Home news

Living on the other side of the world these days, it's always nice to see a bit of home news on the telly. NOT. Most of the UK news to hit these shores since I've been here has been about the dire state of the economy. Fair enough. That's big. But when something non-economic filters through you'd hope it'd be heart-warming, or quaintly English, or make me wish I was home. But no, it's this kid (above); Britain's youngest father at 13 years old, or so he thought. Turns out his 15 year-old baby mamma was sleeping with a variety of teenagers and a DNA test has proved this little guy—who would have been 12 at the time of conception—is not. Doesn't change the fact he was having sex—shudder—at the age of 12. He's 4ft tall, damn it!
The UK has a horrible rep as teenage pregnancy capital of Europe. Not only that, but a court made a ruling after the media initially went mental, that there should be no more reporting on this case, including the DNA results. Well guess what? The Mirror just went ahead and put it on their front page anyway! There's something else we have a bad rep for in the UK: our tabloids.
So there's no nostalgia and homesickness for me today. I'm just glad I met a Royal earlier in the week (did I mention I met the Queen's grandson?!) and had my British moment then.