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Parents’ shock as smiling baby girl is born with two front teeth
Aug 21st
A newborn baby girl shocked her parents with her first smile minutes after she was born – because she had two fully formed front teeth.
Normally, the first teeth don’t come through until the infant is aged between six months and one year.
But little Summer Whelan was born with two pearly white incisors in her lower gums.
Big grin: Summer Whelan, who is a month old, was born with two front teethHer parents Karen and Andy, from Wallsend in Newcastle, have already booked her into the dentist for the first time – even though she is less than a month old.
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Ping! How to rustle up crisps in the microwave… and they have a fraction of the calories
Aug 21st
Homemade crisps may sound like a laborious way to satisfy those junk food cravings.
And fans of Walkers and Golden Wonder will certainly take some convincing.
But according to makers of a new kitchen gadget, you can be tucking in to your favourite nibble within minutes – and with a fraction of the calories of normal crisps.
Preparation: The potato is sliced above the collection bowl Fresh from the microwave, the cooked chips in the rackCreators of the Microwave Crisp Maker say it is the perfect way to control how much salt and fat goes into your snacks.
Whereas crisps are usually made More >
Sorry the tax forms are late, we didn’t buy enough paper
Aug 21st
As excuses go, it’s up there with ‘leaves on the line’ and ‘the dog ate my homework’.
Half a million self-employed workers have been left in limbo – with some forced to go overdrawn – after the taxman failed to order enough paper.
Around four million statements were supposed to have been sent out to those who fill in self-assessment tax returns.
Blunder: HMRC failed to order enough paper to print statements for self-employed workers’ self assessment tax returnsHowever, by the July 31 deadline to pay the bills, hundreds of thousands had not been delivered because HM Revenue & Customs had More >
Million drivers face losing licence under EU diabetes diktat
Aug 21st
Up to one million people with diabetes could lose their driving licences because of harsh new European rules classifying them as unfit to drive.
Experts claim the ‘unnecessarily strict’ changes will affect hundreds of thousands who have been driving for decades without problems.
They say the rules amount to a blanket ban on diabetics taking insulin who occasionally have ‘hypos’ – episodes of hypoglycaemia, or low blood sugar, which may cause blackouts if not countered with a sugary snack.
Victim of Brussels: There are fears that diabetics will be unfairly penalised by the new legislationUnder a new definition of the rules to More >
‘Maggie Goes On A Diet’ book for girls as young as SIX branded ‘irresponsible’
Aug 21st
By Chris Brooke
Last updated at 12:07 AM on 20th August 2011
A controversial children’s book tells how a girl ‘transforms’ her life and becomes a school hero by losing weight.
The work, called Maggie Goes on a Diet, is written in verse and aimed at those as young as six.
Last night it was condemned by parents and experts for sending a dangerous message to vulnerable youngsters and encouraging eating disorders.
Healthy: Anna Wood before her anorexia and then ‘ravaged’ by the illnessAlthough it won’t be published until October, Amazon is taking orders for the 44-page book written by U.S. author More >
Pregnant women hit by return of rickets because they’re not getting enough sun
Aug 21st
By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 11:28 AM on 20th August 2011
Rickets had virtually been eliminated after the Secodn World War, but could return to pregnant women who do not get enough vitamin DVitamin D levels in pregnant women should be checked to protect their babies from rickets, the disease which was the scourge of Victorian Britain.
Experts claim rickets is returning because many are not getting enough of the sunshine vitamin.
Pregnant women should be screened for deficiency as it can lead to seizures, heart failure and rickets in their children, says an article in the Journal of Medical Screening.
Author Dr James More >
Hate crime unit probes beating of security guard
Aug 21st
Vancouver police are seeking a suspect in the violent assault and robbery of a security guard and are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
Police released surveillance images of a suspect in the incident, which took place about 4:30 a.m. PT Aug. 4 at a residential tower in the 500 block of Pacific Street, Const. Jana McGuiness said in a release Friday.
The Hate Crimes Unit has also been asked to look into alleged comments overheard during the assault and robbery, McGuinness said.
The suspect was in a group who the victim spoke with. VPDThe incident occurred after the guard, a More >
Prams are ‘terrifying, cruel and stressful’
Aug 21st
Emily Prince with her daughter Indiana, 12 months, at Parramatta Park. Emily has always used a pram that faces outwards. Picture: Tim Hunter Source: The Sunday Telegraph
Inward-facing prams cost “10 times more” Outward-facing prams “terrifying” “More important they are loved, fed”PARENTS who push their children in outward-facing prams are cruel and selfish, a leading Australian child health academic says.
But the controversial claims, made by Professor Cathrine Fowler from the University of Technology Sydney, have been shot down by the country’s best-known midwife, Baby Love author Robin Barker.
Ms Barker says, as long as babies are loved and fed, the More >
West Coast fish to be tested for Fukushima radiation
Aug 21st
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to start testing fish off the coast of British Columbia for the presence of radiation stemming from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan earlier this year.
The agency has not yet released any specific details on the testing program, but did say it expects the test results to be well below Health Canada’s actionable levels for radiation.
Fisheries activist Alexandra Morton with the Raincoast Research Society says she supports the testing, but calls the announcement a political move. Morton says millions of sockeye have started returning to the Fraser River and the fishing season is already More >
Lord Coe’s horror at finding out he is descended from a philandering Jamaican plantation owner who had sex with his slaves
Aug 21st
Lord Coe has spoken of his ‘shock’ at finding out he is descended from a philandering Jamaican slave owner who fathered an illegitimate child with one of his workers.
The 2012 Olympics chief made the shocking discovery as he took part in the BBC television programme Who Do You Think You Are.
After tracing his lineage back seven generations Lord Coe was left aghast at the discovery he is related to the salacious 18th century sugar baron George Hyde Park.
Tracing his roots: Lord Coe learns about relative Captain Hyde John Clarke in BBC’s Who Do You Think You AreHyde Park, More >
