His few remaining Cabinet colleagues may have little to cheer after today's election results but Ed Miliband could not have a broader smile. Mandrake hears that the Energy Secretary's girlfriend Justine Thornton has given birth to their first child.

I am very pleased that this country has decided to sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child in full: "The child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth." U.N. Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) and Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990) Se also here.

Since China’s so-called “one child” policy began in 1979, cheap, easy and anonymous birth control has been tantamount to a government-guaranteed right. Chinese pharmacies have long made birth control pills and emergency contraceptives -- also known as the “morning after...

DAVID and Samantha Cameron today announced the birth of their fourth child, a girl.

Samantha Cameron, the wife of David Cameron, has given birth to a girl, the couple's fourth child.

Elizabeth Grey is about to give birth to her second child later this month.

A database containing details of every child in England will be rolled out today to ensure "faster contact" between doctors, social workers and police if they suspect a child is at risk. ContactPoint, a £224m directory, will contain the name, address, date of birth, GP and school of all under-18s &# as well as the name and contact details of any professional working with that child.

Warmest congratulations and good wishes to Nick Clegg and Miriam Gonzalez Durantez on the birth of their third child, Miguel. Here’s the BBC report: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg’s wife Mirian [sic] has given birth to a son Miguel - their third child. The younger brother for Antonio, seven, and Alberto, four, was born at Kingston

Nadine Dorries gets it wrong concerning the new law regarding names on birth certificates… A function to attend mid morning and then the rest of the day peppered with interviews regarding the new law about to come into effect with allows lesbian couples to name who they wish on the birth certificate of a child they

Single mothers will be forced to give the name of the child's father on birth certificates to encourage men to take responsibility for their children under plans to be approved by Parliament.