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Metro
02-07-2025
- Metro
Woman abandoned at birth meets dad who 'never knew she existed' 24 years later
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A woman who was abandoned as a newborn has found her birth father with the help of ITV show Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace. Sarah Meyer was left in the stairwell of a Surrey car park in 2001 and is now the youngest person to search for a relative on the show, which is hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell. Shortly after Sarah was abandoned, she appeared on ITV's This Morning as a newborn baby in a bid to track down her parents. Dubbed the 'Baby in Pink' due to the pink towel she was wrapped in, Sarah was on the show with police sergeant Wendy Whiting, who was the first officer on the scene when she was found. Judy Finnegan, who hosted This Morning at the time alongside Richard Madely, told viewers: 'This little sprog was abandoned in a multi-story car park. She was barely an hour old, weighing just 7lbs.' But despite the public appeal, Sarah's parents never came forward. She was adopted at the age of three months by Jo and Pierre, who already had another adopted daughter, Jess. 24 years later, Sarah, who has a degree in cyber security and now lives in Northern Ireland with her girlfriend, is returning to TV screens in tonight's episode of Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace. On the show, she was able to find out more about her birth parents after DNA tracing located them. 'I'd like an explanation because it is something that is missing…to know where I come from…why was I abandoned?' Sarah says in the episode, during which she returns to the car park where she was found for the first time. After she was found, police sent infant Sarah straight to the hospital, where nursing staff took her under their wing. 'I was named Caroline after the nurse who looked after me, and Pembrooke after my car park. It's like a little secret identity of mine. It's a part of my history, which is very important to me. Even with my name now, my middle name is Caroline,' Sarah reveals. From a box of police evidence, Sarah reads a letter sent to the police ten days after she was found: 'Please look after my little girl. I love her so much, but just can't cope with another baby. Thank you to all the police officers involved, hospital staff, and the members of the public for their help. Thank you.' The Long Lost Family team managed to track down Sarah's birth mother, who was in her late teens when Sarah was born, but she did not wish to appear in the episode. Sarah says: 'It's good to hear that she's at least alive and is out there. It leaves the door open for her to come and meet me if she wants to. And I'll never close that door…I want her to see that I've lived a good life, and I want her to see that I'm not angry with her.' However, Sarah's father was keen to meet her. He had no idea that she had been born, and wondered if his late mother would have seen her granddaughter and not known it, as she'd worked at the hospital unit where Sarah was taken to. His identity is obscured in the episode to protect Sarah's birth mother. He explains it's been hard to process both that he didn't know about Sarah and that he wasn't there for her, adding that he was 'a bit of a lad back then' and that his encounter with Sarah's birth mother was brief. Long Lost Family host Nicky Campbell told Sarah's father about her adoption, and he noticed the resemblance between them after being shown a photograph. On Monday, Sarah returned to This Morning to give hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard an update after she met her birth father. Watching a clip from her appearance on the show in 2001, she said: 'It was crazy seeing that again and being back here…It's insane, full circle, because I've been able to find my birth parents.' She added that she'd always known her story, revealing that her foster parents had shown her clips and newspaper articles from her past. 'Any questions I've had, they answered,' she said, 'I love them for that.' Discussing her motivation for appearing on Long Lost Family, Sarah said that as well as wanting answers about her past: 'I wanted to show who is out there that I had a good life…I wanted to show them that I am ok.' More Trending And speaking about her birth father, she revealed: 'The fact that me and him are so alike is insane… for him to welcome me into his family the way he did was insane.' Meanwhile, Sarah reiterated that 'the door is always open' for her birth mother to get in touch. 'I've had 24 years of being able to process my story. She's had just this short amount of time to process it, so it's gonna be a long time and I understand that, and I will give her that time,' she said. View More » Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace airs tonight at 9pm on ITV1. Got a story? 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Daily Record
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Abandoned baby found in holdall in car park traces parents on ITV Long Lost Family
ITV Long Lost Family: Born Without A Trace will focus on the 'Baby in Pink' Sarah Meyers, its youngest ever searcher. Sarah Meyer will be remembered by many as the 'baby in Pink'. The 24-year-old was abandoned by her mother when she was a newborn baby and hit the headlines after being found in a holdall sitting in a multi-story carpark when she was just an hour old, wrapped up in pink towel and a white shawl. Sarah is now the youngest person to search for a relative on ITV Long Lost Family: Born Without A Trace. Dubbed 'Baby in Pink' by the press at the time, Sarah's discovery was a huge national news story and led to a nationwide search for the mother of the tot. Sarah even appeared on This Morning with a police sergeant, as cops went to desperate measures to locate her family. Then host of the ITV show, Judy Finnegan, told viewers at the time: 'This little sprog was abandoned in a multi-story carpark. She was barely an hour old, weighing just 7lbs.' However all efforts led to dead ends despite many public appeals and Sarah's birth mum didn't come forward. She was adopted at the age of three months old by mum and dad Jo and Pierre, who already had another adopted daughter, Jess. Viewers of the Long Lost Family spin off will see the emotional journey everyone ends up on when Sarah attempts to find out the truth behind her birth story. The programme, hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, attempts to help foundlings, which means people who were abandoned by their birth family as babies, sometimes in unusual places including a phone box, a cardboard box or church steps. The upcoming instalment will reveal that Sarah's umbilical cord had been cut when she was found, but not clamped, meaning it could have been a home birth. Baby Sarah was then sent to hospital where she was under the care of a host of nurses who took her under their wing. Sarah says: 'On the news, I was the Baby in Pink because I was in the pink towel wrapped in the blanket. 'I was named Caroline after the nurse who looked after me and Pembrooke after my car park. It's like a little secret identity of mine. Now my middle name is Caroline." Sarah, who still owns the town and holdall she was found in, opens up about her close relationship with her own family and says that she and sister Jess were always told they were adopted, as writes the Mirror. She went on: 'I want my birth parents to know that they shouldn't feel any remorse because I've had a wonderful life. But I'd like an explanation because it is something that is missing, to know where I come from. Why was I abandoned?' Sarah goes back to the car park she was found in as part of the episode and is left wondering who would leave a baby in such a busy area. She said: 'I was an evening baby and 30 minutes to an hour old. So I was literally fresh out of the womb.' She also gets a letter from a police evidence box, which was sent to investigating officers 10 days after she was discovered in the car park. The letter gives no clues, and is typed and unstamped. It reads: 'Please look after my little girl. I love her so much, but just can't cope with another baby. Thank you to all the police officers involved, hospital staff, and the members of the public for their help. Thank you.' As part of the episode, Sarah is reintroduced to Police Sergeant Wendy Whiting, the first on the scene when she was found and someone who stayed with her case for the duration of its development. Wendy reveals when the baby was found, the person who discovered her thought she'd found a bomb at first. Wendy says: 'I remember the radio message coming out and thinking, 'Did I just hear that right?' An abandoned baby, no clothes on, we were concerned.' The ITV research team are helped by Sarah's young age and are able to access documents quickly compared to more historical investigations. They soon establish who her birth parents are and find out that her mum was in her late teens when Sarah was born, and already had a child. However, Sarah's birth mum is not as easy to track down, and doesn't respond to an approach by researchers. Sarah, who now lives in Northern Ireland with her partner Shannon and has a cybersecurity degree, says: 'It's good to hear that she's at least alive and is out there. It leaves the door open for her to come and meet me if she wants to. I'll never close that door. I respect that it's such a big thing for her. I understand that she might not be ready. I want her to see that I've lived a good life and that I'm not angry with her.' There is good news also as Sarah's birth father, who has a partner and a daughter, reveals he never knew of her existence but is keen to get to know her. He stays anonymous to protect the birth mum's identity but is overcome with emotion as he says: 'It's very upsetting to know that my daughter was just left there in that situation. Anything could have happened to her.' Sarah's birth dad then wonders if his late mum would have seen her baby granddaughter and not known, as she'd worked at the hospital unit where Sarah was taken to. As Long Lost Family fans are accustomed to, there's then an emotional reunion and exchanging of photos as Sarah meets her father and they note their similar physical attributes, and common interests. He says: 'My daughters can get to know each other and we can all be a family together.' Sarah adds: 'I've been waiting a long time, I just didn't think it would be possible. He was as I imagined and more, beyond what I expected. I can't wait to get to know him more. The past is in the past and the adventure is only beginning.' Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!
Mint
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
IPL 2025: Jasprit Bumrah becomes seventh-highest wicket-taker in leagues history
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 2 (ANI): Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Jasprit Bumrah surpassed veteran spinner Amit Mishra, becoming the seventh-highest wicket-taker in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday. Bumrah achieved this upward movement in the charts after his side's IPL game against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. During the game, Bumrah delivered an impactful spell of 2/15 in four overs. In the powerplay, he gave a much-needed breather to Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar, two other pacers, by getting two crucial wickets of RR skipper Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer in his over. While this was the only over he bowled during the powerplay phase, he managed to crush RR under its weight as they lost half their side. Now, Bumrah, MI's top wicket-taker, sits at seventh spot in all-time IPL charts with 176 scalps in 140 matches at an average of 22.21, with an economy rate of 7.28 and best figures of 5/10. He has taken two five-wicket hauls. He is now above Amit Mishra, who took 174 scalps in 162 matches at an average of 23.82. The top wicket-taker in the history of the IPL is Yuzvendra Chahal, currently playing for Punjab Kings (PBKS), with 218 wickets in 170 matches at an average of 22.36, economy rate of 7.91, and best figures of 5/40. In seven matches of IPL 2025 so far, Bumrah has delivered solid returns after his comeback from injury, taking 11 scalps at an average of 17.72, economy rate of 6.96, with best figures of 4/22. Coming to the match, MI was put to bowl first by RR, who chose to field first. The Men in Pink were soon made to regret their decision, as openers Ryan Rickelton (61 in 38 balls, with seven fours and three sixes) and Rohit Sharma (53 in 36 balls, with nine fours) launched an assault that lasted 116 runs. After both openers were dismissed, Suryakumar Yadav (48* in 23 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes) and skipper Hardik Pandya (48* in 23 balls, with six fours and a six) stitched a 94-run stand, taking MI to 217/2 in 20 overs. Maheesh Theekshana and skipper Riyan got a wicket each. During the run-chase, RR looked helpless against a top-class MI attack right from the powerplay, sinking to 47/5. It was Jofra Archer (30 in 27 balls, with two fours and two sixes) who top-scored as RR were bundled out for 117 in 16.1 overs, losing by 100 runs. Karn Sharma (3/23) and Trent Boult (3/28) were the pick of the bowlers for MI, with Jasprit Bumrah also delivering a pressurising four-over spell of 2/15. Skipper Hardik also got a wicket. Rickelton was awarded the 'Player of the Match' award. MI is at the top of the table with seven wins and four losses, giving them 14 points. RR is out of the playoff race, at eighth with three wins and eight losses, giving them six points. (ANI) First Published: 2 May 2025, 09:48 AM IST
