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LISA BRADY: For 12 years I thought I had failed at labour – and I know I’m not alone. Here’s why we MUST heed a stark warning on an archaic practice that is keeping women in agony – and risking mothers and babies lives

• Article criticises pressure to pursue “normal” birth at any cost
• Brady links personal trauma to wider maternity care culture
• Safety, choice and timely intervention are the core concerns

Lisa Brady writes about how she spent years blaming herself for a traumatic labour before concluding that wider maternity care culture, rather than personal failure, was to blame. The article argues that an entrenched preference for “normal” or vaginal birth can pressure women to endure prolonged pain and…

Haunted-looking Erika Kirk says she is ‘still trying to unpack’ horrific new footage of Charlie’s murder that was shown during Tyler Robinson hearing

The report says Erika Kirk appeared visibly distressed after a court hearing in which previously unseen footage of Charlie's murder was shown during proceedings involving Tyler Robinson. The development matters because it suggests the hearing exposed relatives and the court to new and potentially significant evidence, while also…

BBC Breakfast host Rachel Burden signs off final programme after becoming latest victim of £500m cuts

• Rachel Burden has left BBC Breakfast
• Her exit is linked to BBC cost-cutting
• Falling licence fee income is increasing pressure

BBC Breakfast presenter Rachel Burden has left the programme after nearly a decade, with her final appearance reportedly linked to the BBC’s latest cost-cutting drive. Her departure matters because it reflects the wider financial pressure on the broadcaster, which is trying to make large savings while facing falling…

Tory MP Patrick Spencer groped breasts of two women at London’s Groucho club after pestering them to have a drink with him, court hears

• Court heard MP Patrick Spencer sexually assaulted two women at a London club
• Prosecutors say the women were touched without consent after refusing drinks
• The women later identified him via Parliament’s website profile photo

Southwark Crown Court has heard allegations that Conservative MP Patrick Spencer groped the breasts of two women without consent during a night out at London’s Groucho club. Prosecutors said he repeatedly tried to get the women to drink with him before allegedly putting his arms around them and…

Inside twisted brothers’ sickening den of depravity where police found DOZENS of rotting bodies and piles of bones hidden behind secret door: ‘Haunted to my core’

• Police found concealed decomposing bodies at a Colorado mortuary
• Families were allegedly misled about promised cremations
• One man’s body was found 14 years later

A Daily Mail report says police discovered dozens of decomposing bodies and human remains concealed in a secret room at Davis Mortuary in Pueblo, Colorado, exposing an alleged long-running failure to carry out promised cremations and funerals. The case matters because it suggests bereaved families may have been…

Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad ‘is put under house arrest by regime over secret dealings with Israel in plan to install him as new leader’

• Report claims Ahmadinejad is under house arrest in Iran
• Alleged secret contacts with Israel are central to the story
• Claims rely on unnamed sources and remain unverified

The article reports claims that former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been placed under house arrest by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after intelligence authorities allegedly uncovered secret contacts with Israel. If true, the allegations would be politically explosive because Ahmadinejad was long known internationally for his hard-line…

Zero speeches, zero questions… but one ‘selfie’: Andy Burnham maintains Commons silence three weeks after he returned to Westminster as Makerfield MP… despite being paid £5.6k

• Andy Burnham has not spoken in the Commons since returning as an MP
• The silence comes despite about £5,600 in parliamentary pay
• His profile makes the lack of activity politically noteworthy

The article says Andy Burnham has remained silent in the House of Commons for three weeks after returning to Westminster as Labour MP for Makerfield, despite receiving parliamentary pay during that period. It presents this as politically notable because Burnham is a high-profile former mayor and potential future…

‘Recluse’ prime suspect in Ann Widdecombe murder investigation was ‘living alone after amputee father’s death’

• Terror police are leading Ann Widdecombe’s death investigation
• A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder
• Neighbours described the suspect as quiet and reclusive

Counter Terrorism Policing has taken over the investigation into the death of former minister Ann Widdecombe, after a 28-year-old man from Rotherham was arrested on suspicion of murder. The article says the suspect had been living alone following his amputee father’s death and describes him as a recluse,…