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Children win legal right to see both parents after divorce.
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- Written by The Telegraph
Children are for the first time to be given the legal right to have a proper relationship with both their parents after a divorce, The Telegraph can disclose.
Ministers intend to rewrite the law in an attempt to ensure that fathers get improved access to their offspring after a marriage breaks down.
Currently, family courts decide to leave children with their mothers in the vast majority of divorce cases.
Milton Keynes dad raised funds to set up a new hospital suite for bereaved parents.
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A Buckinghamshire man whose baby daughter was stillborn said a new hospital suite for bereaved parents would make a big difference.
Simon Gill, from Milton Keynes, raised more than half the funds for the Butterfly Suite, a dedicated room on the labour ward at the town's hospital, which parents can use before, during and after delivery of a stillborn baby.
Absentee fathers to blame for high levels of addiction and crime
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Absentee fathers are driving high levels of addition, anti-social behaviour and crime, a new report has revealed.
Write to you MP - Ask them to support the Children (Access to Parents) Bill
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- Written by DadTalk
The second reading of the Children (Access to Parents) Bill is scheduled for the 20th Jan.
DadTalk would like dads to write to their local MP and ask them to support the bill. To help you show your support for this legislation we have drafted a basic letter for you to complete and have included a link which will enable you to find your MP and email your letter to them.
Seven-year-old driver pulled over after 20-mile drive to see his father.
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- Written by The Guardian
A barefoot seven-year-old boy wearing pyjamas hit speeds of 50mph while driving a car for 20 miles before Michigan police eventually forced him to stop.
