVES for help from her dead mother’s pouch after she was killed by a car The roadside wombat was spotted by walkers in Bundanoon in New South Wales It was cut out of its mother’s pouch by John Creighton, 59, from Wombat Care The joey made a full recovery and is … Read more

Grieving mother’s fury over early release date for couple who killed her daughter

A grieving mother has slammed the early release of a couple who killed her daughter after barging her off the road in a Fast and Furious-style chase.   Jackie Taylor, 55, has vowed to ‘keep on fighting the justice system’ over the early release of the couple who killed her daughter Sophie, 22 in August 2016.  … Read more

Mothers and daughters: ‘We’ve proved that music can heal’

Katherine and Daphne in Toronto, 2017, where Daphne was working When piano teacher Daphne Bryan was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, she thought she’d never play again. But, as she and her daughter Katherine – a top flautist – reveal, when your passion and determination are strong enough, miracles can happen… Daphne’s story Music teacher Daphne, … Read more

Three mothers are considering legal battle with Government over school closures

Three mothers are considering launching legal battle with Government claiming school closures during coronavirus crisis may have breached their children’s human rights They have written to the Education Secretary to ask if pupils’ mental welfare was considered The mothers say social distancing in schools could cause long-term damage Schools will return on for select year … Read more

Karren Brady’s daughter Sophia Peschisolido says she’s often been given her mother’s death stare

‘I know those death stares!’: Karren Brady’s daughter Sophia Peschisolido jokes that she’s been subjected to her mother’s hard gaze so often that she knows ‘exactly what each one means’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 00:56 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 08:43 BST, 31 May 2020 Her mother is known for her hard … Read more