56 h. ago Los Angeles to pay $20m to family of boy tortured to death by his parents

The four-year-old had died in a hospital in 2019 in a case that brought scrutiny to the region’s child welfare system Los Angeles county will pay $20m to the family of a four-year-old boy who was tortured to death by his parents six years ago in a case that brought scrutiny of the region’s child welfare system.Noah Cuatro died in a hospital in 2019, days before his fifth birthday, after being found motionless at the family’s apartment in Palmdale, north of LA. His parents, Jose Maria Cuatro Jr and Ursula Elaine Juarez, later pleaded no contest to murder and torture charges. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago New record set for most migrants crossing the Channel to the UK on a single boat

The passage to the UK on Saturday saw 125 people on one vessel come over from France, it is understood. Pictured: Border Force escorts migrants into Dover on Saturday

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5 d. ago Child dies while reportedly trying to reach UK in small boat

Body of teenager found on beach in northern France after three other people die in Channel crossings on SaturdayA child is believed to have died while trying to cross the Channel in a small boat, according to French reports. The body of the teenager, who was believed to have fallen from a dinghy, was discovered on a beach in northern France on Sunday.The death follows those of three other people on Saturday who were trying to reach the UK – two Somali women who were reportedly crushed in a boat, and a man whose body was recovered from a canal in the town of Gravelines, near Dunkirk. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Child dies in the channel during small boat crossing, French media reports

An investigation has reportedly been launched

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5 d. ago Child dies off French coast in small boat Channel crossing attempt – reports

An investigation has been launched into the incident at Ecault beach, in Saint-Etienne-au-Mont.

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5 d. ago Child dies after falling off ‘overcrowded’ small boat while crossing Channel

The tragedy is the 21st death this year during small boat crossings

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5 d. ago Child dies after falling off migrant boat carrying nearly 100 people in the English Channel

The horrific incident on Sunday morning followed two Somali women dying in similar circumstances the day before (pictured)

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5 d. ago Child migrant dies in English Channel after falling from small boat

A child migrant sadly died after falling off a small boat in the English Channel, with their body later washing up on a nearby beach. The boat continued its journey towards the UK

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5 d. ago Child dies after falling off ‘overcrowded’ small boat while crossing Channel – hours after two women also killed

A CHILD has tragically died today after falling off an "overcrowded" small boat crossing the English Channel. The horrific incident on Sunday morning followed two women dying in similar circumstances yesterday. Cécile Gressier, prosecutor in the French port town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, said the child’s body washed up on nearby Écault beach. Ms Gressier said: "An...

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1 week ago Ed Davey urges unhappy moderate Tories to 'come and join' the Lib Dems as party tries to position itself as main opposition to Reform

Sir Ed will reportedly use his keynote speech closing the party conference today to reach out to Conservatives unhappy with the party's move to the right under Kemi Badenoch .

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1 week ago B&Q owner lifts targets as sales boosted by weather and Homebase closures

Kingfisher reported a rise in profits and said they are set to reach the ‘upper end’ of current targets.

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1 week ago Our child died and we feel totally let down by investigation

‘The current system risks allowing a cover up culture and could result in negligent staff avoiding accountability.’

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1 week ago Horror as tot dies after being found unresponsive at nursery

The child tragically died in hospital following the incident.

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2 w. ago Mother, 37, who downed vodka and partied with friend as her baby daughter died is guilty of child cruelty

Natasha Birks, 37, from Stoke-on-Trent, failed to raise the alarm until it was too late, as her five-month-old daughter died while she was drinking vodka with her friend.

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2 w. ago Baby dies and child left fighting for life after woman 'reverses over pram' in car park

A five-month-old baby has died and a five-year-old child is fighting for their life after a woman reportedly reversed over a pram in a car park in Sydney, Australia

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2 w. ago A child has died years after a measles infection. Here’s what we know

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive brain condition that strikes years after initial measles infection

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2 w. ago ‘I woke up and there was no water’: Gaza’s human rights defenders in their own words | Mary Lawlor

A UN special rapporteur shares the stories of those trying to record the horrors of Gaza even as they live through them“Yesterday I talked to a mother of a child who was born and died in the war.”“Every day I look at my child, who instead of going to school is going to fetch water, and instead of playing football is hanging around in areas where corpses are lying.”Mary Lawlor is UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Iconic wild child sixties rock drummer dies as Jack White leads the tributes

Viv was a well-known figure in the British sixties rock scene

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3 w. ago Child dies from measles complication years AFTER recovering from virus

An unidentified, school-age child from Los Angeles County, California, has died from a rare complication of the measles virus years after they were initially infected as an infant.

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3 w. ago Child dies from complication of measles contracted years earlier

A school-age child in California has died from a rare complication of measles contracted as an infant

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