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Mum of ten begs for more room in council house

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A mum who lives in a three-bedroomed house with 10 children and her partner is asking for a bigger house.

Donna Harrison, from Bradford, says she has been asking social landlord Incommunities to allocate her family a bigger house for five years, to no avail.

Donna has six children and also looks after another four, one of whom is her live-in partner's daughter.

She shares a bedroom with a son and daughter as well as her partner, and told the Daily Mail: 'I can't cope. There's no room in the house for the kids.'

'We have taken on three extra kids and no one's given us any help. When people have got 10 kids they should knock two houses through for them.'

Celeb mini-mes

Celeb kids, Photo galleries

Sometimes it's hard to see the family resemblance - but not with these famous faces! Check out the celebrity parents and their mini-me offspring...


Toddler brought back from brink of death by horse tranquiliser

Medical conditions, Latest news

When little Finlay Benzie was rushed to hospital fighting for breath, doctors thought he had something stuck in his windpipe.

As his condition deteriorated they quickly realised he was having a severe asthma attack - and that normal treatments were having no effect.

But medics were able to bring the two-year-old back from the brink of death - with the help of a drug usually used on horses.

And yesterday his mother, Ashley, said Finlay had been saved by ketamine, which is most widely known as a tranquiliser used by vets on horses.

Third trimester

Pregnancy & birth, Photo galleries, Behaviour and Development

As you move into the third trimester of pregnancy you are probably picking out names and struggling with heartburn, but what is your baby up to? Find out here...


Emotional video of soldiers' surprise homecomings

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It's always emotional when you return from a week-long business trip, hug your child and she tells you how much she missed you. But what if you're a soldier posted in a war zone, and you surprise your child with your homecoming after months away? Bring on the tears and joy.

This video does a beautiful job of mixing such surprises, and while every reunion is touching, we have a few favorites: We love the little girl on Santa's lap right about 1:30, who runs up and says "Daddy? Hi daddy. I miss you!" We smiled and felt tearful too at the child who forgot to let go of his basketball right about 4:31. And how about the look of pure joy on the boy's face at 6:07? Don't watch this without a box of tissues.

Toddler infected by playground dog mess could go blind

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A toddler could lose one of her eyes after getting a rare infection from dog mess in a park playground.

Amiee Langdon, who turns two next week, put her hand down as she tumbled over, then wiped her left eye.

Aimee, who was playing in a gated children's area in Fallowfield, Manchester was diagnosed with a potentially deadly infection that could spread to her brain.

Hospital tests confirmed toxocariasis, an infection which is spread by dog dirt. It resulted in optical lobe cellulosis, which can lead to blindness and even death if not treated within 72 hours.

Couple accused of 'loaning adopted girls to paedophiles'

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A couple adopted two girls and allowed them to be subjected to horrific sexual abuse in exchange for money, a court heard yesterday.

The man and wife passed a number of checks that allowed them to adopt when the younger girl was just five. But after two years the husband began to sexually assault her, a jury was told.

Later, allegedly with the full knowledge of the wife, they allowed both girls to be minded after school by a pair of paedophiles, the court heard.

When one of the children told her adoptive mother what was going on, she replied, 'Just leave it, we'll have to see what happens'. She later added that she could do nothing, as one of the men 'helped us with money and a car', it is alleged.

British mum sentenced for abandoning daughter while she went drinking

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A British holidaymaker has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence for abandoning her 11-year-old daughter on a crowded Spanish beach while she went to a bar.

Alicia Bernadette Jenkins, 42, from Builth Wells, Powys, sat drinking in a bar for hours on Sunday afternoon while the 11-year-old girl wandered around the beach.

The youngster was found by a British couple who were horrified she was unsupervised in the busy seaside town on the Costa Dorada.

But when they took the girl to the bar, where her mother had been drinking for at least two hours, they were told to 'f*** off and leave me alone'.

Jumping for joy: You're going to be a grandmother!

Pregnancy & birth, Video, Grandparents



"I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it!"


Clearly, the Pointer Sisters have nothing on this gran-to-be, whose squeals of delight fill the screen for a full 30 seconds, as she discovers her daughter is pregnant.

The expectant couple thought the news would make a great gift for grandma on her birthday, so they wrapped up a baby grow with iron-on letters spelling "Baby" and their last name, and watched her excited realisation as she unwrapped the box.


Second trimester

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