All news on the topic: Family

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Four arrested after three-month-old baby girl dies at remote Staffordshire woodland campsite
The Heartbreaking scene where a 3-month-old girl was allegedly murdered while camping with her family has been revealed, as tributes pour in for the tot.
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Mum denied £1,800 refund after "horrendous" ordeal at UK holiday park
When Karmen Paige booked a week-long stay at Haven’s Seashore Holiday Park in Yarmouth, she really needed a break.
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British teenager drowns in Swiss lake during family holiday
A brit teenager has drowned in a lake in Switzerland on a family holiday.
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Singapore offers families £40,000 per child as birth rate plunges to record low
Singapore has offered to hand parents £40,000 per child in a desperate bid to encourage young people to start families.
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Murdoch court papers expose bitter family feud over control of media empire
Rupert Murdoch said in newly released correspondence that it would be a disaster if his media empire fell into the ‘wrong hands’
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Woman, 38, posed as 12-year-old using teddy and high child’s voice to trick couple into adopting her
A woman has been arrested for posing as a child and tricking a couple into looking after her for more than a year.
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Three members of family die after being swept out to sea at Shoreham beach
Three members of the same family have died and a fourth has been left fighting for her life after being swept out to sea at a beach in Shoreham.
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UK Home Office accused of blocking Gaza family evacuations despite Foreign Office backing
The Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of the war-torn region.
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USCIS glitch sends false green card approvals to applicants waiting to reunite with loved ones
When Jesse Miranda, a U.S. citizen, sponsored an application for a green card for his wife nearly a year ago, he understood the process would take time.
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UK plans overhaul of divorce laws to give domestic abuse greater weight in financial settlements
Divorce is a difficult process, and dividing up finances is one of the trickiest and more fraught aspects. Judges tasked with deciding how to split a couple’s money and assets look at a number of things, including their earnings and how long they’ve been together.
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River Island founder Bernard Lewis left £40m fortune to his family
River Island founder Bernard Lewis OBE left a £40million fortune to his family, new documents show.
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Italy passes law to help children escape mafia families
Children and young adults raised in mafia families will be given a chance to break away from organised crime under new legislation in Italy that aims to stop the intergenerational recruitment of gangsters.
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New family court rules curb use of unregulated psychologists in child custody cases
New rules barring unregulated psychologists from family court cases in England and Wales will come into force this month, sparking hope that the “days of bogus experts are over”.
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Mum and two daughters found dead in Bedford home are pictured as police hunt husband who fled to Zimbabwe
A tragic mum and two girls have been pictured for the first time after police released an image of a man wanted in connection with the deaths of a woman and two children as tributes were paid to the tragic trio.
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Garda accused of rape and child cruelty forced daughter to eat a bucket of KFC chicken until she became sick, court heard
The eldest daughter of a garda charged with rape and child cruelty has said the family home had ‘an atmosphere of violence and threats” and it felt like living in a military barracks growing up.
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New project aims to open England’s secretive family courts to greater media scrutiny
In the family courts of England and Wales, justice is rarely seen. While real progress has been made towards making the courts more transparent, only a tiny fraction of cases are actually reported on.
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Man, 31, charged with the murder and rape of a two-year-old girl is identified as her father
A man charged with murder and rape after a two-year-old girl was found dead has been confirmed as the toddler’s dad.
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Royal rift deepens as Charles invites Harry back to Buckingham Palace
Prince William is said to be in conflict with King Charles over the monarch’s decision to offer Prince Harry a stay at Buckingham Palace ahead of his upcoming visit to the UK next month.
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“It Wasn’t Me” singer Rik Rok dragged into bitter £1m will fight as half-sister faces £126,000 bill
The half-sister of the singer behind chart-topping dancehall smash hit “It Wasn’t Me” has been handed a £126,000 court bill after losing a family fight over their dad’s £1m will.
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Britain’s Got Talent star and Baptist minister Allan Finnegan dies after cancer battle
Britain’s Got Talent star Allan Finnegan has died nearly five years after receiving a cancer diagnosis.
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Romeo Beckham handed £440 fine over mobile phone incident in central London
Romeo Beckham has been fined and handed penalty points after police caught him using his phone while sitting behind the wheel of his luxury sports car in central London.
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Family courts accused of “alarming” victim blaming in domestic abuse cases
Family courts are home to an “alarming prevalence” of victim blaming and bias – predominantly impacting mothers – according to researchers we spoke to following the publication of a new report.
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Brooklyn Beckham sparks backlash with advert joking about family estrangement
David and Victoria Beckham are ’devastated’ after their son Brooklyn appeared in an advert that joked about family estrangement, friends of the couple have said.
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New details emerge in Elephant and Castle family deaths after 36th-floor tragedy
The tragic final few days of a family at the center of a suspected murder-suicide pact have finally been revealed, as friends say they “seemed normal”.
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Family’s hospital dash turns into petrol station birth after baby arrives early
A mother gave birth to her son in the back seat of a car at a petrol station, as their dash to the hospital was abruptly cut short.