According to Dr Mary Price, a lecturer in midwifery at the University of Salford, this 'golden hour' helps calm the baby, build up resistance to infection and get breastfeeding off to a good start.
Pupils in Scotland could be asked to attend cookery classes in an attempt to stem the rise in child obesity, said The Herald, following recommendations from an expert advisory group chaired by deputy health minister Lewis Macdonald.
Rescuing cats from trees and toes from plugholes are common tasks for Pocklington fire crew in Yorkshire, but a three-year-old boy posed a brand new challenge after getting his head stuck in a biscuit tin, said the Daily Mail. Henry Sutton had gone to get his toys out of the tin, but managed to wedge his head firmly inside. It took a crew of six a few minutes to free him from the tin with a pair of scissors.
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