There are around 10,000 under-16s who need odd-sized pairs of shoes.They include around 400 of the 1,000 babies born annually with clubfoot.
That's according to Steps, a charity that supports children with clubfoot.
The retailer Clarks used to sell pairs of children's shoes of differentsizes at the normal price plus 25 per cent. Not any more. as it is "nolonger economically viable".
So parents must pay for two pairs of shoes. Or risk damaging theirchild's feet. Whatever. As long as it's economically viable.
- Deep frozen stem cells are the latest thing for families trying tosafeguard their baby's future, says the Independent.
A baby is born. Quick as a flash, dad jabs the umbilical cord with aneedle, sucks out some blood with the all-important stem cells, whichare put in the freezer for a rainy day.
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