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Findlay’s Story

Findlay was born on 27th April 2009 5 weeks premature due to a placental abruption. After spending 17 days in NICU and SCBU he was able to come home. At around 6 weeks of age he aquired a chest infection which despite antibiotics from the GP he was unable to...
Children involved in bullying – as both a victim and a bully – are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts by the time they reach 11 years old, according to research from the University of Warwick. In a paper published in the latest issue of the Journal...
Perinatal mental health problems carry a total economic and social long-term cost to society of about £8.1 billion for each one-year cohort of births in the UK, according to a new report ‘The costs of perinatal mental health problems’ released today by the London School of Economics and Centre...
Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision in North Dorset are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At 12.22pm today, Friday 15 February 2019, Dorset Police received a report of a collision on the C13 by the junction with Mill Street near to Fontmell Magna. The...

Iona’s Story

Iona was born on 15th June 2011 and has the same very rare chromosome disorder as her older brother Findlay although unfortunately she is more severely affected than he is. The chromosome abnormality affected her growth and development before she was born so she was extremely small for her...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has faced a backlash after claiming Brexit helped the UK become the first country in the world to have a clinically authorised coronavirus vaccine. The Pfizer/ BioNTech jab has been approved by Britain's medicines regulator - but the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has yet to do the same...