Six intrepid individuals from MIDIRS, are preparing to embark on a demanding endurance challenge that promises to push their physical and mental strengths to the limit.

Bristol animator and film director, Emma Lazenby, gives a fascinating account of the making of her animated film, Mother of Many, which went on to win a Bafta film award at this year's ceremony in London.

- by Rosalind Bragg, Director of Maternity Action, the national charity which works to end inequality and promote the health and well-being of all pregnant women, their partners and children from before conception through to the child's early years.

The purpose of this short article, written by Adrienne Burgess, Research Director of the Fatherhood Institute, is to alert professionals to the importance of engaging with young fathers, and to suggest how this engagement can be made effective and routine without substantial additional resources.

Student midwives currently focusing on ‘complicated’ midwifery practice and the management of obstetric emergencies will find the practice development section of www.midirs.org/student a source of invaluable information.