All news on the topic: Children
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Two children die from freezing in car after it ran out of petrol
Two young children froze to death in a car that ran out of petrol in extremely cold temperatures.
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Three children attacked by their pet dogs within a 48-hour period
A six-year-old girl was mauled in the face by her pet dog in a 48-hour spate of ‘freak’ dog attacks on children.
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Siblings killed in hit-and-run, reportedly riding an e-scooter
A man and woman were arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and failing to stop at the scene after the crash in Pitsea.
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5-year-old boy dies after 8ft mirror falls on him while he was looking at his reflection
A ‘funny and clever’ five-year-old boy was killed by a falling mirror after he touched it while looking at his own reflection, an inquest heard.
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Cruel parents starved their teen ballerina daughter until she weighed only 4 stone
A couple, from Australia, forced their teenage daughter to follow a strict diet, take part in intense ballet training and taught her to become fully reliant on them - they have been jailed for neglect.
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Family of a five-year-old boy accuses hospital staff of ’laughing’ while his life support was turned off
Damning report criticises care of Muhammad Ayaan Haroon, who died at Sheffield Children’s Hospital after suffering breathing difficulties.
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Four members of a Glasgow child abuse ring attempted to murder a girl by trapping her in a microwave
Four members of a Scottish child abuse ring tried to murder a victim by trapping her in a microwave.
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Over 200 abducted children rescued in nationwide human trafficking crackdown in Nigeria
About 207 abducted children, reportedly trafficked from various locations in Nigeria, have been rescued by police.
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Horror as Afghan suspect kills two, including two-year-old, in knife rampage at German park
A two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man were killed in a knife attack in a park in Germany on Wednesday morning.
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Mother finds dirt in her children’s mouths, later realizes it’s her father’s ashes
Thinking it was dirt, the woman vaccuumed up her father’s ashes.
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£20,000 reward announced to find parents of three siblings abandoned as infants in London
A £20,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identification of the parents of three siblings found abandoned as babies in London over eight years, on the first anniversary of the third child being found.
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Two-year-old boy dies after a medical episode at nursery
A young boy has died at nursery near Liverpool.
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Girl, 2, dies after receiving alternative medicine due to antibiotic shortage
The tragic case of two-year-old Ava Hodgkinson has led the governement to consider changing laws allowing pharmacists to offer alternative medication if another isn’t available.
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Parents let girl, 9, get tattoo in homage to Donald Trump
A tattooist has been criticised after he gave a permanent tattoo to a nine-year-old girl in a video that went viral online.
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Nigerian pastor arrested in major child-trafficking bust, 13 children rescued
Authorities arrest popular Nigerian pastor, rescue children from his cartel.
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1,500 drug-dependent infants born in Scotland since 2017
Lib Dems warn first minister that party could withdraw support if government does not boost funding for issue.
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‘Why should I study Russian?’: Ukraine urges UK to introduce Ukrainian GCSE
About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongue
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Boy, nine, killed in Christmas market attack was ‘little teddy bear’
The nine-year-old boy killed in Friday’s Christmas market attack is now ‘with grandma and grandpa in heaven’, his mum said.
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Four-month-old boy found dead in caravan, man arrested on suspicion of ’neglect’
A man has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a four-month-old baby boy was found dead in a caravan.
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Two-year-old boy killed by falling fireplace while dancing to Cocomelon TV show
A two-year-old boy died when a TV and marble fireplace toppled over and struck his head while he danced along to Cocomelon, an inquest has heard.
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Children in Poland taught to use guns amid fears of a Russian invasion
An EU nation has made it mandatory for schoolchildren to take part in firearms training.
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Children as young as 10 involved in terror plots as police disclose prevention of three late-stage attacks
The terror threat to the UK is currently “smouldering”, according to one of the country’s lead Counter Terror officers.
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Boy, 5, discovered dead alongside father in suspected murder-suicide; devastated mum pays heartfelt tribute to her ’beloved’ son
A young boy was tragically killed by his father, who then took his own life in a suspected murder-suicide, an inquest has revealed.
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Illegal casinos exploit Roblox to lure children into online gambling
By Ben van der Merwe, digital investigations journalist, and Mickey Carroll, science and tech reporter
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Father who believed he was ’vessel of God’ kills newborn son by breaking every bone in his skull
Kadees Mohammed, 31, had a schizophrenic episode in the middle of the night before he killed his three-week-old son and attacked his wife and mother with an iron in their Birmingham home
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