Ruairidh Pritchard

6 days ago | madeformums.com | Ruairidh Pritchard

In video footage from the event — which you can watch below — Shelly-Ann is seen warming up like she’s about to hit an international final, and then taking off with trademark precision and power. The race was over in seconds, and so was any hope for the other parents.

6 days ago | madeformums.com | Ruairidh Pritchard

The good news? The increase is real. The not-so-good news? Thanks to how Universal Credit is calculated, most families won’t see the higher payment until May. The delay comes down to how Universal Credit is assessed. Universal Credit is paid monthly in arrears and based on your “assessment period” – a rolling month where the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) looks at your earnings, deductions and eligibility.

6 days ago | madeformums.com | Ruairidh Pritchard

In a major raid, officers visited 30 small retail shops and wholesalers in Newcastle, removing 4,467 non-compliant items with an estimated street value of £6,000.

1 week ago | madeformums.com | Ruairidh Pritchard

The PANDA trial (short for Prevention of Anaemia in Pregnancy) is being led by NHS Blood and Transplant in partnership with the University of Oxford, and it's aiming to answer a surprisingly unanswered question: could a simple daily iron tablet, taken from early pregnancy, actually stop anaemia from developing at all? Around 1 in 3 pregnant women in the UK develop anaemia—a condition where your body doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen.

1 week ago | madeformums.com | Ruairidh Pritchard

Once a staple of childhood, outdoor playtime has been steadily vanishing from children’s lives in England — and with it, vital developmental benefits. Unlike Scotland and Wales, where the right to play is embedded in law, England currently has no national requirement for outdoor play provision. The last dedicated play strategy, introduced in 2008, was scrapped just two years later. Since then, say campaigners, the picture has worsened.