January

Sands' Research Manager Janet Scott speaks to the Scottish press following the release of new stillbirth and neonatal death statistics in Scotland:

Scottish Daily Mail - click here
Scotsman - click here

Local MPs show their support for Sands, following the launch of Preventing Babies' Deaths: what needs to be done:

Photos will anchor parents' grief - click here

Annette Brook MP joins battle to cut baby deaths - click here

MP gives his backing to bid to prevent stillbirths - click here

MP attends reception - click here

Penny asks for more research - click here

Tiverton MP backs baby death prevention charity - click here

Warrington South MP backs campaign to prevent baby deaths - click here

Eltham MP calls for more action on ignored tragedy of stillbirth - click here

MP Jim Fitzpatrick backs Sands' bid to reduce stillbirth rates in UK - click here

Widespread coverage has been generated following the launch of Sands' new report at Westminster:

BBC Radio 5 live breakfast (40:34) - click here

ITN news

Guardian - click here

The Sun

Independent - click here

Daily Telegraph

Daily Mirror - click here

LBC Radio

Nursing Times - click here

Midwives - click here

MIDIRS - click here

Interviews with Sands' spokespeople and parents were also broadcast across the country throughout the day, on both BBC and independent local radio stations:

BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Suffolk
BBC Radio London
BBC Solent
BBC Humberside
BBC Birmingham
BBC Manchester
BBC Somerset
BBC OXford
BBC Essex
BBC Bristol
BBC Cambridge
BBC Sheffield
BBC Hereford & Worcester
BBC Three Counties
BBC Stoke
BBC Leicester
Real Radio


Bristol Evening Post highlights charity fundraising ball in honour of baby Angel

Please see below some of Sands' recent media coverage:

December

Isle of Wight County Press highlights the 17 exhibition with local mum, Ellen Bond

Read coverage in the Guardian about John Kemp's 17 exhibition which debuted in London this week

Bereaved dad Simon Buckley explains how stilllbirth breaks fathers' hearts too in the Daily Mail

Lights of Love Service features in Liverpool media: click here


November

Raising awareness of stillbirth and support from Sands, Sarah Sanderson and Daniel Knott talk to the Blackpool Gazette about their son Charlie - click here 

Spectacular Christmas lights raise money for Sands:

The Sun - click here
Daily Mail - click here

Leicestershire Sands' remembrance service brings comfort to bereaved parents - click here
 
Sands' fundraisers launch CD - click here

October

Sands' new booklet - When a baby dies before labour begins - is launched:

Midwives - click here

A new study reveals a clear link between the H1N1 flu virus and stillbirth. See below for articles and news reports on 19 October:

BBC Radio 5 Live - click here

Top News US - click here

Zee News (India) - click here

Nursing Times - click here

Visit Bulgaria -  click here

BBC online - click here

Independent - click here

Sky News - click here

Midwives - click here

Daily Mail - click here

Read Edyta Weronska and her partner Aston's moving story about their son Charlie, and how his death spured her on to start a new Sands group for Newcastle and Gateshead: click here

Read about fundraisers David and Angela Rylance and their amazing Kilimanjaro challenge - click here

New memorial garden opens in Boston - click here

Global 'Wave of Light' and special remembrance services mark Baby Loss Awareness Week:  

Click Liverpool - click here

Falkirk Herald - click here

Isle of Wight County Press - click here

Coleraine Times - click here


September

Isle of Wight Sands joins forces with local hospital for annual remembrance service. Click here

Sands' fundraiser Simon Shepherd is interviewed by BBC1 after completing the Great North Run. Click here and the clip is 3h 25m into the broadcast.

British Journal of Midwifery - Judith Schott, Improving Bereavement Care Manager at Sands, explains why medical staff should take care when identifying the sex of a baby. Click here

MP calls for end to stillbirth tragedies. Click here to read his views.

Running the tube lines: Stephen Wright completes his challenge. Click here



August

Gaby Logan speaks to Judith Schott and two mums from the 17 exhibition  on Channel 5's 'The Wright Stuff Extra'. Click here and go to the broadcast from  Tuesday, 30 August

ITV's 'This Morning' talks to Dr Chris Steele and Vannesa Thatcher about the shortage of midwives in UK hopsitals: click here

July

Running the tube lines for Sands. Read Stephen Wright's story in the Mirror: click here

ThinkBaby.co.uk highlights '17' and Sands stillbirth petition: click here

Daily Mail features '17' exhibition: click here

Bedford schoolgirls raise more than £3,500 for Sands: click here

June

Daily Mail reporter Lucy Elkins calls for stillborn babies to have their own inquests: click here

Sands' response to research which links sleeping positions to stillbirth was featured in the following publications:

BBC online (14 June) - click here

Sun (14 June) - click here

Daily Mail (14 June) - click here

Scotsman (14 June) - click here

Daily Record (14 June) - click here

May

BBC Radio Ulster (31 May) - click here

Bella (31 May)

Womans Own (30 May)

Eastern Daily Press (26 May) - click here

Scotsman (21 May) - click here

BBC Radio Birmingham (18 May)

Crewe Chronicle (18 May) - click here

Grazia (16 May) - click here

Daily Express (15 May) - click here

Sunderland Echo (13 May) - click here

Mirror (11 May) - click here

Royal College of Midwives news (May) - click here

MIDIRS Midwifery News (May) - click here


April

Below are some of the highlights of the media coverage achieved following The Lancet Report, published on Thursday 14 April:

BBC Breakfast TV (14 April) - live interview with Judith Schott and Sam Baker - 6.40 am

BBC Radio 4 Today (14 April) live interview with Judith Schott - 7.18 am, and Alice Pullen

BBC Radio 5 Live (14 April) live interview with Judith Schott - 7.39 am

Sky News (14 April) live interview with Judith Schott - 3.30 pm

BBC Evening News (14 April) pre-recorded interview with Judith Schott - 6.00 pm and 10.00 pm

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat (14 April) - click here

ITN News (14 April) - interviews with Neal Long 1.00 pm and 6.00 pm and Penny List

BBC Radio London - Gaby Roslin interviews Julie Taylor 8.20am
 
BBC East Midlands TV (14 April) - interview with Steve and Sue Hale 5.30 pm

Channel 5 news (14 April) - interview with Katie Wilkinson

Metro Radio (14 April) - live interview with Louise Walton

BBC West Midlands - live interview with Janet Scott 5.10 pm

BBC Radio Nottingham (14 April) interview with Steve Hale 7.30 am

BBC Radio Merseyside (14 April) interview with Sue Hale - 6.40 am

BBC Radio Lincolnshire (14 April) interview with Janet Scott

BBC Radio Good Morning Scotland (14 April) interview with Marion Currie 7.45 am

Radio Forth (14 April) - interview with Marion Currie

LBC (London) (14 April) interview with Steve Hale 8.45 am

Sky News (14 April)

BBC Online (14 April) - click here

The Times - (14 April)

The Daily Mirror (14 April)

Daily Express (14 April) - click here

The Guardian (14 April) - click here

The Scotsman (14 April) - click here

The Independent (14 April) - click here

Metro (14 April) - click here

Daily Mail (14 April) - click here

The Herald (14 April) - click here

Nursing Times (14 April) - click here

Press Association (14 April)

BBC Radio Leeds (11 April) - click here

Daily Record (2 April) - click here

Kent Messenger (1 April) - click here

The Practising Midwife (1 April)


March

Hallam FM - (30 March)

Sheffield Star (31 March) - click here

Leicester Mercury - click here

Portsmouth News (28 March) - click here

Yorkshire Post (25 March) - click here

Daily Mail (17 March) - click here

Hampstead and Highgate Express (19 March) - click here

Peterborough Evening Telegraph (17 March) - click here

Nursing Standard (16 March) - click here

Peterborough Evening Telegraph  (11 March) - click here

February

Sunday Post ( 27 February) - click here

Inside Out  (14 February) 

The Baby Website (10 February) - click here

BBC Radio 5 Live - Nicky Campbell show (9 February) 

BBC Radio 5 Live  -  Gabby Logan show (8 February) 

BBC Breakfast News (8 February)

The Daily Telegraph (8 February) - click here

Daily Mail (8 February) - click here

Daily Express (8 February) - click here

BBC Radio Jersey (8 February)

BBC Radio Wiltshire (8 February)

Channel 5 News (7 February)

Daily Mail (7 February) - click here

Daily Mail (7 February) - click here

The Independent (7 February) - click here

The Mirror (7 February) - click here

BBC Radio Lincolnshire (7 February)

BBC Radio Northamptonshire (7 February)

BBC Radio Berkshire (7 February)

BBC Surrey & Sussex (7 February)

BBC Radio London (7 February)

BBC News online (4 February) - click here

BBC Surrey & Sussex (4 February) 

BBC Surrey & Sussex (4 February, morning show) 

The Practising Midwife (1 February)

January

Scotsman (25 January) - click here

BBC news online (17 January) - click here

BBC Radio Cornwall (17 January)

Daily Mail (17 January) - click here 

Sunday Mercury (16 January) - click here

Birmingham Mail (16 January) - click here

The Mirror (6 January) - click here

Best Magazine (11 January)