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A father was fined 50 after his two-year-old son threw a sweet on the ground in Pontefract market, West Yorkshire, reported the Daily Express. Craig McKinley insisted he did not see his son Alfie drop the offending confectionery and refused to pay the on-the-spot penalty. A West Sussex mother wet her new baby's head a little earlier than expected when she gave birth straight into a toilet. The Metro reported that Candy Shepherd, 32, went to the loo after hospital doctors told her she was in for a long labour and baby Holly 'came flying out'. Her father grabbed the baby's feet and pulled her out. Mother and baby are doing well.

A West Sussex mother wet her new baby's head a little earlier than expected when she gave birth straight into a toilet. The Metro reported that Candy Shepherd, 32, went to the loo after hospital doctors told her she was in for a long labour and baby Holly 'came flying out'. Her father grabbed the baby's feet and pulled her out. Mother and baby are doing well.

Glamour model Jordan's former nanny could face jail for allegedly cheating on benefits to the tune of 15,000 during her employment, said the The Sun. Joanne Hillman claimed income support, council tax and housing benefit while working for Jordan from 2003 to 2005. She started as a horse groom and eventually became nanny to her two children, Harvey and Junior.

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