RARE PHOTOS: 10 | Vintage Vibes

Coronation Street's Shona Platt exit storyline revealed amid Stephen murder fears

Corrie actor Jack P Shepherd has revealed how his co-star Julia Goulding’s character Shona Platt will leave the ITV soap, as she remains on maternity leave

Daily Mirror · Dec 1, 2022

ITV Emmerdale airs Vanessa Woodfield's heartbreaking exit scenes as Michelle takes soap break

Michelle is taking a break from the soap as she heads off on maternity leave after welcoming her second child

Leeds Live · Dec 1, 2022

Women on paid parental leave say banks routinely discriminate against them during loan applications

Women are struggling to get credit cards and loans on paid parental leave and they're blaming "archaic and outdated" banking policies as the reason why.

ABC News · Nov 27, 2022

Paid maternity leave offers 'little benefit' to community, Queensland's Mareeba Shire Council says

Staff at a Queensland council will retain the right to maternity leave after a full bench of the industrial commission's ruled in the union's favour.

ABC News · Nov 4, 2022

Who is replacing Mollie King on BBC Radio 1?

BBC Radio 1 has announced a shake-up to its schedule

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2022

'I spent maternity leave in a grand country house'

A select and lucky few get to call National Trust properties their home

Manchester Evening News · Oct 21, 2022

What’s the perfect length for parental leave?

‘The problem with long maternity leaves is that you find yourself financially, psychologically and logistically on the back foot when you start to think about your return to work,’ Sarah Hesz, co-founder of childcare booking app Bubble, debates the pros and cons of taking time off after having a child

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022

Rethinking maternity leave for French lawmakers

If a French MP is not physically at the National Assembly, he or she cannot vote on a bill – a situation that is being challenged with the rise in the number of female MPs, some of whom will take time off for maternity leave. One MP wants to change…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 17, 2022

Woman feels 'attacked' as colleagues start rumour that she's faking her pregnancy

A woman has shared her upset after her boss and colleagues sent her 'horrible' messages while she's on maternity leave accusing her of faking her pregnancy and much worse

Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022

Podcast: pregnant in parliament, opera in Paris' streets, Wallace fountains

As the French National Assembly gets younger and more female, some lawmakers say it's time MPs on maternity leave were replaced. Opera singers bring love, tragedy and dialogue to French city streets with free concerts in unexpected places. And the man behind Paris' Wallace fountains, which turn 150 this year.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 6, 2022