United Kingdom, April 2 -- Jesy Nelson is feeling "proud" after a "major milestone" in her spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) campaigning was announced.

The former Little Mix singer is on a career break as she focuses on her 10-month-old twins Ocean and Story and to campaign for testing at birth for SMA1 (Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1), a severe form of the rare, progressive, non-reversible, muscle-weakening genetic condition which both of her daughters have.

It has now been announced that the NHS will start testing newborns in England for SMA, after Health Secretary Wes Streeting brought forward a pilot to test most newborns in England from January 2027 to October this year.

Jesy told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "This is massive. Now ther...