He has parachuted into some of the most inhospitable places on Earth, eaten bugs, snakes, and piranha, and slept in the stinking carcass of a dead camel.

THE challenges of breast-feeding and the type of back-up available is the subject of a nationwide survey which will help inform how breast-feeding support services can be improved.

New figures out today show that the risk of cot death is almost four times higher when the child's mother smokes.