I can't believe what's happened in West Cumbria. We were up there today and went through just about the time it was happening, but obviously didn't know anything about it. Its awful to think that you can just go out to do your shopping and never come back.

RIP to all those who died.

What fantastic news, that there's a vaccine going into general use within the next year or two. They're saying women will be given it at forty, I hope they don't forget those of us (ahem!) who have passed that landmark birthday.

Lou, you've got a daughter. Isn't it brilliant to think her generation will be free of this awful thing?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7723042.stm

The death of a 17-month-old boy after months of abuse, despite him being on an at-risk register, has sparked a review of child protection in England.

It comes as two men were found guilty of causing his death in August 2007.
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A publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks after a mistake which gave a recipe for pasta with "salt and freshly ground black people".

Penguin Group Australia's head of publishing, Bob Sessions, said the proof reader should have caught the "silly mistake".

He told The Sydney Morning Herald: "We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind ...

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A father who raped his baby girl and recorded himself on his mobile phone committing other acts of sexual abuse has been jailed for life, police said.

The 29-year-old, from Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, carried out what the judge called offences of "horrifying depravity" against his daughter when she was six months old.

These included taking 27 indecent photograp...

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