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On Tuesday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain, presenters Ed Balls and Susanna Reid were quick to congratulate their co-star

Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid was quick to congratulate her co-star during Tuesday’s show. After reading the latest headlines with Ed Balls, they turned to weather star Alex Beresford.

Susanna said: “Congratulations Alex and with love…” Interrupting her, Alex asked for the exact time, as she replied it was 6:18am.

He commented: “So, Camille was born three weeks ago today at 6:13, so this time three weeks ago, I was very much in the labour suite, having an absolutely amazing time.”

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An image of Alex holding his newborn appeared on the screen as he called her “incredible”. He added: “It’s been so good! So, so good and I feel like I’ve got a new lease of energy.

“Before, I was thinking, ‘Gosh, 45 this year, what’s it going to be like this time around?’” Susanna jokingly suggested he thought he needed a new project and Alex agreed.

Although Ed replied: “Can I say Alex, it’s not normal for parents to have a new lease of energy. It’s normal for them to be exhausted. Does your partner have a new lease of energy?”

Alex laughed at Ed’s remark before praising his partner Imogen. He said: “She’s just been incredible, hats off to her. If men were to have children, there would be no more children because what she did was absolutely incredible.

“Hats off to her, the cluster feeding as well, the breastfeeding, big respect for all of that and she’s persevered through it and it’s just been a joy to watch.”

Ed revealed when he had children with his wife, Yvette Cooper, she told him he was on nappy duty for the first month, as Alex agreed.

He added: “Oh I do the lot because that’s the one thing that I can do because she’s breastfeeding all the time and she (Camille) wants to be on mummy. The one thing I can do is change nappies, so I’ve been changing every single nappy.”

Susanna joked that the newborn had been keeping him busy, and he continued to comment on how incredible the past three weeks had been. He said: “I just want to actually thank The Queen Charlotte at Chelsea hospital.

“They were absolutely amazing, our midwife was incredible and big respect for the NHS for everything that they do because I just saw so many people constantly going the extra mile. So grateful.”

Camille is Alex’s second child as he welcomed a son called Cruz, who is now 14, with his ex-partner, Natalia Natkaniec.

Good Morning Britain continues weekdays on ITV from 6am.

In a remote village in Tanzania, one man’s extraordinary family has captured the attention of many. Guided by his father’s advice, he has built an unprecedented family structure, marrying 20 women and fathering 104 children. His life, now filled with a large and growing household, has turned into a spectacle of family dynamics that few can comprehend. Living with 16 of his wives, some of whom are sisters, and surrounded by dozens of children and grandchildren, his story offers a glimpse into a unique and unconventional way of life. As his family continues to expand, the man’s decisions are leaving a lasting impact on his community.

Tanzanian man’s extraordinary family: 20 wives, 104 children, and 144 grandchildren

In the center of a small Tanzanian village, Mzee Ernesto Muinuchi Kapinga’s life is a spectacle of family, growth, and tradition. Married to 20 women and currently residing with 16 of them, seven of whom are sisters, Kapinga’s homestead is nothing short of a thriving village. With each wife having her own house and a horde of children and grandchildren handling day-to-day chores, his life is a stunning demonstration of a visionary legacy.
It all started this non-traditional family set-up in 1961 when Kapinga wedded his first wife. But it was at the request of his father that he embarked on this unique journey. “Our clan is small, I want you to increase it,” Kapinga’s father instructed him, encouraging him to marry more wives and increase the size of his family. The encouragement of his father resulted in dowries paid for his first five wives, and so started Kapinga’s life of marriage, kids, and continually growing family. Today, Kapinga is the proud father of 104 children and 144 grandchildren, a living proof of his father’s dream.

How Mzee Kapinga’s 20 wives and 104 children thrive in unity

While Mzee Kapinga may have been the one to marry the 20 women, it is the strength and unity of his wives that truly keep his family thriving. In a recent interview, Kapinga shared his deep respect for the women in his life, humbly admitting, “People think I control everything. But the truth is, the women keep this family together. I am only here to guide them.” His unconventional family grew even more unique when seven of his wives turned out to be sisters, all living together in harmony.
One wife shared her experience, telling how life with Kapinga was so fulfilling that her sisters wanted to experience the same. Despite the challenges of raising over 100 children and the heartbreaking loss of more than 40 of them to illness and accidents, Kapinga remains proud of his sprawling family. He fondly remembers 50 of his 104 children by name, and the rest only when he sees them. His homestead may be a small village, but it is a place built on love, cooperation, and the fulfillment of his father’s dream to expand the clan.
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Pune: In a shocking case of financial fraud, a doctor and her husband have been accused of defrauding the woman’s elderly mother of ₹2.58 crore, following the sale of the family’s Delhi home. The fraud, which allegedly involved forged documents and unauthorized asset transfers, has been registered at Kalewadi Police Station, with an FIR filed against the couple.

The poll by the NAHT revealed shocking examples of head teachers and other senior staff being targeted.

The union surveyed 1,642 school leaders across England, Wales and Northern Ireland last November.

Verbal abuse was the most common form suffered, with 88% of those polled saying they had experienced it.

This was followed by threatening behaviour (76%); online abuse (30%) and discriminatory language (21%), including racism, sexism or homophobia. Nearly one in 10 (9%) was physically attacked.

The survey exposed widespread trolling on social media and in parent groups, as well as appalling hate campaigns, harassment and intimidation.

Some school leaders said the abuse had made their lives a misery to the extent they had considered quitting the profession. It has left some suffering anxiety, depression and panic attacks.

NAHT’s Dr Graham Gault said: “These statistics paint an alarming and deeply troubling picture for schools in Northern Ireland, one that cannot be ignored.

“It is unacceptable that, as public servants dedicated to the education and well-being of children, they should be subjected to such treatment.

“Urgent action is required. We will continue to press employing authorities to take decisive steps in addressing unacceptable behaviour and violence, including online abuse, and to establish clear and robust processes for dealing with these incidents when they occur.”

Seventy-four per cent of those surveyed said abuse from parents had increased in the last three years, with 34% saying it had ‘greatly’ increased. Nobody said abuse had decreased.

Thirty-three per cent said they typically experienced abuse every term; 25% said it happened every month, and 13% said it occurred weekly. Just 27% said it was rare.

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman said: “The vast majority of parents are very supportive of schools and in most cases the relationship between school and home is really positive.

“However, in recent years we have heard of a worrying increase in the amount of abuse school leaders are experiencing.

“Some of the stories we are hearing about the appalling abuse leaders and their staff are suffering are almost beyond belief.

“These are dedicated professionals, who work hard day in, day out to deliver a first-rate education for children in often trying circumstances.

“No one should have to suffer this sort of abuse in their place of work. It causes enormous distress for school leaders, their staff, and sometimes pupils, and is even contributing to decisions by good people to leave the profession at a time schools are in the grip of a severe recruitment and retention crisis.

“Where parents have concerns, worries or complaints, they of course should be able to raise these with the school, but that has to be done in a respectful manner. Put simply, whatever the situation, there is never an excuse for abuse.”

In response to the abuse, 19% of principals here had banned parents from the school; 20% had reported parents to police or the local authority; 17% had reported them to the local trust; 67% had arranged a meeting with parents, while 45% had issued a warning letter or email.

Across the UK, 82% of head teachers said they had been abused by parents (verbal 85%; threatening behaviour 68%; online abuse 46%; discriminatory language 22%, and physical violence 10%).

Last week Stormont’s Department of Education revealed the number of assaults on teaching staff in schools had almost doubled (86% increase) in the last two years.

In total, 1,677 assaults were reported to the Education Authority and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools between 2022 and 2024

A spokesperson for the Department of Education said: “The Department considers that any verbal or physical abuse within educational establishments is entirely unacceptable. All employers across the education sector fully endorse this view and advice, guidance and support on the prevention of violence at work is provided by the employers to their schools and teachers.”

Tanna Rae Wroblewski’s cause of death has been revealed.

The 4-month-old infant, who died after she was exposed to extreme temperatures while aboard a boat with her family on Lake Havasu in Arizona last summer, died of complications of environmental heat exposure, PEOPLE confirms.

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE on Monday, March 5, that the baby died after losing consciousness at around 5 p.m. on Friday, July 5, 2024.

Tanna Rae’s death was ruled an accident caused by exposure to elevated environmental temperatures, which were estimated to be 120 degrees, per the medical examiner’s report. As a result of the environmental heat exposure, the baby suffered hemorrhagic shock, anoxic brain injury and dehydration.

Hemorrhagic shock is when “severe blood loss leads to inadequate oxygen delivery at the cellular level,” per the New England Journal of Medicine. The anoxic brain injury caused a cerebral edema. This means that the infant’s brain did not have oxygen, which then caused the brain to swell.

The dehydration caused low fluid intake and output, flattened fontanelles (a baby’s skull soft spot), and a rapid drop in blood pressure that caused unconsciousness.

Before the Lake Havasu City Fire Department arrived at the scene, family members performed CPR on the infant, according to a GoFundMe page created for the Wroblewski family. First responders then transported Tanna to Havasu Regional Medical Center, per the MCSO statement.

A relative performed CPR on the infant for five minutes before first responders arrived, per the medical examiner. The first responders also performed CPR before she was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital but was later pronounced dead.

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Tanna’s mother, Alyssa, posted a heartfelt tribute to her late daughter on Sunday, July 7, via Facebook from an account that has since been disabled.

“Tanna Rae, our real life angel became an angel in heaven 💔😭 . We are beyond devastated, heartbroken, there are just no words. July 5, 2024 our precious girl gave us her last smiles and we gave her our last kisses. Please visit us baby girl 🦋🪻,” she wrote at the time.  

“I will never understand why you had to leave us, you were just too perfect,” she added. “I love you endlessly and I will look for you everywhere angel.”

The family had visited Lake Havasu numerous times since April with Tanna, who was born in March 2024, as family Facebook posts previously showed.

Contributions to the family’s GoFundMe reached $49,135 before the donation function was disabled.

James Kelly, 64, took the money after being appointed financial and welfare guardian for his dad, also called James, who was a full-time patient within the Acute Admission Unit at Dykebar Hospital, Paisley. 

He was sentenced at Paisley Sheriff Court on March 3, 2025 after pleading guilty to a charge of embezzlement. 

Kelly was given a one-year Restriction of Liberty order and also received a Community Payback Order with two years supervision

Mr Kelly senior, who was 88 when the crimes were committed, has since passed away.

The court heard how Kelly was appointed by the court as the financial and welfare guardian to his father in October 2015 due to his father’s dementia. 

Under this agreement, he was required to submit bank statements in relation to his father’s accounts for review to the Office of the Public Guardian. 

The court also heard how his son used the cash to buy clothes, CDs and concert tickets.

 In May 2017, an official within the Office of the Public Guardian noted the high and frequent cash withdrawals from Mr Kelly senior’s account during the time he was a patient at Dykebar Hospital. 

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Altogether, it was estimated £30,000 had been withdrawn over a 14-month period between March 2016 and May 2017. 

Following an account review, Kelly admitted stealing the money and using it to fund his own lifestyle.

The matter was then reported to Police Scotland following which Kelly was arrested. 

David Bernard, procurator fiscal for North Strathclyde, said: “James Kelly was entrusted to oversee his father’s financial affairs.  

“Instead, he committed a betrayal of that trust by taking advantage of his position as guardian to embezzle money from his incapacitated father.  

“The public will rightly be shocked by his conduct. 

“He embezzled a significant sum of money and, as prosecutors, we take such criminality very seriously.” 

The Westerleigh Group is inviting grieving families to its crematoria for Mother’s Day.

People can visit the New Forest, Test Valley and Wessex Vale sites to remember lost loved ones.

Visitors can post messages and Mother’s Day cards in memorial post boxes.

The Westerleigh Group, which owns 41 crematoria and cemeteries in the UK, is offering peaceful spaces for reflection at each site.

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Each crematorium has its own arrangements, with some hosting memorial services.

Visitors can write personalised messages on memory tags, light commemorative candles or decorate pebbles, which can be placed on memorials or taken home.

Many sites will also provide flowers to lay at memorials or take home.

The Westerleigh Group’s chief executive officer, Debbie Smith, said: “Our Mother’s Day invitation is open to anyone, whether or not there is a memorial to their mother or mother figure at any of our crematoria or where their funeral took place.”

She added that people are welcome regardless of when their loss occurred or where they live.

Between Monday, March 3 and Wednesday, April 30, the Westerleigh Group is offering free personalisation, worth up to £500, for families who buy new granite memorials or EverWith personal jewellery.

This includes hand-designed artwork, engravings or plaques.

Figure skater Maxim Naumov broke down in tears after performing a powerful tribute in homage to his parents who were killed in the American Airlines tragedy.

Naumov, the son of 1994 world champion duo Evgenia ‘Zhenya’ Shiskova and Vadim Naumov, performed a solo routine at a charity event in Washington on Monday (AEDT).

The event was in aid of the families of those affected by the American Airlines crash on January 29, which killed 67 people.

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Of those killed, 27 people were a part of the figure skating community.

The 23-year-old have competed at the national event which some on board were returning from but had flown home a few days earlier.

Naumov stepped out with two white roses which he placed on a candle lit table next to the rink before moving to the middle of the ice.

He performed to the song, ‘The City That Doesn’t Exist’ – a track which he states his parents would “jump up and slow dance together.”

Naumov’s performance sparked a standing ovation from the sold out crowd as he fell to his knees weeping.

The American was seen wiping away his tears as he skated off the ice holding a candle.

“We’re all here to support one another, whether it was our friends that were on that plane, family members, coaches, teammates, loved ones,” Jason Brown, an Olympic team bronze medallist, said after the performance.

“We all travel for this sport. We get to do what we love, and travel is such a huge part of what we do.

“It all his us really hard because this is such an integral part of what we do… those are people that we’re closest to.”

The event also featured performances from American national champion Amber Glenn and reigning men’s world champion Ilia Malinin.

Glenn also ended her performance in tears as she paid her respect to those impacted.

Johnny Weir, a two-time Olympian, praised the support shown by teammates to those who lost a family member in the tragic crash following his performance.

“I think the moment of unity is the greatest gift we can give to those people we lost,” Weir said following his performance.

“Imagining that it could have been their mom or their family on the plane, it’s just devastating.

“I could never say that this event brings closure but it shows the kids I work with every day that great skaters can get torn up about things and still show up for others. It’s ok to be sad.”

Emma Peake started the six-week Baby Bonding course, run by Oldham Family Hubs, in Failsworth a year ago, when her daughter Matilda was three months old. 

It involves teaching parents about baby brain development and how to communicate with them with fun activities, which can be particularly helpful for anxious or worried parents. 

Emma said: “Not only did the sessions provide support, it’s the long-standing contacts and friendships we’ve made from it.”

She still keeps in touch with her fellow mothers from the group, by regular play dates for their kids and even the occasional nights out. 

Emma said: “We swap advice, asking each other ‘have you encountered this?’ and ‘how are you coping with this?’

“Our kids will hopefully carry on being good friends too.”

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Some of the activities and tips Emma learned during the course have become part of her daily routine, including a “hello” greeting song, which still soothes Matilda, now aged 16 months old. 

The group was an important way for Emma to feel less isolated as a new mum.

She is originally from Barnsley and moved to the area eight years ago. 

Emma said: “We joined when Matilda was three months old because one of the things I was always worried about was about being isolated.

“I’m not from around here and we had just had Covid. But we have now got these friendships.” 

Emma and baby Matilda attend the Baby Bonding course run by Oldham Family Hubs. (Image: Oldham Council)

One of the more touching moments from Emma’s experience with the course was when she and one of her mum friends from the course bumped into their trainer Carli Keane while out for breakfast. 

“She still remembered us, and she still remembered our babies’ names,” Emma added. 

Charli, who runs the course with fellow parenting officer Michele Buckley, said: “It was so lovely to see them and to hear about everything the group has given them. 

“And I almost shed a little tear when they gave me a hug.

“This is a real success story for our Baby Bonding sessions. It’s fantastic that the help and advice and friendships they have made during the course have made such an impact.”

Oldham Family Hubs offer a wide range of support for families of children and young people aged from birth to 19 and up to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities. 

Cllr Shaid Mushtaq, cabinet member for children and young people, said: “Baby Bonding is one of the courses from our Family Hubs offer making a positive difference for the people of Oldham.

“It also shows the lasting impact from our parenting programmes on community resilience.

“It is great to hear that, not only are these group sessions helping parents to develop strong bonds with their babies and giving them the best start to life, they are forming important friendships and support networks.”

More information can be found online by searching Oldham Family Hubs. They also have a Facebook and Instagram account, which you can follow for updates.