Expectant fathers are accused of treating an NHS maternity ward ‘like a hotel’ by sharing beds with their partners and ordering takeaways – leaving mothers too embarrassed to breastfeed New mothers said to be too embarrassed to breastfeed because so many men Staff at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary say their ability to deliver care is impacted … Read more
Nia Vardalos was unable to attend her father’s funeral ‘because of social distancing’ amid coronavirus pandemic By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 23:42 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:42 GMT, 21 March 2020 Nia Vardalos has revealed she was unable to travel to attend her father Michael Constantine’s funeral due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 57-year-old … Read more
MEMOIR Mapperton Moments by John Montagu (Skyscraper £10, 224 pp) Leaking house, leaking pond, leaking puppy, leaking father… these touching diaries of John Montagu (now the 11th Earl of Sandwich), chronicling his father’s slow decline into Alzheimer’s disease and death over eight years, have them all, in dripping abundance. Drip, drip, drip. It’s January 1987 … Read more
Knife crime is being driven by absent fathers, according to Britain’s top officer on violence. Jackie Sebire said it was easy to blame drugs, funding cuts or social media for the epidemic in knife crime. But she insisted that one of the biggest drivers of serious violence was the lack of a father figure at home. … Read more