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Oli Benjamin knew from an early age that he had come into the world a little differently to most of his friends. His two mothers conceived him with a sperm donor from California in the late 1990s. They have always been open with him about his beginnings. But the donor wanted to remain anonymous and … Read more
A single woman has revealed she spent her life savings on becoming a mum ahead of her 40th birthday. Lisa Green, from Solihull in the West Midlands, had always dreamed of becoming a mum – but as she got closer to 40, she feared she’d never meet the one. When she was 38 she decided … Read more
A new documentary recounts the story of a 21-year-old British man with Asperger’s syndrome who discovers he has 25 American half-brothers and sisters after he was conceived using donor sperm. Oli Benjamin, from London, was born in 1999 after his mother Jody and her female partner decided they wanted to have a child via IVF … Read more
GP reveals how she offered to give her desperately ill baby son half of her own liver to save his life after struggle to find an organ donor – as she urges BAME community not to ‘opt-out’ of register British Women’s Health doctor Dr Nighat Arif appeared on This Morning today to urge more members … Read more
A coronavirus survivor has revealed that he is now helping others by becoming the UK’s longest serving Covid plasma donor in a bid to ‘give back.’ Appearing on today’s Lorraine, father-of-three Darren Buttrick, 49, from Staffordshire, told how just a few months ago, he contracted coronavirus and within days he was in intensive care fighting for … Read more
The family of an eight-year-old girl with a life-threatening blood disease are pleading with people to help them find a new donor after the only match in the world dropped out less than a month before before her treatment. Evie Hodgson, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, has aplastic anaemia – bone marrow failure – and needs a … Read more
Parents are left devastated as ten-month-old son is suddenly diagnosed with a rare life-threatening illness and say they’re on ‘borrowed time’ without an urgent bone marrow transplant Ten-month-old Reign Miller-Hardy, from Wales, diagnosed with a genetic disease Life-threatening condition causes the immune system to attack healthy tissues Heartbroken family say he won’t survive without urgent … Read more
Sperm-donor who ‘thought he was entering co-parenting relationship with lesbian couple’ loses High Court battle to see his six-year-old daughter Mrs Justice Theis concluded contact would not meet ‘welfare needs’ of the girl Biological father had asked for ‘child arrangements’ order to spend time with her Mrs Theis rejected application but allowed him to send … Read more
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick ‘regrets’ sitting next to Tory donor Richard Desmond at a posh dinner and sending him text messages before approving £1billion housing development and saving him tens of millions of pounds The Housing Secretary said he wished he had not sat with Richard Desmond Weeks later he approved Westferry Printworks before local … Read more
Russian socialite, 48, becomes Tory party’s biggest female donor with gifts of £1.7m – including £45,000 to play tennis with Boris Johnson and £135,000 for dinner with Theresa May Lubov Chernukhin donated over £335,000 between January and July this year The banker also gave £200,000 to Tory election campaign in November last year She was … Read more