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A young widow who was once voted Mum of the Year has been found guilty of benefits fraud. 
 
Kelly Harvey, 30, continued to claim widow's allowance after her new partner moved in. 
 
The mum of two had been claiming the benefit after her ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/former-mum-of-the-year-found-guilty-of-8-000-benefits-fraud/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>benefit fraud</category><category>benefits</category><category>fraud</category><category>kids</category><category>mum of the year</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>widow</category><category>widows allowance</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:50:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Liz Hurley hits out at Mummy Two critics</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/liz-hurley-hits-out-at-mummy-two-critics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/liz-hurley-hits-out-at-mummy-two-critics/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/liz-hurley-hits-out-at-mummy-two-critics/#comments</comments>
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Liz Hurley has taken to the internet to respond to negative comments in the press about her relationship with Shane Warne's children and his ex-wife Simone. 
 
Liz has written on her official Facebook page to set the record straight ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/liz-hurley-hits-out-at-mummy-two-critics/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>celebrity</category><category>celebrity news</category><category>Elizabeth hurley</category><category>facebook</category><category>liz hurley</category><category>Mummy Two</category><category>shane warne</category><category>step mother</category><category>stepfamilies</category><category>stepmothers</category><category>steve bing</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:21:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Brave model scarred in acid attack: I would love to have kids</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/acid-attack-victim-katie-piper-i-would-love-to-have-kids/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/acid-attack-victim-katie-piper-i-would-love-to-have-kids/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/acid-attack-victim-katie-piper-i-would-love-to-have-kids/#comments</comments>
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Former model Katie Piper, who suffered horrific injuries when her ex-boyfriend arranged for an accomplice to throw sulphuric acid in her face, has spoken of her desire to be a mum. 
 
Katie was just 24 and enjoying a successful career as a ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/22/acid-attack-victim-katie-piper-i-would-love-to-have-kids/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>acid attack</category><category>autobiography</category><category>burns victims</category><category>celebrity</category><category>Celebrity News</category><category>Katie Piper</category><category>mum</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:15:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Chantelle Houghton confirms she is living apart from Alex Reid - and she's planning to give birth in a 'sexy black nightie'</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/chantelle-houghton-confirms-she-is-living-apart-from-alex-reid-and-plans-give-birth-in-sexy-black-nightie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/chantelle-houghton-confirms-she-is-living-apart-from-alex-reid-and-plans-give-birth-in-sexy-black-nightie/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/chantelle-houghton-confirms-she-is-living-apart-from-alex-reid-and-plans-give-birth-in-sexy-black-nightie/#comments</comments>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/category/celebrity-news/" rel="tag">Celebrity News</a>, <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/category/giving-birth/" rel="tag">Birth</a></p><img alt="Chantelle Houghton confirms she is living apart from Alex Reid - and she's planning to give birth in a 'sexy black nightie'" title="Chantelle Houghton confirms she is living apart from Alex Reid - and she's planning to give birth in a 'sexy black nightie'" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.parentdish.co.uk/media/2012/05/pa-11454061_264x169.jpg" override="" overridesize="_264x169"><br /> 
	
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When you're a celeb there is no event that does not need careful What to Wear management, and that includes giving birth! 
 
Whilst most pregnant mums are happy to labour in an out-sized nightie or one of their partner's old work shirts, ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/chantelle-houghton-confirms-she-is-living-apart-from-alex-reid-and-plans-give-birth-in-sexy-black-nightie/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>alex reid</category><category>birth</category><category>celebrity news</category><category>celebrity pregnancy</category><category>Chantelle Houghton</category><category>giving birth</category><category>labour</category><category>living apart</category><category>maternity wear</category><category>pregnancy-and-birth</category><category>separated</category><category>split</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:00:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Toddler tied into car seat in the open back of a pick up truck</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/toddler-tied-into-car-seat-in-the-open-back-of-a-pick-up-truck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/toddler-tied-into-car-seat-in-the-open-back-of-a-pick-up-truck/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/toddler-tied-into-car-seat-in-the-open-back-of-a-pick-up-truck/#comments</comments>
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This is just unbelievable - a man drove around with a child TIED UP with rope in the back of a pick-up truck! 
 
In what we can only assume was some kind of ridiculous attempt at securing the child in the back of the vehicle, the man - ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/toddler-tied-into-car-seat-in-the-open-back-of-a-pick-up-truck/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>baby seats</category><category>car accident</category><category>car safety</category><category>car seats</category><category>children in cars</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>weird stories</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:45:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Dad launches phone network to put parents in control of kids' mobiles</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/dad-launches-phone-network-bemilo-to-put-parents-in-control-of-kids-mobiles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/dad-launches-phone-network-bemilo-to-put-parents-in-control-of-kids-mobiles/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/dad-launches-phone-network-bemilo-to-put-parents-in-control-of-kids-mobiles/#comments</comments>
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A new phone network has launched to give parents control over their children's mobile telephone usage. 
 
The Bemilo pay-as-you go service allows mums and dads to vet who can contact their youngsters, who the children can phone, and the ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/dad-launches-phone-network-bemilo-to-put-parents-in-control-of-kids-mobiles/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>bemilo</category><category>cyber bullying</category><category>kids</category><category>kids and mobiles</category><category>kids online</category><category>mobile phones</category><category>mobiles</category><category>mobiles in school</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>texting</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:30:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Jennifer Lopez: My feet grew a size in pregnancy and have not shrunk back!</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/jennifer-lopez-my-feet-grew-a-size-in-pregnancy-and-have-not-shrunk-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/jennifer-lopez-my-feet-grew-a-size-in-pregnancy-and-have-not-shrunk-back/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/jennifer-lopez-my-feet-grew-a-size-in-pregnancy-and-have-not-shrunk-back/#comments</comments>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/category/celebrity-news/" rel="tag">Celebrity News</a>, <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/category/pregnancy-health-and-wellbeing/" rel="tag">Health &amp; Advice</a></p><img alt="Jennifer Lopez: My feet grew a size in pregnancy and have not shrunk back!" title="Jennifer Lopez: My feet grew a size in pregnancy and have not shrunk back!" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.parentdish.co.uk/media/2012/05/jenniferlopez-1337597062_264x169.jpg" override="" overridesize="_264x169"><br /> 
	
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Jennifer Lopez has 'fessed up that her feet have never quite returned to their pre-pregnancy size! 
 
Speaking to Sky news in Australia, the singer and actress admitted that her feet grew a whole size whilst she was expecting her twins Max ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/jennifer-lopez-my-feet-grew-a-size-in-pregnancy-and-have-not-shrunk-back/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>body changes</category><category>celebrity</category><category>celebrity news</category><category>feet</category><category>jennifer lopez</category><category>pregnancy</category><category>pregnancy-and-birth</category><category>pregnant celebrities</category><category>shoe size</category><category>twins</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 21 May 2012 06:52:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Lily Cole was taunted at school over her ginger hair</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/lily-cole-bullied-at-school-over-her-ginger-hair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/lily-cole-bullied-at-school-over-her-ginger-hair/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/lily-cole-bullied-at-school-over-her-ginger-hair/#comments</comments>
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Gorgeous Lily Cole has revealed she suffered bullying as a schoolgirl over her red hair. 
 
The flame-haired supermodel turned actress said she was called names like 'carrot-top' and 'ginger' by mean kids when she was growing up. 
 ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/lily-cole-bullied-at-school-over-her-ginger-hair/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>bullied</category><category>bullies</category><category>cannes</category><category>celebrity news</category><category>ginger</category><category>lily cole</category><category>modeling</category><category>red hair</category><category>red head</category><category>school</category><category>supermodels</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 21 May 2012 06:35:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Shocking video: Toddler put into tumble dryer by parents as a 'joke'</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/shocking-video-toddler-put-into-tumble-dryer-by-parents-as-a-joke/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/shocking-video-toddler-put-into-tumble-dryer-by-parents-as-a-joke/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/shocking-video-toddler-put-into-tumble-dryer-by-parents-as-a-joke/#comments</comments>
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Whatever were they thinking? A couple's 'joke' could have left their child seriously injured or even dead as it went horribly wrong in a US launderette. 
 
Obviously thinking it would be something of a hoot, the mindless mum and dad put their ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/21/shocking-video-toddler-put-into-tumble-dryer-by-parents-as-a-joke/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>bad parenting</category><category>bad parents</category><category>joke</category><category>launderette</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>practical jokes</category><category>pranks</category><category>tumble drier</category><category>tumble dryer</category><category>USA</category><category>washing machine</category><category>weird stories</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 21 May 2012 06:30:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Has heavily pregnant Chantelle Houghton left Alex Reid?</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/20/has-heavily-pregnant-chantelle-houghton-left-alex-reid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/20/has-heavily-pregnant-chantelle-houghton-left-alex-reid/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/20/has-heavily-pregnant-chantelle-houghton-left-alex-reid/#comments</comments>
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Heavily pregnant Chantelle Houghton is living on her own in a furniture-less flat in Essex, where she is sleeping on the floor, according to newspaper reports today. 
 
The model and TV personality is said to have left the &pound;600,000 ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/20/has-heavily-pregnant-chantelle-houghton-left-alex-reid/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>alex reid</category><category>celebrities on twitter</category><category>celebrity break ups</category><category>celebrity news</category><category>celebrity pregnancy</category><category>celebs on twitter</category><category>Chantelle Houghton</category><category>pregnancy-and-birth</category><category>pregnant celebrities</category><category>separated</category><category>split</category><category>TwitterScam</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Sun, 20 May 2012 13:50:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Mum and baby son driven from dream home by GHOSTS</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/mum-and-baby-son-driven-from-dream-home-by-ghosts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/mum-and-baby-son-driven-from-dream-home-by-ghosts/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/mum-and-baby-son-driven-from-dream-home-by-ghosts/#comments</comments>
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A terrified mum has been forced from her dream cottage by GHOSTS. 
 
Vanessa Mitchell, 37, has fled her quaint two-bedroom home in St Osyth, Essex, after spooky goings-on made her life hell. 
 
The frightened mum claims that fearsome ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/mum-and-baby-son-driven-from-dream-home-by-ghosts/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>essex</category><category>ghost tours</category><category>ghosts</category><category>haunted</category><category>haunted houses</category><category>hauntings</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>weird stories</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:02:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>One in three kids leave primary school unable to swim a length</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/one-in-three-kids-leave-primary-school-unable-to-swim-a-length/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/one-in-three-kids-leave-primary-school-unable-to-swim-a-length/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/one-in-three-kids-leave-primary-school-unable-to-swim-a-length/#comments</comments>
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Too many children are leaving primary school unable to swim. 
 
In a report, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) says that one in three kids will reach Year 7 without being able to swim the length of a pool, or 25 metres. They say the ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/one-in-three-kids-leave-primary-school-unable-to-swim-a-length/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>Amateur swimming association</category><category>ASA</category><category>children</category><category>kids</category><category>learn</category><category>length</category><category>National Curriculum</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>schools</category><category>swim</category><category>swimming</category><category>swimming lessons</category><category>teach</category><category>water safety</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:42:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Whopper water baby makes a 12lb 6oz splash at birth!</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/bethany-jane-turner-whopper-water-baby-makes-a-12lb-6oz-splash-at-birth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/bethany-jane-turner-whopper-water-baby-makes-a-12lb-6oz-splash-at-birth/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/bethany-jane-turner-whopper-water-baby-makes-a-12lb-6oz-splash-at-birth/#comments</comments>
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Bethany Jane Turner made a bit of a splash when she arrived in a birthing pool at North Manchester General Hospital last week - all 12lb 6oz of her! 
 
The not-so-little girl was two weeks overdue but amazingly was born naturally in just ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/17/bethany-jane-turner-whopper-water-baby-makes-a-12lb-6oz-splash-at-birth/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>12lb 6oz</category><category>big babies</category><category>biggest baby</category><category>heaviest baby</category><category>heavy baby</category><category>natural birth</category><category>overdue</category><category>pregnancy-and-birth</category><category>water birth</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:22:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Claudia Winkleman: I'm banned from having more babies!</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/claudia-winkleman-banned-from-having-more-babies-by-husband-kris-thykier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/claudia-winkleman-banned-from-having-more-babies-by-husband-kris-thykier/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/claudia-winkleman-banned-from-having-more-babies-by-husband-kris-thykier/#comments</comments>
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Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman has had a baby ban slapped on her by her husband, Kris Thykier! 
 
The mum-of-three was apparently more broody than ever after popping out her third child last summer, but her film producer ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/claudia-winkleman-banned-from-having-more-babies-by-husband-kris-thykier/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>celebrity</category><category>celebrity babies</category><category>celebrity news</category><category>claudia winkleman</category><category>Strictly Come Dancing</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:56:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Teenager's amazing recovery from brain tumour and stroke</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/teenager-hannah-jones-amazing-recovery-from-brain-tumour-and-stroke/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/teenager-hannah-jones-amazing-recovery-from-brain-tumour-and-stroke/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/teenager-hannah-jones-amazing-recovery-from-brain-tumour-and-stroke/#comments</comments>
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When Hannah Jones suffered a stroke during surgery to remove a brain tumour, her doctors feared she would be left permanently disabled. But Hannah, now 18, has made a full recovery and is training to be a primary school teacher. 
 ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/teenager-hannah-jones-amazing-recovery-from-brain-tumour-and-stroke/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>alder hey</category><category>brain tumor</category><category>cancer</category><category>childhood cancer</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>recovery</category><category>stroke</category><category>teacher training</category><category>teen</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Tue, 15 May 2012 07:52:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Shane Warne's ex tells  'mummy 2' Liz Hurley hands off my kids!</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/shane-warne-ex-tells-mummy-2-liz-hurley-hands-off-my-kids/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/shane-warne-ex-tells-mummy-2-liz-hurley-hands-off-my-kids/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/shane-warne-ex-tells-mummy-2-liz-hurley-hands-off-my-kids/#comments</comments>
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The mother of Shane Warne's children - his ex-wife Simone Callahan - has warned Liz Hurley to stop trying to be a mummy to HER kids. 
 
Simone Callahan was left 'hurt' after Liz told a mag that Brooke, 14, Jackson, 13, and Summer, nine, ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/shane-warne-ex-tells-mummy-2-liz-hurley-hands-off-my-kids/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>blended families</category><category>broken homes</category><category>Celebrity News</category><category>family</category><category>liz hurley</category><category>mum</category><category>shane warne</category><category>Simone Callahan</category><category>stepmothers</category><category>stepmums</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Tue, 15 May 2012 07:30:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Madeleine McCann's parents sickened by Derek Acorah's 'she's dead' claims</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/madeleine-mccann-parents-sickened-by-medium-derek-acorah-she-is-dead-claims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/madeleine-mccann-parents-sickened-by-medium-derek-acorah-she-is-dead-claims/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/madeleine-mccann-parents-sickened-by-medium-derek-acorah-she-is-dead-claims/#comments</comments>
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The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are reportedly 'sickened' by claims made by TV psychic Derek Acorah that she is dead. 
 
The 'medium' says he was sent a message from the spirit world telling him "she's not on this earth any more". ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/15/madeleine-mccann-parents-sickened-by-medium-derek-acorah-she-is-dead-claims/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>abducted</category><category>dead</category><category>Derek Acorah</category><category>kate and gerry mccann</category><category>kids</category><category>maddie mcann</category><category>Madeleine McCann</category><category>mccanns</category><category>medium</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>snatched</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:24:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Chantelle Houghton's pregnancy woes: I feel like a waddling balloon</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/chantelle-houghton-pregnancy-woes-i-feel-like-a-waddling-balloon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/chantelle-houghton-pregnancy-woes-i-feel-like-a-waddling-balloon/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/chantelle-houghton-pregnancy-woes-i-feel-like-a-waddling-balloon/#comments</comments>
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With just weeks to go before the birth of her daughter, Chantelle Houghton has revealed she hasn't written a birth plan or been to any antenatal classes with Alex Reid! 
 
Writing in this week's New! magazine the 28-year-old first-time mum ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/chantelle-houghton-pregnancy-woes-i-feel-like-a-waddling-balloon/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>alex reid</category><category>boobs</category><category>breasts</category><category>caesarean</category><category>celebrity</category><category>celebrity news</category><category>Chantelle Houghton</category><category>hips</category><category>maternity wear</category><category>pregnancy-and-birth</category><category>pregnant</category><category>pregnant celebrities</category><category>sore breasts</category><category>tummy</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:00:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Children held in disgusting and degrading conditions at Heathrow, claims report</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/children-held-in-disgusting-and-degrading-conditions-at-heathrow-airport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/children-held-in-disgusting-and-degrading-conditions-at-heathrow-airport/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/children-held-in-disgusting-and-degrading-conditions-at-heathrow-airport/#comments</comments>
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The UK Border Agency has been accused of detaining children in degrading and disgraceful conditions at Heathrow Airport. 
 
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) says children of all ages are held in unacceptable facilities nearly every ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/children-held-in-disgusting-and-degrading-conditions-at-heathrow-airport/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>border control</category><category>critical</category><category>heathrow</category><category>inhumane</category><category>kids</category><category>news-and-views</category><category>uk border agency</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:08:00 EST</dc:date></item><item><title>Dannii Minogue: Being a mum is more important than my career</title><link>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/dannii-minogue-being-a-mum-to-ethan-is-more-important-than-my-career/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/dannii-minogue-being-a-mum-to-ethan-is-more-important-than-my-career/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/dannii-minogue-being-a-mum-to-ethan-is-more-important-than-my-career/#comments</comments>
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Newly-separated mum-of-one Dannii Minogue has said she is putting her son before her career and ruling out a return to music. 
 
Dannii, 40, who recently split from Kris Smith, father of her two-year-old son, Ethan, said her priority now ... <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/14/dannii-minogue-being-a-mum-to-ethan-is-more-important-than-my-career/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p>]]></description><category>celebrity news</category><category>celebrity single mums</category><category>Dannii Minogue</category><category>ethan</category><category>kris smith</category><category>single mums</category><category>single parent</category><category>X Factor</category><dc:creator>Kelly Rose Bradford</dc:creator><dc:date>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:28:00 EST</dc:date></item></channel></rss>
