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A Wiltshire woman has made medical history after falling pregnant while already pregnant. Rebecca Roberts, 39, is now the mother of twins Noah and Rosalie - who were born at the same time but conceived a month apart. The medical phenomenon, known as superfetation, is incredibly rare and occurs when a second egg is fertilised weeks after a first one. Experts believe there may only be 10 cases of it worldwide. Miss Roberts, who lives in Trowbridge, found out about the 'double pregnancy' when she went for her 12-week scan for baby Noah. "To find out I was having twins - I was really shocked, obviously because they originally said there was only one baby," she said. "But to find out we were having these special twins was remarkable. I googled it to try and learn a bit about it but there's nothing out there." Noah and Rosalie are considered twins, despite being conceived on different occasions. They were delivered early by caesarean at Bath's Royal United Hospital in September last year due to a problem with Rosalie's umbilical cord. Noah weighed 4lb 10oz, while his 'younger' sister was just 2lb 3oz. Rosalie had to stay in hospital longer than her twin, but both are now back at home in Wiltshire. |
There were almost 1,000 homeless deaths in the UK in 2020, according to a social justice group Almost 1,000 homeless deaths occurred last year across the UK, a social justice group has said. The Museum of Homelessness (MoH) said the figure rose by more than a third on the previous year, and called for more to be done to stop such “terrible loss of life”. The museum’s Dying Homeless Project recorded 976 deaths across the four nations in 2020. It said it had verified 693 homeless deaths in England and Wales, 176 in Scotland and 107 in Northern Ireland. The total figure was up 37% on the 710 UK deaths reported in the 2019 study, it said. The Government’s “Everyone In” scheme saw thousands of homeless people rapidly brought to safety at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Campaigners said figures included the deaths of people living on the streets, sofa surfing, and in emergency or temporary accommodation as a “significant achievement” of the scheme. But it added that the efforts could not make up for pre-pandemic cuts to services, coupled with the disruption caused by the outbreak. It said of the cases for which they had confirmed details of the cause of death, 36% were related to drug and alcohol use and 15% were suicide. Jess Turtle, co-founder of MoH, said: “The Government touts ‘Everyone In’ as a runaway success. “But it didn’t stop a staggering increase in the number of people dying while homeless – despite the best efforts of our colleagues around the country who worked 24 hours a day on emergency response.” She said their findings show that the pandemic affected a system “already cut to the bone from 10 years of austerity” and called on the Government to “stop repackaging old funding commitments as new support and do more to stop this terrible loss of life”. The project uses information from coroners’ enquiries, media coverage, family testimony and freedom of information requests – in their latest research they gathered data through more than 300 requests – to verify details of each case. The figures included the deaths of people who were living on the streets, sofa surfing, and in emergency or temporary accommodation for people who are homeless. |
| Iran to stop 'snap' nuclear checks, IAEA confirms The head of the UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has agreed to extend UN inspectors' access to its nuclear sites for three months. But the hastily brokered agreement will give IAEA officials less access and end their right to make snap inspections. Iran is changing its access policy from Tuesday because the US has not lifted the sanctions imposed since Donald Trump abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal. The crisis over Iran's nuclear programme has been on the international agenda for almost 20 years. Iran says its atomic programme is for peaceful purposes, while the US and others suspect Iran is secretly seeking the capability to develop nuclear weapons. What do Iran's latest actions mean? A law coming into force on Tuesday by Iranian MPs requires the government to stop allowing the inspection at short-notice of declared or undeclared nuclear sites by experts from the global nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "This law exists. This law is going to be applied, which means that the Additional Protocol, much to my regret, is going to be suspended," said IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, after a weekend of talks in Tehran. Mr Grossi said that the temporary agreement covering the next three months had "to a certain extent mitigated" the change in Iranian policy. "But of course for a stable, sustainable situation there will have to be a political negotiation that is not up to me," he added. |
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