30 h. ago 'Gunman who triggered school lockdown and left pupils ‘hysterical & sobbing’ was a boy in fancy dress

Officers are in contact with the young boy and his family

Culture

5 d. ago Who is football's ultimate traitor? From doing the unthinkable by joining rivals Arsenal straight from Tottenham to the striker who swapped Arsene Wenger for sparring partner Sir Alex Ferguson

From the star who left his club for their arch rivals for free to the boy wonder who risked the wrath of his old team by joining their arch enemy, here are the most treachorous transfers to grace the game.

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6 d. ago Dangerous TikTok trend hospitalizes teenager in Florida: ‘The fire risk is real’

Boy left with “life changing injuries” after he set himself on fire in St. Petersburg

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7 d. ago Manhunt launched after boy, 12, is left fighting for his life after 'hit

Police were called to Loxham Road in Chingford at around 3.30pm yesterday after reports that a car had struck a young boy.

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1 week ago ‘Risky is the best way to be’: Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom

From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry’s extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bowie – and the moment his mother came at him with a knife‘It’s difficult not to see it as a kind of finale,” says Tim Curry of his memoir, Vagabond. That he’s written it at all is a surprise. Curry has always liked the comfort of privacy – my efforts to persuade him to do an interview with the Guardian began more than five years ago. At 79, he still prefers looking forward, too, which is how he has covered so much ground in his career.Boundless energy has been the actor’s hallmark. He once exerted so much while filming the murder mystery comedy Clue – in which he plays the frantic, sharp-tongued butler Wadsworth – that a nurse who took his blood pressure on set told him he was at risk of having a heart attack.I’ve always tried to make my villains amusing. It gives them a bit more edge Continue rea...

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1 week ago Boy, 12, who saved family from house fire, is left fatherless in bomb factory blast that killed 16

The devastating explosion at a Tennessee bomb factory blast has taken the life of a father-of-seven whose son Tristan, then 9, bravely saved his family from an electrical fire that engulfed their home.

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1 week ago Hero boy, 12, who saved family from horrific house fire, is left fatherless as dad is one of 16 killed in Tennessee bomb factory blast

The devastating explosion at a Tennessee bomb factory blast has taken the life of a father-of-seven whose son Tristan, then 9, bravely saved his family from an electrical fire that engulfed their home.

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1 week ago Boy, 14, 'fighting for his life' after being mauled by shark

The 14-year-old boy was left with a life-threatening bite wound to the chest after he was attacked by a shark in the waters off the coast of Queensland, Australia

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1 week ago Boy, 14, fighting for life after being mauled by shark while fishing with ‘incredible’ friends who dragged him to safety

A TEENAGER is in a critical condition after he was attacked by a shark while out fishing with his friends. The 14-year-old boy was suddenly caught in the jaws of the beast who left him with a life-threatening bite wound to the chest. His brave pals pulled him from the water shortly after 6:20pm on...

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1 week ago Dream holiday becomes nightmare as boy, 17, left in coma after horror plunge

The family of Zain Ali, from Stoke, face a £13k medical bill after he suffered a bleed on the brain, a broken leg, and injuries to his back

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2 w. ago The little boy left to die by his parents... because they thought he was a witch: Heartbreaking image of toddler starving on the street shocked the world

In 2016, one photo, and the incredible public reaction it inspired, changed the life of a young boy forever - and shone on a light on a disturbingly backward practice still going on.

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2 w. ago A jet setting family, private school and work as a 'corporate trainer': Why the Left's new poster boy Zack Polanski isn't the working class hero he'd have you believe

The charismatic 42-year-old vegan is being feted as a sort 'Farage of the Left', who argues that the economy has been 'rigged' for the super-rich.

Economics

3 w. ago Police investigate alleged attack on boy at top Welsh secondary school

The mother of an 11-year-old boy said he had been left with concussion and is too scared to return to school

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3 w. ago Little girl's horror death at hands of her own mother in 'worst case of child abuse ever seen'

Horrific case of child abuse of ‘princess’ girl, 6, by crack cocaine addict mother that shocked the world - and the woman who carried out this shocking crime now walks free

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3 w. ago Kelsey Parker left in 'shock' as sick social media trolls say son's stillbirth was 'karma'

Kelsey Parker has been left devastated by the stillbirth of her baby boy Phoenix, who she tragically lost in June, and now the grieving mum has opened up about the abuse she's received online

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3 w. ago Horror as boy, 5, ‘beheaded in front of his mum by man who stormed into home’

A FIVE-year old boy was beheaded in front of his mum by a man who stormed into their home. Mahesh, 25, allegedly grabbed a sharp spade he found lying in the house and attacked the young boy - severing his neck from his torso. India has been left shocked by the disturbing attack, which took place...

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3 w. ago Kelsey Parker left in 'shock' as sick trolls said baby boy’s stillbirth was 'karma'

She revealed in June that her son Phoenix was “born sleeping” after she had a stillbirth and took to social media to share the devastating news to her beloved fans

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4 w. ago Boy, two, is left paralysed in crash after his mother let her cocaine dealer drive her children home

Single mother Shayna Bowman, 29, agreed to let Rhys Farry give her, her two sons and daughter a lift from a football tournament even though she knew he had been drinking and taking drugs.

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4 w. ago Boy, 2, left paralysed after mum let her drug dealer drive kids home

Shayna Bowman, 29, from Wythenshawe, was aware that Rhys Farry, 30, had ingested cocaine and was over the limit when she let him drive her two sons and daughters home from a football tournament

Economics

4 w. ago Terrifying moment killer bear attacks man during city rampage that left a woman, 84, dead and saw boy, 12, survive mauling by playing dead

This is the moment a man miraculously cheated death today by clambering into his Toyota when a giant wild brown bear pounced on him.

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