7 h. ago Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week

Over five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allowIt was three weeks after Christmas when the bombshell letter arrived. Guy Shahar and his wife, Oksana, looked at each other in stunned disbelief.They had followed the Guardian’s investigation into the carer’s allowance scandal that has left thousands of families with crippling debts and criminal records. Not once did they think they would join them. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Boy falls from top deck of double decker bus and is left with 'significant injuries'

A boy who fell from the upper deck of his school bus in Derbyshire suffered "significant" injuries, according to the headteacher of St Benedict Catholic Academy

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36 h. ago Boy, 4, left critically ill in hospital after visiting farm for day out with gran

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Michael Carpenter fell sick just days after he visited Cowbridge Farm Shop with his grandmother

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58 h. ago 'My daughter became ill after feeding animals at Welsh attraction'

Lee Dobbinson's eight-year-old daughter Alba fell ill after visiting a popular farm now at the heart of a parasite outbreak investigation

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58 h. ago Breakthrough in Easter egg poisoning that left boy, seven, and sister, 13, dead as cops reveal substance 'used by woman in revenge plot on ex

Police believe that Jordélia Pereira Barbosa, 36, had intended for the chocolates to be laced and delivered to her ex-husband's new girlfriend last month.

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62 h. ago Cryptosporidium outbreak sees multiple people fall ill in Wales and this is how the parasite spreads

At least 28 people have been infected by a gastrointestinal illness after visiting a Welsh farm - here is everything we know about the infectious parasite.

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3 d. ago Probe begins after visitors to farm petting sessions suffer parasitic infection

Public Health Wales said it was investigating 28 cases of cryptosporidium infection linked to the Cowbridge Farm Shop.

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3 d. ago Four girls, aged 7 to 18, killed after car crashes into Illinois school building named as tributes pour in

Marianne Akers, 44, drove a vehicle into a school building on Monday which left four girls dead and six other children injured, one of whom remains in critical condition in hospital

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4 d. ago Air ambulance providing 'advanced critical care' flew patient to hospital after house fire

Seven people have been hospitalised after a fire in a residential property in Cardiff

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5 d. ago This East London Farm Is Free To Visit – And There’s A Gorgeous Italian Restaurant Hidden Inside It

This East London Farm Is Free To Visit – And There’s A Gorgeous Italian Restaurant Hidden Inside It  Secret London

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6 d. ago Counter terrorism police examining Facebook posts following Leeds crossbow incident

Police said the suspect, a 38-year-old man, remains hospitalised in a critical condition

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6 d. ago Suspect in crossbow and firearm incident in critical condition in hospital

A 38-year-old was arrested and taken to hospital due to a self-inflicted injury after the incident in Otley Road, Leeds, on Saturday, police said.

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6 d. ago Leeds 'crossbow attack' key suspect is fighting for life in hospital

The 38-year-old man, who is suspected of carrying out a crossbow and firearm attack in Leeds, is now in critical condition in hospital, according to West Yorkshire Police

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9 d. ago French PM calls for crackdown on knife crime after fatal high school stabbing

Boy, 15, arrested after at least one child killed and three injured at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in NantesThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for a crackdown on teenage knife crime after a high-school student stabbed four other children at his school, killing at least one and injuring the others before being arrested.The 15-year-old reportedly attacked fellow students with a knife during lunch break on Thursday at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides secondary school in the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast. The attack took place at around 12.30pm (11.30am BST), before teachers overpowered the boy. One female student was killed. At least one other student is in a critical condition in hospital. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Little boy left waiting years for autism diagnosis as dad says kids getting "lost in system"

Health chiefs no longer put young people with suspected conditions like autism on waiting lists with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

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1 week ago Teenager killed and boy in hospital after jet ski crashes into Scottish pier

The incident involving a jet ski has left an 18-year-old dead and a boy in hospital

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1 week ago Moment teenager is flung from theme park pendulum ride as others cling on for dear life

The ride completed a 360 degree turn and then turned clockwise but the young boy was left clinging onto the ride and then fell from a height of about one and a half to two metres

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1 week ago Teenage boy dies in horror motorway crash which leaves his dad seriously injured

The van being driven by the boy's dad is said to have left the road and struck a tree.

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1 week ago M6 crash: Boy, 14, dies in horror tree smash and dad left seriously injured

Lancashire Constabulary is appealing for witnesses after a van left the M6 and collided with a tree, seriously injuring the driver and killing his 14-year-old child

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2 w. ago Boy dies and two family members in serious condition 'after eating poisoned Easter egg'

Jordélia Pereira Barbosa, 35, was arrested by the Civil Police in Brazil after a seven-year-old boy died and his mother and sister were left fighting for their lives in hospital

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