All news on the topic: Children

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Five-year-old boy dies after wall collapse at London crazy golf venue
Sidcup Family Golf in Chislehurst, southeast London has been closed since the boy and a six-year-old girl were injured on Sunday evening.
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Two-child benefit cap to be fully abolished, costing over £3bn
Rachel Reeves plans to completely remove the two-child benefit cap in the November budget, a move that could cost over £3bn but lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
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Teenager arrested after girl, 4, critically injured by firework in Burnley
A teenager has been arrested after a four-year-old girl was left fighting for her life in hospital when she was struck by a firework.
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Swedish Foxtrot gang uses 13-year-old boys to launch grenade attack in Oslo
It is just after nightfall in Bislett, a quiet student neighborhood in central Oslo, when two children armed with hand grenades step off a bus and approach their target.
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Albanian man posed as father of eight babies in UK passport fraud
A criminal gang member who falsely claimed he was the father of eight Albanian children to get them UK citizenship has been jailed.
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Hazardous materials incident in Barking Road flat leaves one child dead
One child has died after ‘a hazardous materials incident’ broke out in a flat in east London.
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Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu ‘wildfire’ spreads across UK
Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated against a flu "wildfire" over half-term as cases rise.
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Police probe ‘unimaginable tragedy’ after girl, 9, found dead in Islip home
Police are urgently investigating the tragic death of a nine-year-old girl after they were called to reports that three children had been assaulted.
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“Depraved” soldier blackmailed up to 90 kids in sick sextortion plot
A wicked soldier orchestrated a vile sextortion scheme, coercing young children into performing sexual acts for him.
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Fake AI photos of poor children used by charities in “poverty porn” campaigns
AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children, and survivors of sexual violence are flooding stock photo sites and are increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who have expressed concern over a new era of “poverty porn.”
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Porn, games, beer distracted dad while daughter died in hot car
Reports indicate an Arizona father became so absorbed in video games and pornography that he forgot his 2-year-old daughter was still in his hot car.
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Two young children found dead at home in Stafford
Two children found dead at a home in Stafford have been identified by police.
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Two children found dead in Stafford home as woman, 43, arrested for murder
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two children in Stafford.
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Parents Joanne Bedford and Mark Twigg jailed after son Daniel, 3, killed by dogs at Rochdale farm
Daniel Twigg, 3, died after being attacked at a farm in Rochdale back in May 2022.
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Owner of Sresan Pharma arrested over toxic cough syrup linked to child deaths in Madhya Pradesh
Indian police have arrested the owner of Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, the cough syrup company linked to the deaths of at least 19 children in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer told Reuters on Thursday.
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Knife crime reaches UK primary schools as children as young as four involved
A BBC investigation has uncovered incidents of very young children bringing knives into primary schools.
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South Wales school closes after death of eight-year-old pupil
A school in South Wales has closed after the death of an eight-year-old girl.
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Two killed and 14 injured, including children, in Alabama football game shooting
Children are among more than a dozen shot after rival fans clashed at an American Football game in Alabama.
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Fourteen-year-old boy arrested after mass shooting in Gävle
Six people including children were shot while on a night out in Sweden with a 14-year-old boy arrested.
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Grandparents jailed for life for murdering two-year-old grandson Ethan Ives-Griffiths
Two grandparents who murdered their two-year-old grandson after subjecting him to a campaign of abuse have been jailed for 40 years.
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Woman charged with murder after three children found dead in Bristol home
A woman has been charged with murder after three children were found dead at a house, police said.
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Nursery worker jailed for eight years over “sadistic” abuse of 21 babies
A 22-year-old nursery worker has been sentenced to eight years in jail after being convicted of the “sadistic” abuse of 21 babies, including pinching and pushing children and kicking one little boy in the face.
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“Meal deal” drug: experts warn ketamine now cheaper than fast food for kids
An media investigation has found that primary school children are using Ketamine during their lunch breaks, knowing the effects will have worn off by the time they return to class.
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Memphis man shot partner, hurled 2-year-old daughter into river with alligators
A father allegedly hurled his two-year-old daughter into a river with alligators after shooting dead his girlfriend, who was the baby’s mother.
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UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper accuses Netanyahu of blocking aid and letting children starve in Gaza
Yvette Cooper has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of allowing children in Gaza to die of starvation.