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“When it works it is the best thing in the world.” Above, Marie, Brian and Padraig (8) O’Callaghan
IVF’s slow Irish birth: ‘It was not greeted with open arms’

Louise Brown, the first in vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby, was born 40 years ago today at Oldham General Hospital in England. Known at the time as th(...)

Ryan Sessegnon celebrates scoring his side’s opener against Wolves this week. For all the Fulham player’s maturity, it is worth bearing in mind he is still a teenage boy. Photograph: Mark Kerton/PA Wire
Michael Walker: Teenage dreams so hard to be brought to reality

Two Saturdays, two prodigies: last weekend you could feel the buzz on Fulham Palace Road as 23,000 gathered in west London for Fulham versus Wolves at(...)

Since 1978, more than 6 million babies have been born through IVF across the world and over 2 per cent of European births are now through IVF. Photograph: iStock
Publicly funded and legally regulated fertility treatment is ‘critical’

It is “critical” that fertility treatment be publicly funded and legally regulated here, a pioneer in the field has warned. Professor Simon Fishel, f(...)

Jeanne Moreau in Lift to the Scaffold/Ascenseur pour L’echafaud (1958)
Alluring actor who was pleased to be outrageous
  • People
  • August 5, 2017, 01:00

With her sensual, pouting mouth, her Gauloises-saturated voice, and her combination of sharp intelligence and smouldering sexuality, Jeanne Moreau, wh(...)

Police stand guard outside the Didsbury Mosque where Salman Abedi, the bomber responsible for Monday’s attack, had prayed. Photograph: Andrew Testa The New York Times
Muslims in Manchester: community feels the strain after bombing

Deep sadness and fears of a backlash have enveloped the Muslim community in the greater Manchester area in the days since a young jihadist, Salman Abe(...)

UK polling stations close at 10 pm on Thursday June 23rd as Britain decides whether to stay or remain in the European Union. Photograph: EPA
Brexit vote count:What to watch for as the night unfolds

The UK is poised to decide on its future in the European Union in a referendum on June 23rd. Voting will take place all day, with polling stations c(...)