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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
Nisha Mal

'I was pregnant with my daughter at 14 and now I'm one of England's youngest grans at just 33'

A woman who gave birth at 15 is now a gran - at just 33. Ruth Clayton had daughter Rose in 2005 while still at school.

Rose then had her own daughter last year aged 18 - making Ruth one of Britain's youngest grandmothers. Support worker Ruth, from Lincoln, says she initially tried to talk Rose out of having birth.

But she is now delighted with granddaughter Cora. Ruth, now 34, said: "Once I knew Rose was serious about having this baby I was fully on board and so so excited.

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