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Dads are real superheroes
By Kyrsty Hazell on 16/06/2009 17:39:50
Father’s Day research puts dads at the top of the charts
Roll over Superman! Good old dads have fought off stiff competition from long reigning superheroes, cartoon explorers and action figures to make it to the top of the heroic stakes, according to research from The Children’s Mutual.The study found
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Looking for dads with bad dance moves
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 10/06/2009 12:33:30
Art gallery after video clips of embarrassing dancing by dads.
The Lowry Centre, an art gallery in Salford, is searching for the “most embarrassing dad dancers”, and is calling for families to send in their video clips, reports BBC News.Clips of dads dancing badly – at weddings, birthday or just at home
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Dad delivers baby then saves her life
By Celia Morgan on 26/08/2009 12:49:17
Irish dad resuscitated his daughter after she was born prematurely
A Belfast dad has thanked the person at the end of his 999 call who helped him save his baby's life after she was born prematurely at home.Padraig McCracken's pregnant partner, Collette, went into labour four weeks before their baby was due
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Monty Python star dad at the age of 67
By Kyrsty Hazell on 29/09/2009 16:21:42
Terry Jones shows off baby Siri and answers ‘old dad’ critics
Terry Jones, 67, has become a dad for the third time with his 26-year-old partner Anna Soderstrom.Daughter Siri is new little sis to Terry’s two grown up children from his previous 30-year marriage to Alison Telfer.Playing the proud daddy when
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Dad-to-be's pregnancy diary
By Made For Mums on 27/02/2007 11:45:00
Dad-to-be Andrew Watson reveals his weekly thoughts on becoming a father...
grabbed one from a deep drawer in my dad’s old desk. As I threw it on top of a bag, it fell open on a page of his writing, an old list of items for one of his last trips to hospital written in a weak and jagged hand. It stopped me short, tingeing my
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13-year-old becomes dad!
By Made For Mums on 13/02/2009 11:49:46
A baby-faced boy from Eastbourne has become a dad at 13.
Alfie Patten is dad to 4-day-old Maisie Roxanne, after his 15-year-old girlfriend, Chantelle gave birth. Alfie, who lives with his mother in Eastbourne, was 12 when Maisie was conceived. 'I thought it would be good to have a baby,' 4ft tall Alfie
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Mum has twins … from different dads!
By on 19/05/2009 10:26:10
A mum’s infidelity has been uncovered after DNA tests showed her twins had different dads
A woman in the US has given birth to twin sons each of whom have a different dad. Texan Mia Washington was said to be shocked to find out that despite being born within seven minutes of each other, her sons are in fact half brothers. Her partner
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Dads can’t afford to take paid paternity leave
By Tessa Watkins on 20/10/2009 11:24:58
Nearly 50% of new dads don’t take time off
Nearly half of dads don’t take their fortnight of paternity leave following the birth of their baby, the Government’s equality watchdog has said. The most common reason is because they can’t afford to.The fortnight of paternity leave, introduced
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Dads to get six months paternity leave
By Celia Morgan on 15/09/2009 13:02:06
New plans to share parental leave between mums and dads
Paternity leave will increase from two weeks to six months under new laws to be introduced in April 2011. The move will allow mums and dads to share out parental leave between each other. For example, if a mum decides to go back to work after six
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Dad’s car stolen by 7-year-old
By Kyrsty Hazell on 31/07/2009 12:01:26
Schoolboy speeds off in Utah, USA, to avoid going to church
It seems some people will go to any lengths to avoid something they don’t like, and for the 7-year-old boy in Utah, if it involved a high speed police chase in his dad’s car, then so be it!Desperate to dodge going to the church, he stole his dad’s
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