Coronation Street actor Jack P. Shepherd and his wife Hanni Treweek announced publicly the birth of their daughter Constance. The same day Sussex Zoo reported the arrival of a tiny primate, the latest addition to its breeding programme in the UK.
In Belfast one mourning mum still grieves a baby who died at birth. A recent twin study found that a mother who experienced a traumatic premature delivery switched her profession to nursing, citing the event as the turning point, the experience for her change.