UK Woman With Autism Gives Birth To Son With The Help Of Her 'Dog Midwife'

Two-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Belle, has become what is believed to be one of the first dogs in the UK to be allowed on a hospital labour ward. Belle helped her owner, Amee Tomkin, during her labour at Milton Keynes University Hospital, according to a report by BBC.

The 2-year-old pooch guided her owner through pregnancy, birth and caring for a new baby. Belle was trained by her owner to be an assistance dog, helping Ms Tomkins deal with her autism, anxiety and panic attacks.

Ms Tomkins told BBC, "I wouldn't leave the house for months, even to go to the shops or doctors."

The dog has never left her owner's side. "Belle helps me in so many ways... She can tell when I'm about to have a panic attack and guides me to the nearest exit. She presses buttons on lifts and she even holds my debit card against the machine to pay for things when we're shopping," she told Milton Keynes University Hospital.

She added, "Basically, without her, I'm too anxious to leave the house. I'd just stay indoors a day and every day."

In a radio interview, Ms Tomkin told BBC that Belle had to pass a risk assessment before being granted access to the labour ward. The assessment included how the pooch will react when the owner was in pain and how Belle could cope with the busy ward.

Ms Tomkins added, "She just passed it all, they were amazed by her."

Belle dutifully accompanied her owner to every midwife appointment, every scan and every hospital visit throughout the difficult pregnancy, which was complicated by Amee developing pancreatitis and requiring frequent hospital treatment.

As the pregnancy progressed, there were special meetings - with Belle present - with the perinatal team to discuss how the birth would be managed in a way to cause Amee the least stress.

"It was decided a C-Section would be better for my anxiety and autism as I'd know exactly what was happening. Belle was allowed to stay with me before I went to the theatre and we were given our own room so she could stay with me and the baby afterwards. I was really happy with that. There was simply no way I could have done it without her.

Belle never stopped her midwife duties at the hospital

"She was the first dog ever to be allowed into the Labour Ward at MK Hospital. It was amazing."

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PCB Writes To Pakistan PM For Clearance To Travel To India For WC: Report

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking official clearance to travel to India for the ODI World Cup in October-November, according to a report. In the letter, also addressed to the interior and the foreign ministry, the PCB has asked for advice on whether the national team is allowed to travel to India, and if so, if there are any reservations about any of the five venues for the Pakistan games, according to 'Espncricinfo.com'. "Soon after the World Cup schedule was announced last Tuesday, we wrote to our Patron, Honourable Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, through the Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ministry, copying the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior, requesting clearance to participate in the World Cup," the PCB told the website.

"The decision to visit India and approve venues at which we can play our matches is the prerogative of the Government of Pakistan. We have absolute trust in the judgment of our government and will follow whatever is advised.

"It is entirely up to the Government of Pakistan the process it wants to formulate and follow before advising us on the next steps. If this requires sending an advance team to India to inspect the venues and hold meetings with the event organisers, then it will solely be the government's decision." The letter was written on June 26, according to the report.

It also said that the PCB shared Pakistan's schedule with the government.

It is also understood that Pakistan is set to send a security delegation to India for inspecting the venues before giving clearance for the national team's travel to the neighbouring country for the World Cup.

An official source in the Inter-Provincial Coordination (Sports) Ministry said that the government, including the foreign and interior ministry, would decide when to send the security delegation to India once the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board was elected after the Eid holidays.

He said the delegation is likely to visit Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad, the venue for the marque India-Pakistan match on October 15.

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Son's Last Goodbye To Parents Who Died In Maharashtra Bus Accident

A 52-year-old teacher, who was returning after dropping off his son who had enrolled in a law course in Nagpur, was killed along with his wife and daughter in Saturday's Buldhana bus tragedy.

The three Pune residents were among the 25 passengers who were killed when a private bus met with an accident and burst into flames in the early hours of the day on the Samruddhi Expressway in Sindkhedraja, some 400 kiloemtres from Pune, their families said.

Kalias Gangawane, an English teacher in a school, his wife Kanchan and their daughter Rutuja, were returning to their native Nirgudsar village in Ambegaon tehsil here after dropping off their son Aditya, who had got admission in a law course in Nagpur, he said.

"The four had gone to Nagpur on Wednesday. We came to know about the accident at 5:30am. One of our relatives, who is a policeman, informed me that the charred bodies of the three were found embracing each other," said Rupesh Gangawane, a cousin of Kailas.

Kailas said he and his family were in Buldhana for further formalities to claim the bodies.

"The family is originally from Shirur tehsil in Pune. They settled in Nirgudsar after Kailas got a teaching job," he said.

Kanchan Gangawane's brother Amar Kale said the bodies of the bus victims are charred beyond recognition and DNA tests would have to be carried out to identify them.

Arun Gorde, a teacher and Kailas' neighbour, said the latter was teaching in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru School in Nirgudsar since 1996 and had also worked as a moderator with the Maharashtra State Board for Class 12 for a decade.

"We have been neighbours since. It is a horrific tragedy. Kailas was a polite man with very good command over English. Rutuja was in the third year of BHMS in Pune and Aditya had recently passed class 12 and had secured admission for a law course in Nagpur," he said.

Gorde said Kailas was a kind-hearted man who had raised his niece and nephew after their parents died.

"Years ago, he ensured his nephew and niece never felt the pain of losing their parents at such a young age. Unfortunately, his son Aditya has now been orphaned," he said.

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British PM Rishi Sunak 'Sad' Over Cricket Racism And Sexism Report

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he was "sad" to read a damning report that claimed racism and sexism are rife within English cricket. The publication of the Independent Commission report into Equity in Cricket came in the wake of a racism scandal centred around the treatment of Pakistan-born bowler Azeem Rafiq at English side Yorkshire.

Rafiq went public with allegations of racism and bullying in 2020, prompting the England and Wales Cricket Board to commission the report. Six former Yorkshire players found guilty of using racist language in the Rafiq case were last month fined by the Cricket Discipline Commission.

Of the more than 4,000 individuals interviewed for the ICEC report, 50 percent described experiencing discrimination in the previous five years, with the figures substantially higher for people from ethnically diverse communities. Women were often treated as "second-class citizens", the report found, also stating that not enough had been done to address class barriers, with private schools dominating the pathway into cricket.

Appearing on BBC Radio during the second Test between England and Australia at Lord's on Saturday, Sunak said: "It was, for people who love cricket, really hard to read and you were just sad."

A total of 44 recommendations were made in the report, including a call for equal pay for male and female international players by 2030. Sunak said the ECB was "absolutely committed" to fixing the problems outlined in the report.

"I have spent a little bit of the morning talking to the team at the ECB and I think they have approached it in exactly the right way," he said.

"They commissioned this report off their own back because they wanted to be proactive so they deserve credit for that."

Sunak hopes the report provides cricket with a chance to reset its moral compass. "They have offered an unreserved apology and are fully committed to implementing change and for this to be a reset moment for cricket," he said.

"We all want it to be open for everybody from all backgrounds and where everyone can feel respect and supported when playing it.

"So that's what we want and I'm confident the whole cricketing family share that ambition."

Sunak, the first British Asian Prime Minister, said he had endured his own problems regarding racism, although he acknowledged the progress made on the issue in the United Kingdom.

"Of course I have experienced racism growing up, in particular, and of course I know it exists," he said. "It stings you in a way that very few other things do. It stings you. It does hurt."

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