Lily Allen has revealed how the kindness and love of the community in tiny village Cranham, Gloucester, helped her deal with losing her baby last year. The singer, who was six months pregnant when she suffered a viral infection and lost her baby

have great help,” Elizabeth who gave birth to son Felix 5 months ago admits.“As people say, it takes a village. I am a big believer in that. I grew up with my cousins and my aunts all around me. Now I live in Los Angeles where I have no family. You just

in a village called Long Melford in Suffolk, it was originally intended to address the fact that the area just didn't have enough good places to buy nice children's clothes. However, because they realised there was no need to compete with the major high

. Filled with fabulous disco pop classics – from ABBA's 'Dancing Queen' to MIKA's 'Grace Kelly', with Kool & The Gang, T.Rex and Village People inbetween, there are 60 wonderful hits on this collection - and not a duff track among them!Disco hits such as “I

Could a giant chalk carving of a man in a Dorset hillside be responsible for a baby boom? Well, if the birth rates in the surrounding villages and towns are anything to go by, the folklore might be true!The 180-foot Cerne Abbas Giant has been said

to be because of a wet nappy!To celebrate this, Pampers are offering one lucky person the chance to win a year’s supply of Pampers nappies* just answer the following question:For more information on the Pampers Golden Sleep products visit the Pampers Village

, check out these fabulous maternity fashion trend pieces for 2011, or these stylish maxi dresses, perfect for fashion conscious pregnant mums.Also in the news...6 gorgeous maternity wedding dresses for your special dayWedding village helped Lily Allen

As the RCM announce plans to involve dads more in pregnancy, birth and the early months of parenthood, we got some great advice from Pampers Village midwife Dr Mary Steen-Greeves, to give partners a head start.During PregnancyAccompany your partner

to as many antenatal check ups as he can is really important,” says midwife Mary Steen, from Pampers Village Parenting Expert Panel. “There is some flexibility around appointment times, so he can check that appointments fits in with work commitments.”By your

weeks, so to prepare, dads can write all vital contact numbers down,” says midwife and Pamper Parenting Village Expert Panel Mary Steen.This is also a good time to help pack the hospital bag, too, and for dads-to-be to pack a bag of essentials