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Nice: 'Safest place for a baby to sleep is in a cot'
A Nice spokesman said guidance on the care of women and babies after birth is currently being reviewed.
– Nice spokesmanAny death of a child is a tragedy and one that any parent and health professional would want to prevent. Sleeping alongside a baby increases the risks to the child - including death.
We currently recommend that doctors, midwives and nurses should warn parents of the risks of sleeping alongside a baby in a bed.
The safest place for a baby to sleep is in a cot in their parents' room for the first six months.
Oklahoma Governor: 'Our hearts are broken'
Governor Mary Fallin has said that Oklahoma's "hearts are broken...it's a very very sad day for the state of Oklahoma, it's tragic day of tremendous disaster."
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Oklahoma declared a 'major disaster'
In a statement President Obama has confirmed that the storms in Oklahoma will be considered a major disaster:
– White House statement.The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and tornadoes beginning on May 18, 2013, and continuing.
Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
20 children among 51 dead after Oklahoma tornado
The Oklahoma medical examiner has confirmed that the 51 deaths included 20 children.
Professor: Increased risk 'for all babies who bed share'
Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has found that the number of cot deaths in the UK could be reduced if parents did not share beds with their children.
Authors examined data from five studies on cot death, including the records of 1,472 cot death cases and 4,679 control cases.
Research showed that babies who slept in their parents' beds had a five-fold increase of cot death compared to children who slept in a cot in the parents' room.
– Professor Bob Carpenter, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineAlthough it is clear that smoking and drinking greatly increase the risk of cot death while bed sharing, our study shows that there is in fact an increased risk for all babies under three months who bed share, even if their parents do not smoke or drink.
If parents were made aware of the risks of sleeping with their baby, and room sharing was instead promoted in the same way that the 'Back to Sleep' campaign was promoted 20 years ago to advise parents to place their newborn infants to sleep on their backs, we could achieve a substantial reduction in cot death rates in the UK.
'Courageous' British soldier awarded Victoria Cross
A British soldier who died as he protected the lives of his comrades in Afghanistan will be honoured with the Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace today.
Kerry Ashworth, mother of Lance Corporal James Ashworth, will receive the country's highest award for bravery in the face of military attack on behalf of her son.
Read: Killed soldier awarded rare Victoria Cross honour
The 23-year-old died in the Nahr-e-Siraj district on June 13 when his reconnaissance platoon became involved in a battle with the Taliban inside enemy-held compounds.
The medal recognises his "extraordinary courage" as he fought against "huge odds", dying from a grenade blast as he tried to protect his men.
Read: British Armed Forces recognised for battlefield bravery
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Conservatives slump sees UKIP within two points
A surge in support for the UK Independence Party has pushed it to within just two points of the Conservatives in a poll of voting intentions.
In a fresh headache for David Cameron, the survey by Survation showed a five-point slump for his party to a record low for the pollster of 24%.It was released as the Prime Minister wrote to Tory activists in a bid to smooth fraught relations with the grassroots over Europe and gay marriage.
Read more: Cameron urges unity in personal letter to Conservatives
Labour slipped one point to 35% but saw its lead over the Tories stretch to 11 points. The Liberal Democrats were down one point at 11%.
Survation's findings - based on 1,000 responses from an online panel - were calculated using a weighting system to reflect a number of factors including individuals' stated likelihood to vote.
Coleen Rooney gives birth to second child
Coleen Rooney, wife of footballer Wayne Rooney, has tweeted to say that she has given birth to her second child, Klay Anthony Rooney.
Already mother to three-year-old son Kai, she said the family was "happy and doing well".
At 2.11am our Beautiful Son .... Klay Anthony Rooney entered the world. He weighed 7Ib 11.1/2 oz We're all so happy and doing well. X
From @ColeenRoo on Twitter:Wayne Rooney also tweeted, to say the whole family was "delighted".
Our Beautiful Son Klay Anthony Rooney was born at 2.11am, Weighing 7Ib 11.1/2 oz. Both Klay and Coleen are fine..... We're all delighted!!
From @WayneRooney on Twitter:Yahoo to make photo-sharing site Flickr 'awesome'
Yahoo is set to make photo-sharing site Flickr "awesome" again, as the company revealed it has redesigned the website.
The news comes as Yahoo announced its $1.1 billion (£723m) takeover of blogging platform Tumblr.
Speaking at an event in New York City, Yahoo said it was now offering Flickr users one terabyte of online storage for free, enough to store more than 500,000 images at a resolution common to most smartphones.
The company also revealed the new website will emphasise photos rather than text or white space, creating bigger pictures, shared in full resolution.
