51 h. ago Teen told Mum 'I’m trying my best but nobody understands me' days before murder

Harvey Willgoose’s mum is urging the Government to act on ‘school avoiders’ like her son, after being shocked to learn that one in five children miss school daily.

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62 h. ago Babysitter is a suspect after 3 young children go missing in California, authorities say

Constance Franks, 55, and three young children under the age of 10 whom she was babysitting were last seen Friday night

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66 h. ago Shocking figures reveal 400 children every week are groomed online in UK

The US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children last year received 546,000 worldwide reports from tech firms of adults targeting kids online, some 9,600 of which were in the UK

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67 h. ago Weapons explained: What happened to the 17 missing children in hit horror movie?

The truth behind this summer’s hit horror movie

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5 d. ago Number of children in England missing school for prolonged periods has risen

The overall unauthorised holiday rate in autumn 2024 is broadly unchanged from the previous year despite increased fines, figures show.

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6 d. ago Police launch urgent appeal to find pair of children, 11 and 13, after they went missing

Police say they are concerned for the safety of Amy, 13, and Taireece, 11, who were both last seen in the Broxtowe area at around 6pm yesterday.

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8 d. ago Dramatic arrest in disappearance of two young siblings who vanished in 2014 'after mom dropped them off'

Catherine Hoggle, 38, was the last person seen with her children Jacob, 2, and Sarah, 3, before they went missing in Maryland in September 2014.

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3 w. ago Gaza's children have missed 2 years of school. A truce won't undo the damage

The U.N.'s children's agency says the war in Gaza has left over 650,000 students without access to education

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3 w. ago Two surrogates speak out about California couple under investigation

Authorities are investigating a Southern California couple after their infant child was taken to a hospital with a traumatic head injury and 21 children were discovered in their custody

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3 w. ago ‘Two fights left’: Usyk closes in on history and retirement with Dubois test

Ukrainian seeks to unify the heavyweight division again at Wembley on Saturday before putting family time firstBoxing, as Oleksandr Usyk knows, gets everyone in the end. It is a harsh and pitiless business and earlier this week, at the end of a long afternoon answering the same old questions in front of a line of television cameras, Usyk sat down with a small group of familiar faces who have written about him for years. During his last assignment for the day he opened up a little more as he spoke about the sacrifices boxing demands.He told us how much he wanted to see his wife, Yekaterina, as she had just flown into London and they would be reunited that evening. Three months had passed, in a gruelling training camp, since they had been together and Usyk spoke about missing her and their four children. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mother and son dramatically rescued in California after authorities discover SOS notes

‘HELP. Me and my son are stranded up the road to the right. Please get help for us,’ read one note

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3 w. ago European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKEurope’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs that have been shipped in their thousands to Israel and used in multiple airstrikes where research indicates Palestinian children and other civilians were killed.With concerns mounting about the extent to which European companies may be profiting from the devastation of Gaza, a Guardian investigation with the independent newsrooms Disclose and Follow the Money has examined the supply chain behind the GBU-39 bomb, and the ways in which it has been deployed during the conflict. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US authorities take custody of more than 20 kids as surrogate mothers claim couple misled them

Children removed from California home of couple who were arrested in May and had said they ‘wanted a large family’More than 20 children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country.Fifteen children were removed from the couple’s opulent home in Arcadia after an abuse allegation in May, and another six living elsewhere were also located, said Arcadia’s police lieutenant, Kollin Cieadlo. They range in age from two months to 13 years, with most between one and three. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I've been feeling a bit forlorn': Zoe Ball discusses mental health battles and how she is missing her two children

Zoe Ball has opened up about her recent mental health struggles as she admitted she has been feeling 'forlorn' and suffering from social anxiety.

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3 w. ago 'I've been feeling a bit forlorn': Zoe Ball discusses her mental health battles and how she is missing her two children

Zoe Ball has opened up about her recent mental health struggles as she admitted she has been feeling 'forlorn' and suffering from social anxiety.

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4 w. ago Republicans block effort to force release of Epstein files in Congress

California Rep. Ro Khanna, who authored the amendment, slammed the decision and declared the American public ‘won’t be gaslit’

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4 w. ago Rescuers search for 11 missing after speedboat capsized in western Indonesia

Indonesian rescuers are searching for 11 people, including three children, still missing after a speedboat capsized during a storm the previous day off Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands

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4 w. ago She left a fundamentalist Mormon cult. Then her children went missing

After escaping a fundamentalist polygamous group, Elizabeth Roundy fought to rebuild her life and protect her children. Now, they are missing — and she believes the FLDS is behind it. As more mothers come forward with similar stories, a chilling pattern is emerging, Andrea Cavallier writes

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