45 h. ago Paisley crime: Boy, 13, in hospital after Bonfire Night knife attack

The incident happened around 8.55pm on Bonfire Night.

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46 h. ago Child reportedly stabbed during altercation in Paisley on Bonfire Night

The 13-year-old was struck by a knife near the Holland and Barrett shop at Paisley Cross

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3 d. ago Arizona man facing decades in prison for letting child die in a hot car while he watched adult videos is found dead

The child’s mother reportedly texted Christopher Scholtes to remind him to stop leaving their children in the car

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3 d. ago GMP officer 'took limited steps' to investigate report of child sex abuse

Helen Jones would have been sacked had she not already resigned, the force's top cop has ruled

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3 d. ago ‘Child’s body’ reported in woodland found to be ‘deeply disturbing’ childlike sex doll

Police looking for owner of ‘incredibly lifelike’ doll

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4 d. ago Hundreds of previously closed reports of child abuse cases being reviewed in 'unprecedented' police operation

Around 1,300 previously closed cases of group-based child sexual abuse have already been referred to the National Crime Agency's Operation Beaconport, it has been announced today.

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6 d. ago Man charged over 'stabbing' with person in hospital after South Queensferry 'altercation'

Officers were called to Moubray Grove at around 4pm on Saturday where a 57-year-old man was found with serious injuries.

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7 d. ago Ministers were warned of errors at jail that released sex offender by mistake

Chaotic release procedures at HMP Chelmsford were flagged to the prisons minister last yearMinisters were warned by a watchdog that prisoners were “falling through the cracks” of chaotic release procedures at the jail that mistakenly freed a convicted child sex offender.An annual report on HMP Chelmsford uncovered “a litany of issues and errors” including “a mix-up of release dates” when letting out a vulnerable prisoner. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Child dead after ‘hazardous materials’ incident in east London flat

Two adults and another child were also treated in hospital after reporting a smell of chemicals in a Newham flat

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1 week ago Child dies in hazardous materials incident after report of chemical smell in flat as properties evacuated

A CHILD has died in a hazardous materials incident after reports of a chemical smell with properties in the area evacuated. Emergency services raced to an address in Newham, east London, after two adults and two children went to hospital complaining about the smell of chemicals in a flat earlier today. One of the children...

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1 week ago Chris Evans, 44, 'welcomes first child' with wife Alba Baptista, 28, after two years of marriage

Chris Evans and his wife Alba Baptista have reportedly welcomed their first child together after recently celebrating their second wedding anniversary.

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1 week ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

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1 week ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 23,500 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dundee crime: Police investigating reported 'child abduction attempt' in Balgowan Avenue

Extensive enquiries are being carried out.

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