move to Montecito, Calif. in 2020 — but wife Meghan Markle doesn’t want to make amends with the Royals.
07.12.2023 - 19:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum-of-two had no idea she was carrying a deadly infection which could have been passed to her baby during birth until just moments before she went into labour.
Amy Winters went into hospital to give birth to her second child in May of 2023 after her waters broke early at 34 weeks. Amy was she going to have her baby weeks earlier than planned, but that turned out to be a potentially life-saving coincidence.
Amy happened to be in the Saint Mary's maternity unit at North Manchester General Hospital which is trialling a rapid bedside test to protect newborns from group B streptococcus (GBS) - a type of bacteria that can be passed onto babies during birth. GBS is the most common cause of life-threatening infection in newborn babies in the UK.
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Approximately one in four pregnant women in the UK carry GBS, often without realising it, and there is a 50 per cent chance that the baby will be exposed to GBS during birth. While most of these babies will not get sick and be healthy, around one in 1,750 newborns develop early onset GBS infection, such as sepsis (blood infection), pneumonia (infection in the lungs) or meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining around the brain), with possibly devastating outcomes.
The current UK strategy for testing for GBS is ‘risk factor-based screening’ which offers antibiotics during labour to women who have had GBS detected during pregnancy or have had a previous baby who has been unwell with GBS. This approach means that many women who carry GBS without it being previously detected are not identified.
Sixty-five per cent of UK newborn babies who develop early onset GBS infection have
move to Montecito, Calif. in 2020 — but wife Meghan Markle doesn’t want to make amends with the Royals.
Bosses of Altrincham’s town centre shopping hub the Stamford Quarter are predicting a vibrant 2024 after reporting a five percent uplift in visitor numbers. Landlord and property company Bruntwood says it's had a successful 2023 following an influx of new stores joining national brands and independent boutiques.
A pensioner says she ‘feels like I have been left abandoned’ after a broken heating system means she is facing a freezing cold Christmas in Blackley.
the Daily Express.“I don’t think she could come back if she wants an apology or if she wants the royal family to completely change.”“They just can’t do it, I just don’t think they will,” he added.Harry and Meghan shut the door on royal life in 2020 when they packed up and moved to California in search of privacy.Since then, the couple have released a slew of projects detailing their struggles with royal life, including Harry’s bombshell memoir, “Spare,” their shocking sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, as well as their Netflix doc, “Harry & Meghan.”Elsewhere, Quinn claimed that the Sussexes are making a last-ditch attempt to get into the royal family’s good graces in time for Christmas Day.“I suspect that because Harry is beginning to realize he needs the royal family more than the royal family needs him, he may well try again to patch up the relationship as we get towards Christmas Day,” Quinn said.The royals typically spend Christmas at Sandringham House, however, the Sussexes have been absent from celebrations for the last three years.Instead, they spent the festive season in their $14 million Montecito mansion with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.Quinn notes that as the furor over Omid Scobie’s explosive tell-all biography, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival” continues to unfold, a royal reunion is off the table at this time.“I don’t think Harry and Meghan will be able to overshadow Kate and William this Christmas, or at least not in the UK,” he told the outlet.
A sporty mum-of-two, Beata Struzik, 51, who hurt her leg playing tennis was shocked when doctors told her she had an incurable illness - and may only have months to live. She was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a condition that affects the brain and nervous system, causing weakness that gets worse over time.
An Oldham boy who went missing in Spain aged 11 might have been spotted in France six years later, police say.
Meghan Markle is said to be hoping to arrange a "part time" reunion with the Royal Family.
hooker with a heart of gold in 1990’s “Pretty Woman,” but she doesn’t believe that her character’s love story would have survived 2023.In the rom-com, the Oscar winner, 56, played stripper Vivian Ward, who falls in love with businessman Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) after he hires her for a week.The “Erin Brockovich” actress chatted with “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday, where she was asked where Edward and Vivian’s romance would be today. “I think he passed away peacefully in his sleep from a heart attack, smiling,” Roberts told host Gayle King.
Emmerdale star Roxy Shahidi had a cheeky response when she was asked why she had signed up for the upcoming series of Dancing on Ice. The actress was talking as the ITV soap filmed festive proposal scenes in Leeds with none other than Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
With the new year approaching, Prince Harry has "an uncertain future" as he continues his life in California. True Royalty TV co-founder Nick Bullen wondered what else there is to say after a series of tell-alls that have rocked the House of Windsor. "I think Harry has an uncertain future currently," Bullen told Fox News Digital.
Emmerdale star Olivia Bromley has teased that there's "big drama" ahead for Dawn and Billy Fletcher in the new year - just after welcoming their Christmas baby. New spoilers for the week before Christmas have revealed that Dawn will go into labour with an unlikely helper by her side.
Meghan Markle has been spotted out and about in California for the first time since the Royal race row was stirred up again by Omid Scobie's explosive book Endgame. The book has drawn global attention since King Charles and Princess Kate were named as the senior royals who allegedly discussed Prince Archie's skin colour before he was born. The former Suits star, 42, was seen strolling in Santa Barbara on Monday, dressed in her gym clothes.This city is just a short distance from Montecito, where Meghan lives with her husband Prince Harry, 39, and their two children.
Plans for two apartment blocks totalling 204 homes in Salford’s major regeneration area are still under consultation with city planners. The scheme close to Middlewood Locks is a joint venture between the Canal and Rivers Trust and Bloc and has been branded H20.
British TV presenter Fiona Phillips announced in 2022 that she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
The veteran British actress Brigit Forsyth has died aged 83, her agent has shared.
A judge blasted convicted rapist Lawrence Jones as having a 'misogynistic view of women' as she jailed him for 15 years. The 55-year-old founder of Manchester tech company UK Fast attacked two women in the 1990s while he was a piano player in pubs and hotels across the city.
The UK had “no tests left” as global health chiefs encouraged countries to “test, test, test” during the pandemic’s early days, the Covid-19 public inquiry has been told.
Meghan Markle were taken aback when King Charles III offered Prince Andrew Frogmore Cottage — shortly after they were evicted from the residence.According to royal expert Omid Scobie’s upcoming book, “Endgame,” the monarch’s gesture toward his younger brother was the “final blow” for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, 42.Although Charles’ decision was most likely not a dig directly at Harry, 39, Scobie insists it “undoubtedly” was. Furthermore, Charles, 75, always had a “blind spot” for his disgraced sibling, and Andrew repeatedly turned down the property.“This eviction surely spells the end of Harry and Meghan’s time in the UK,” an insider told the Sun earlier this year.“Andrew is resisting the idea of moving into Frogmore Cottage after he was offered it last week,” they added.
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt wants North East England to get in on the all-consuming Barbie hype.
More details are trickling down about Prince Harry and King Charles III’s estranged relationship.