9 h. ago Boy, 9, dies on family holiday after horror boat trip as parents given heartbreaking update

Mattia Cossettini, nine, died because of a haemorrhage resulting from a cerebral aneurysm while he was visiting Marsa Alam, Egypt, with his family, an autopsy has determined

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37 h. ago South Carolina man to be killed in US’s first firing squad execution in 15 years

Brad Sigmon, 67, chooses to be shot dead amid concerns that lethal injections have caused ‘excruciating’ painA South Carolina man on death row has chosen to be killed by firing squad, and if his execution goes forward next month, it would be the first time in 15 years that capital punishment in the US is carried out by gunfire.Brad Sigmon, 67, is scheduled to be shot to death on 7 March, part of a spate of rapid killings the state has pursued in the last six months as it revives executions after a 13-year pause. South Carolina now directs those on death row to choose how they will be killed – electric chair, lethal injection or shooting. If they decline to make a selection, the state electrocutes them. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Toddler, 2, dies after shooting himself in head with gun left 'out in the open' in mum's bedroom

Police in Port St Lucie, Florida, are investigating after a two-year-old boy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he reportedly got a hold of a gun in his mother's bedroom

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3 d. ago Boy nearly 'dies of fright' suffering cardiac arrest as friend is targeted by gang

Teenager Blake Spiers went into cardiac arrest twice after his friend was targeted by would-be robbers in a terrifying ordeal in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens on Sunday night

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3 d. ago "Our hearts are numb": Family speak of heartbreak after boy, 13, dies days after horrific crash near M62

Harrison Reynolds died as a result of his injuries following the major crash

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3 d. ago Boy who injected himself with a crushed butterfly mixed with water 'for online challenge' suffered horrific seven

Davi Nunes Moreira, 14, died in hospital in Planalto, Brazil after telling staff he had injected a solution made of crushed butterfly into his right leg.

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4 d. ago Boy, 17, dies in tragic petrol station incident on Valentine's Day as police appeal for witnesses

Despite the best efforts of the public and emergency services who rushed to the scene and commenced CPR, the 17-year-old driver was sadly declared deceased at the scene

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4 d. ago Boy, 14, dies after injecting himself with dead butterfly for 'online challenge'

Teenager Davi Nunes Moreira was rushed to hospital in Planalto in the north-east Brazilian state of Bahia after he began vomiting and started limping, telling doctors he had injected a butterfly

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4 d. ago Boy, 14, dies after 'injecting himself with butterfly remains mixed with water'

The mystery death, linked to possible toxins in the butterfly mix which could have caused Davi's body to shut down as he went into septic shock

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5 d. ago Boy, 13, who died after horrific crash near M62 named as tributes flood in

"After a real fight, his little body couldn't fight anymore... RIP beautiful boy"

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5 d. ago Schoolboy, 13, dies days after being involved in car crash with his five friends

A 13-year-old boy has died days after being involved in a horror car crash.

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