All news on the topic: Children

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Girl, 15, found dead in toilets at high school
A young girl has died suddenly at her school in the Scottish borders.
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Girl, 2, dies after being left in hot car as father reportedly forgot to drop her at nursery
The toddler was found unconscious after five hours in the car and was rushed to the hospital, where she tragically died following cardiac arrest.
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A 10-year-old girl has died after being attacked by her family’s dog at home
A 10-year-old girl has died after being mauled by her family’s dog.
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African Union: Children suffer the severe consequences of corruption
The African Union (AU) warned that corruption is among the biggest barriers to the “full realization of children’s rights” with at least 25 million primary school children across the continent affected by corrupt practices.
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Fertility rate in England and Wales falls to lowest level since records began in 1938
The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level since records began, according to government data.
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Three-week-old baby dies in car crash as man arrested over ’heartbreaking’ incident
A three-week-old baby tragically died at the scene of a crash on the A451 between Kidderminster and Stourport at around 12.09am on Saturday. A man has been arrested
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UK’s ‘most prolific catfisher’ who drove girl, 12, to take her own life jailed
Online predator Alexander McCartney who drove one of his catfish victims to take her own life, has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.
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Irish PM calls murder case of previously unnoticed missing boy ’absolutely horrifying’
Police believe eight-year-old Kyran Durnin disappeared two years ago and presume that he is now dead
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Urgent search launched after woman and four young children ‘forced into Ford Transit’
An urgent manhunt is underway after a woman and four children under the age of seven or bundled into the back of a van.
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In Paris, a child was stolen from the maternity ward - the police launched an urgent search
The boy, named Santiago, was described as having blonde hair and wearing white velvet pajamas when he went missing from a hospital in the Seine-Saint-Denis region of Paris.
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Police are investigating the death of a four-month-old baby in Clynderwen
Dyfed-Powys Police released a statement on Sunday morning (Oct 20), confirming they are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a four-month-old baby in Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire.
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Arrests made in connection with the murder of a toddler in Northern Ireland
Police say Tavia Michella Ximenes Da Costa was pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday morning. Two women and a man are in custody.
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Four people hospitalized after a school bus overturns in Northern Ireland
Most of those hurt were well enough to be discharged at the scene, according to the ambulance service
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15-year-old boy rushed to hospital after stabbing at Sloane Square Tube station
A 15-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a stabbing at Sloane Square Tube station.
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Private firms operated nearly all care homes in England that were forced to shut due to breaches
Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit
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Four migrants including child die while trying to cross English Channel
French minister Bruno Retailleau said the child was ‘trampled to death in a boat’
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Orpington dog attack: Several out-of-control dogs mauled a woman and two children, aged 4 and 6
Two children aged four and six along with a woman have been savagely mauled by four dogs in a street in St Paul’s Cray, southeast London this morning and have been rushed to hospital
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Woman has been found guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of her two sets of twins in a house fire
The boys were locked inside the property before the blaze broke out in December 2021 - with police saying the flames spread quickly because of the amount of rubbish strewn across the floor.
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Girl, 14, in ‘shock, pain and trauma’ after suspected acid attack outside London school
A father describes severe injuries as police search for a male suspect believed to have ridden an e-scooter to a Westminster academy.
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Father accused of choking his 1-year-old son to death for not obeying him
A father allegedly strangled his 1-year-old son for minutes until he died for not listening to what he said.
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Boy, 8, fatally shot in the head and face while ’hunting rabbits’ on a farm; man in his 60s arrested for ’manslaughter’
An eight-year-old boy fatally shot in the head and face yesterday was reportedly hunting rabbits on farmland, while a man in his 60s has been arrested.
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A 2-year-old boy was killed in a tragic fireplace accident while dancing, after his mother left him and his siblings home alone
A two-year-old boy has died in a freak fireplace accident whilst playing with his sister at their home in Wigan, Manchster - leaving the community in shock and mourning
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A children’s football team was attacked with acid by a group on mopeds, authorities report
A children’s football team and their parents had ‘acid thrown on them’ as they got ready to begin a training session.
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Girl died from sepsis after being sent home twice by her GP
An eight-year-old girl died from sepsis after she was sent home from the GP twice in four hours, her parents said.