All news on the topic: Adoption

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Brit influencer slammed for 'vile' TikTok mocking disabled kids as 'vegetables'
Kerrie Baker and her partner posted a livestream in which they mocked disabled children, pulling faces and laughing as they called them 'vegetables' and told people who disagreed to 'f*** off'
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Heidi Klum, 49, admits wanting fifth child and says she's 'waited a long time'
Heidi Klum has admitted wanting a fifth child with husband Tom Kaulitz despite calling parenting 'a lot' following the birth of her four children
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Teen 'kept as slave, starved and beaten' sues adoptive parents and authorities
Olivia Atkocaitis, now 19, is taking legal action against her adoptive parents as well as the police and several local bodies after she claims she was held as a slave, it is reported
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Mum reunited with son who ran away from home 25 years ago fearing circumcision
Agus Ahmadi, now 38, fled from home when he was just 12 years old because he was petrified of being circumcised. The heartbreaking reunion was organised by a YouTube filmmaker
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Tycoon who 'ordered rival's death' owns hotel where 76 refugee children vanished
Businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten - who was found to have ordered the killing of a business partner - owns the hotel where refugee children disappeared through his family firm, documents show
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Mum of 16 opens up school for 200 poor kids with best friend after raising £350k
Teacher Dora Moono Nyambe, 30, adopted 13 children and fostered three others after deciding to move to the village of Mapapa in Zambia to help alleviate poverty and open a free school with money she raised through TikTok
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Cheryl was 'hell bent' on having a sibling for Bear and considered adoption
Mum-of-one Cheryl has spoken out about having another baby as she admits she was once desperate for her son Bear - who she shares with One Direction's Liam Payne - to have a sibling
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Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen says single life is 'tough' after split
Amanda Owen split from her husband Clive after 22 years of marriage and having nine children together
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Twins separated at birth find each other and discover they led identical lives
Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, from Minnesota, both had a brother called Larry and a dog named Toy, in a series of astonishing similarities they discovered after they reunited
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Mum had solo baby then given two years to live - but says she'd do it all again
Emma Postance has multiple sclerosis, a lifelong, incurable condition that can lead to sufferers needing a wheelchair. Despite her health issues, she was determined to hold her own child in her arms
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Woman who thought rescue dog was 'stubborn' discovers he just speaks Spanish
Ariana Giampietro couldn't understand why foster dog Monty wouldn't listen to her commands when she brought him home from the shelter - she later realised they don't 'speak' the same language
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Sperm donor admits he 'doesn't have a sex life' despite fathering 57 children
Dad-of-57 Kyle Gordy has revealed his sex life has become "non-existent" and his unique hobby of sperm donation has become "robotic" - despite having 14 more children on the way
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NHS chiefs make urgent call for more organ donors from ethnic minorities
Winnie Andango, lead nurse for equality with organ donation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said there "remains an urgent need" for people from ethnic minorities to support organ donation
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'My step daughter refuses to speak to me as she hates the name I gave our cat'
A man has taken to Reddit to share how he named his cat Speed Bump after rescuing it from a busy road, but his step daughter hates the name and wants him to change it immediately
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Hollyoaks' Angus Castle-Doughty tackling dark storyline as 'scary' woman hater
Angus's character, Eric Forster, has just been unveiled as an evil incel in the Liverpool-based soap and says that exercise helps clear his head after filming dark scenes
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Toddler spent weeks vomiting in hospital after being poisoned by her own mum
The mum was jailed for poisoning her 13-month-old toddler with excessive amounts of salt, at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday
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Madonna poses for rare photo with sons Rocco Ritchie, 22, and David Banda, 17
Madonna posed for a rare photograph with her sons Rocco Ritchie, 22, and David Banda, 17, during their family trip to Africa – days after releasing new music