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A “BEAUTIFUL” baby boy was found unresponsive in his parents’ bed after his mum fell asleep while cuddling him, an inquest heard.

Leo’s mother, Jordan, recalls waking to Leon Shaun Williams crying at 1:30am before she fell back asleep with him in her arms in her bed.

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She had picked him up from his crib and “cuddled him into her” before settling back into her bed again, with Leo, coroner’s officer Keeley Mason, said.

Just three hours later, at 4:30am, Jordan woke to find the five-month-old lying face-down beside her, WalesOnline reports.

When she turned him over she found that he was unresponsive.

She called 999 and began CPR, but paramedics later pronounced Leo dead at the scene on November 12, 2023.

A provisional cause of death was given as unexplained sudden infant death syndrome, also called SIDS.

Assistant coroner for South Wales Kerrie Burge adjourned the hearing for a full inquest to take place at a later date, which is yet to be confirmed.

She said: “Based on the evidence presented this morning I am satisfied it is necessary to open an inquest into the death of Leo Shaun Williams.

“There is reason to suspect his death is unnatural pending further investigation.

“The inquest will be adjourned to a future date.”

She offered her condolences to Leo’s family following their very sad loss.

Family members have launched a GoFundMe page to support the couple while they grieve – which has already raised over £5,000.

“A few days ago, my brother Liam and his partner Jordan lost their beautiful little boy Leo”, Leo’s sister Rachael Williams wrote on the site.

“Words cannot describe the absolute devastation they are currently feeling.”

“No parent should have to face what they are going through.”

SIDS, also known as cot death, is the unexpected and unexplained death of a healthy baby within the first year of life.

In the UK, around 200 babies die suddenly and unexpectedly every year, according to the NHS.

It typically occurs within the first six months of a baby’s life and usually when they are sleeping.

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It’s been a year since Ellie Leach lifted the Glitterball Trophy with her dance partner, Vito Coppola.  

On Saturday 14th September, 15 new hopefuls stepped onto the dance floor.

However, each week we say goodbye to another dancing celeb.

From TV stars to GPs, Olympians to comedians, who is proving to be a ballroom natural and who is struggling to know their tango from their foxtrot?

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LUKE LITTLER has been confirmed in the 32 entries for the World Grand Prix of darts.

The 17-year-old qualified after making it to the third round of the Swiss Darts trophy, where he was then eliminated by Luke Humphries.

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Luke Littler has qualified for the World Grand Prix of darts[/caption]

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Luke Humphries will be out to defend his major title and pocket £120,000[/caption]

The Nuke will make his debut at the event being held at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester between October 7-13.

There he will have the chance to land a major title.

However, current holder Humphries will be out to defend his crown.

As one of the top eight seeds in the PDC Order of Merit, he receives protected status and cannot be drawn against another top eight player in the first round.

That means Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Nathan Aspinall, Dave Chisnall, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton will enter the other rounds.

Damon Heta, Ross Smith, Peter Wright, Chris Dobey, Dimitri van den Bergh, Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert and Josh Rock also qualified through the world rankings.

The top 16 in the Order of Merit will face the top 16 players in the Pro Tour – the method through which Littler has been invited.

He was second on the list behind Ryan Searle, who lost 8-7 in the final of last week’s Swiss Darts Trophy to Martin Schindler – the third-place qualifier from the Pro Tour.

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Meanwhile, the losing finalist pockets £60,000, semi-finalists £40,000 and quarter-finalists £25,000.

RUTH Langsford looked glamorous and chic as she made her triumphant return to This Morning for the first time since her split from Eamonn Holmes.

Eamonn and Ruth, who announced they were breaking up in July, hosted This Morning for years before they spectacularly quit in 2021 during a massive show shake-up.

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While Eamonn has never appeared on the show again, Ruth has since made appearances alongside Rylan Neal in 2022 – and clearly is still more than welcome on the sofa.

Today, Ruth looked incredible in a glittery silver dress as she joined hosts Dermot O’Leary and Cat Deeley as a guest.

She was joined by her Loose Women co-stars Coleen Nolan, Olivia Attwood and Jane Moore in talk and celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary.

Former colleague Jo Hemmings has since said it may have triggered “the beginning of the end of their marriage”

COUNTRYFILE star Adam Henson was left very emotional during Sunday’s episode of the BBC show as he visited young shepherdess Katy at her farm in Cumbria, only to discover she’d experienced a very sad loss at her farm. 

In last night’s (September 29), Adam, 58, journeyed up north to Cumbria to help farmer Katy Laidlow round up her flock of sheep, but upon his arrival she revealed one key member of her team had sadly passed away. 

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Adam journeyed up north to Cumbria where he met farmer Katy[/caption]

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Sadly Katy was reeling from the loss of you beloved sheepdog Jem[/caption]

Introducing Katy’s segment on the show, Adam said: “Over the last few years, we’ve been following the highs and the lows of young farmer Katie Laidlow.”

But this was his first time meeting Katy, and he was quickly struck with emotion as he learned that the Laidlow’s cherished family sheepdog Jem has recently passed away. 

He went on to say: “Now I’m meeting her for the first time at an important point in the farming calendar. 

“Shepherding on the uplands in the UK is an age-old practice, and at this time of year, farmers are gathering their flocks off the Fells and bringing them down into the valleys to wean the lambs, and Katie’s going to show me how it’s done.”

However, the task of herding the sheep was set to be a different experience for Katy and her family, as they had to do it without Jem. 

Adam explained: “It’s a two-and-a-half mile journey from fell to farm, and we’re heading up with Katie’s mum and dad, Kirsten and Andy.

“Sadly, one key member of the team, Jem, the family Border Collie passed away earlier this year, and this is the first time they’re bringing down the sheep without a dog.”

As they rounded up the flock, Adam asked Katy: “Are you missing the dog?”

“I am actually. It is very strange as normally she would just be there at your heel, making sure everything is going well.”

Katy, who moved with her family to the Cumbria farm at the age of four, has been a recurring face on Countryfile. 

Footage from a past episode was displayed in the episode, showing Katy in conversation with Anita Rani about the loss of one of their lambs while Adam narrated the segment.

Alongside her flock, Katy cares for a variety of animals at the farm, including cows, goats and donkeys. 

Elsewhere in the episode, Countryfile presenter Charlotte Smith joined Scottish farmer Anne Mair-Chapman as she prepared her prized animals for The Kelso Ram Sale in the Scottish Borders. 

The event is one of the largest and oldest ram sales in Europe, with more than 3,500 rams expected to be sold on the day. 

Charlotte also went behind-the scenes to see how this massive market is organised, including moving thousands of sheep around the sale in their very own taxis. 

Away from Kelso, Charlotte goes to find out about the official vets who keep key parts of our food supply chain running.

THOUSANDS of households across the UK will be able to claim free cash or vouchers to help tackle the soaring cost of living this winter.

From October 1, households will be able to get fresh help from a new pot of government funding under the Household Support Scheme.

The government has released £421 million which will be distributed between councils and then dished out to vulnerable residents over the colder season.

The pot of cash will be available from October this year until March next year.

This comes as the current scheme closes today, September 30, after the latest round of £421 million was used to help struggling households across the country.

The portion of funding each council gets is based on the size of the population, catchment area, and need.

This time Birmingham will receive the greatest share for instance, worth £12.8million.

Receiving the second largest share will be Kent, with £11million, and Lancashire will get £9.7million.

Not every council will receive as much funding as this.

The Isle of Scilly will receive the least amount of cash, worth £11,130.

The City of London will also be allocated £63,080, and Rutland £157,371.

Councils which have higher numbers of vulnerable households will get more cash based on demand.

Tower Hamlets, for example, is the most deprived area in London, and will get £3million.

How the cash gets distributed will be decided by each council, so what you can get will vary depending where you live.

Around £79million is estimated to be provided to the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for them to decide how best to support their citizens.

What is the Household Support Fund?

The Household Support Fund was introduced in October 2021 by The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to support households most in need.

The funding is distributed between councils, and they are then responsible for dishing out the cash on an application basis.

For example, Birmingham City Council have announced they will hand out free £200 cost of living payments to help its residents cope this winter, as one of its approaches to the fresh fund.

How do I apply?

In order to be eligible for help, you usually have to be in receipt of a council tax reduction or show proof of being in financial difficulty.

Each council has a different application process – so you’ll have to ask your local authority or find out via your council’s website.

Not all councils have decided how they will distribute the cash yet, so you may have to wait to get all the information.

To find out how to contact your local authority, use the gov.uk authority tool checker.

In the last round of funding, some residents received their share automatically, while others had to apply.

For example, Haringey London Council is issuing automatic payments to eligible residents, as well as a support fund which can be applied to.

It is also issuing payments to schools, which means they can distribute free school vouchers.

In previous years, other authorities have offered cost of living vouchers – such as Coventry City Council.

This has included a Community Supermarket scheme, where all Coventry residents could pay £5 weekly and receive a basket of food worth up to £25.

Residents of Effingham, near Guildford, have been able to claim up to £300 free cash to help with the cost of living crisis.

Surrey council previously poured £300,000 into food banks, where photo ID and proof of address is required, but no referral needed.

While some schemes, such as the Surrey Crisis Fund, which can offer up to £100 to those immediately in need, are reserved for those who also rely on other means-tested benefits.

What else can we expect from the new government?

The Household Support Fund was introduced by the Conservative government in 2021.

This year, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall MP, said:

“We have invested an extra half a billion pounds in the Household Support Fund to give struggling families and the poorest pensioners the help they need this winter.

“As local authorities across England deliver this lifeline support to help households with the costs of feeding children and heating homes, we are continuing our work to fix the foundations of our country, grow the economy and deliver opportunities for people to get work and get on in work, so everyone feels better off.”

The Labour government is set to announce a new scheme which they have named The Child Poverty Taskforce.

The information for this will not be published until Spring 2025, however the government have promised to regularly engage with people, communities, and organisations to help shape the strategy.

What other help can I get?

Many energy companies are offering help to those struggling to pay their bills this winter – especially pensioners, as their Winter Fuel Payments are set to be slashed.

This comes as Rachel Reeves announced a £22bn black hole in public spending, making a controversial cut to winter allowances for pensioners not receiving universal credit or any other means-tested benefit.

Follwing the announcement, Octopus Energy has introduced a new scheme, offering pensioners discretionary credit of between £50 and £200.

As well as this, Scottish Power’s Hardship Fund has handed out more than £60 million to all struggling customers.

Help is available if you receive from a long list of benefit schemes, including Income Related Employment and Support Allowance or Income Based Jobseeker’s allowance. 

You may also be eligible if you are facing circumstances impacting your earnings, such as illness. 

Another company offering help is Utilita – which offers grants to customers to help clear or minimise energy debt.

The scheme operates through Utilita Giving, which is the company’s charity partner. 

Utilita Giving also partners with other charities such as IncomeMax, which helps customers make sure they are claiming what they are entitled to, and Let’s Talk, which provides replacement white goods.

Meanwhile, Utility warehouse offers payments of up to £140 to customers about to go in debt, or are currently indebted. 

The team has helped 6,000 customers increase their combined disposable income in the last year by £9 million. 

To find out if you are eligible for any of these schemes, visit their websites and review the conditions of applying.

Via the website you will find information on how to apply – saving you huge amounts of cash this winter in just a few steps.

Do you have a money problem that needs sorting? Get in touch by emailing money-sm@news.co.uk.

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