All news on the topic: Children

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Body of young baby found in field after large area is cordoned off
A baby has been found dead in a field in Greater Manchester.
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Newborn baby dies after being exposed to heroin and cocaine by mother
A mother has been jailed after exposing her baby daughter to heroin and cocaine before her death from a cardiac arrest.
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Child in critical condition after suspected hit-and-run driver ’fled on foot’
A child has been left in critical condition after a suspected hit and run crash in Bristol.
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One-year-old boy dies after High Court orders withdrawal of life support
A one-year-old boy who has a severe and irreversible neuromuscular disease has died after a High Court judge ruled his treatment should stop.
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Teenager sentenced to prison for shaking partner’s baby to death
The baby suffered "catastrophic" brain injuries after being shaken by Alesbrook, who had met his mother just weeks earlier. She has also been sentenced to time in prison for child cruelty offences.
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Bus carrying schoolchildren collides with lorry on major road
Sixteen people have been injured after a bus carrying schoolchildren was involved in a crash.
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Sara Sharif’s father admits to beating her over the head with a phone months before her death but claims he did not intend to kill her
Sara Sharif’s father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.
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Boy, 15, dies after collapsing suddenly during school football match
A 15-year-old boy has died after collapsing during a school football match in Manchester.
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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