"What we've learned is that helping the mother be healthy and have great nutrition before she gets pregnant, while she is pregnant, delivers the strongest results," he said.
Councillor Libby McCollom, cabinet member for local services, said: "The Brick Train is a Darlington icon, and I'm proud of the collaborative effort that's gone into revitalising this site."With 2025 marking 200 years since the world's first passenger railway journey began here, it's only right that this sculpture stands proud once again – a testament to our past and a beacon for our future."
Pained cries rang out in front of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official residence on Friday, as judges of the Constitutional Court judges confirmed his impeachment."I came here with hope in my heart, believing we would win ... It's so unfair," 64-year-old Won Bog-sil told BBC Korean from the rally, where thousands had gathered in support of Yoon.These scenes were live streamed to thousands more on YouTube - a platform popular with not just Yoon's supporters but the president himself.
A disgraced Yoon is now stripped of his power, but he leaves behind an ever more divided South Korea.Last December, Yoon's
. But among his supporters, his ongoing legal troubles have only further buttressed the image of a wronged saviour.
Many of them echo narratives peddled by influential right-wing YouTubers who support Yoon: that martial law was necessary to protect the country from pro-North Korea opposition lawmakers and a dangerously powerful opposition, and that Yoon's conservative party was a victim of election fraud.Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for Gaza's main emergency service the Civil Defence, told AFP news agency that more than 100 people were wounded "due to gunfire from Israeli vehicles towards thousands of citizens".
The incidents underscore the dire humanitarian conditions in Rafah, where recent Israeli military operations have severely limited access to aid and emergency services.On Saturday, crowds of civilians rushed aid trucks into Gaza, the World Food Programme said, as hunger and desperation created chaotic scenes.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a new US and Israeli-backed organisation that has been distributing food at designated sites across Gaza. Israel set up the plan after accusing Hamas of stealing aid, which the group denies.The GHF said it had distributed 4.7 million meals this week, which the BBC has not been able to independently verify.