The London hospital where 22 babies were born on 22/2/22

The London hospital where 22 babies were born on 22/2/22

An East London hospital had a day of remarkable coincidences on the magical date of 22/2/22 – after the maternity department at Queen’s Hospital dealt with exactly 22 births. One new mother... Read more »
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‘We’re British but we could lose our citizenships because our parents weren’t born here’

Londoners who were born in the UK or came to the country as children say they feel they are being treated “less British”, and “dread waking up to having their citizenship revoked”... Read more »
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DWP announces State Pension age rise for those born after 1960

Brits will have to wait longer to claim their state pension after the government announced yet another age rise. The Department for Work and Pensions says that the state pensions age for... Read more »
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‘I’ve lived with sickle cell since I was born and it’s so misunderstood – a paramedic once asked why I couldn’t take a cab to hospital’

A woman living with sickle cell has called for people to give blood to save the life of someone like her. Mary Adeturinmo, 28, from North London, was diagnosed with sickle cell... Read more »
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The London neighbourhood where grime music was born

Despite emerging on the underground music scene in the early 21st century, the impact of grime within mainstream culture today is inescapable. Described by the BBC as the “most significant musical development... Read more »
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‘I was born in war’: an Afghan family’s joy at resettlement in UK | Immigration and asylum

An intricately handwoven rug is one of the few things British embassy worker Shukoor Sangar and his family were able to bring with them when they were hastily airlifted out of Kabul... Read more »
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London ‘miracle baby’ who was born weighing less than a bag of sugar learnt to talk after eating Wotsits

A ‘miracle baby’ who weighed less than a small bag of sugar and couldn’t open her eyes when she was born now ‘bum-shuffles’ around, and even tells her parents stories. When Hackney-based... Read more »
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London Underground: The American chat show legend who was born on the Tube

He’s the man behind the eponymous tabloid talk show, Jerry Springer . He was a political campaign adviser for Bobby Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1968 until, like his brother JFK, he was... Read more »
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New mum whose baby started suffocating 2 hours after she was born shares how ‘magical’ London hospice has helped

A new mum has shared her experience of what happened two hours after her baby was born. Isabella, now eight months old, was left with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy and neurological difficulties after... Read more »
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The friend of Mahatma Gandhi born in East London

Elizabeth Fox Howard was a extremely brave girl, who turned pals with Mahatma Gandhi and stood as much as the Third Reich. She was not afraid to take dangers to interrupt down... Read more »