90 m. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns

Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an elementary school and a children’s play cafe.

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31 h. ago Boy, 6, thrown from 10th floor of Tate Modern makes huge progress

The child was initially paralysed with life-threatening injuries in the catastrophic fall

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5 d. ago Residents 'ripped off' as they pay £2,370 for children's play area that's 'just a log'

Residents in Swanscombe, Kent, have been paying more than £2,000 towards the maintenance of a children's play area

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5 d. ago Furious residents forced to pay £2,000 maintaining children's play area that is just a single log

Homeowners in Cresswell Road in Swanscombe, Kent, have been paying property management company FirstPort to maintain play equipment that they say doesn't exist.

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1 week ago Ace Frehley, Kiss lead guitarist and band’s cofounder, dies aged 74

The musician died following injuries suffered during a fall in his recording studio last monthAce Frehley, the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Kiss, has died aged 74.The musician died after suffering injuries during a fall in September, his family said in a statement. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Horror as British jockey suffers catastrophic injuries in sickening fall during race in France

Felix De Giles started his career at the famed Seven Barrows yard in Lambourn of Nicky Henderson, for whom he rode a winner at the Cheltenham Festival in 2009.

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2 w. ago High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say The world faces “an emerging crisis” of higher death rates among teenagers and young adults, according to a major study on the causes of death and disability worldwide.The reasons vary from drug and alcohol use, and suicide in North America, to infectious diseases and injuries in sub-Saharan Africa, the researchers said, but warned that their data should serve as “a wake-up call”.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kate Middleton stuns in olive Victoria Beckham suit as she makes imaginary cakes with children

Kate Middleton joked the “messier it is, the better the fun” when she joined children making imaginary cakes at a special play session, as she stunned in a Victoria Beckham suit

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2 w. ago Princess of Wales is elegant in green suit designed by VB on the day her Netflix series launches

Kate chatted with individuals associated with the Oxford-based organisation, which is committed to promoting the welfare of families with children under five.

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3 w. ago Children's play park is bulldozed after three villagers took legal action over 'noisy' football games

The games area in the Memorial Park in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire first opened in 2010 after a community fundraising campaign, but has now been demolished after years of legal battles.

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3 w. ago UK’s ‘best pumpkin patch’ for families also happens to be in a seriously beautiful setting

Doddington Hall and Gardens, near Lincoln, was named the best for the third year running in research carried out by Outdoor Toys - a children's toys and play equipment company

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3 w. ago Moment Storm Amy's 100mph winds lift children's play house off the ground and sends it hurtling

Three children watched on in horror as the two-storey structure was toppled, sending loose parts flying into the air.

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3 w. ago 'Entitled neighbour lets their kids play in my garden for ridiculous reason'

A woman has slammed her 'entitled' neighbours after they told their children to play in her garden, as social media user raise their concerns about the concerning set up

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3 w. ago 'Entitled neighbour tells their kids to play in my garden for annoying reason'

A woman has blasted her neighbour for allowing their children to play in her garden and use their toys - and people have urged her to put a stop to it as soon as possible

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3 w. ago Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

Children not allowed out partly because their exercise – playing – looked too much ‘like fun’, says campaignerChildren were stopped from playing outside during Covid partly because it looked “like fun” and did not fit with the seriousness of the restrictions, the UK’s inquiry has heard.Alice Ferguson, the founding director of Playing Out, which campaigns for children’s freedom to play outside, told the inquiry that play was fundamental for children’s health and wellbeing, especially play outside with other children. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Builder, 60, died after falling through skylight while trying to fix roof at children's play centre

David Linyard, 60, suffered critical injuries when he plunged through the roof of the Play2Day centre in Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich, Suffolk, on June 23 this year.

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4 w. ago Builder, 60, died from his injuries after falling through skylight while trying to fix roof at children's play centre

David Linyard, 60, suffered critical injuries when he plunged through the roof of the Play2Day centre in Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich, Suffolk, on June 23 this year.

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4 w. ago Man dies after falling through skylight at children's play centre

David Linyard was working on the roof of Play2Day in Martlesham, near Ipswich in Suffolk, when he fell through an opening in the roof.

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4 w. ago Horror as man dies after falling through skylight of children's play centre

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