59 h. ago The hospital that sent Lila Marsland, 5, home with fatal meningitis PRAISED by inspectors a year on from tragic death

An inspection by the health watchdog, 13 months after Lila’s death, found praised the hospital that sent the five-year-old girl with tonsillitis medication just hours before she died from meningitis

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62 h. ago Girl, four, choked to death on vegetarian meatball lunch at nursery school, inquest hears

Lyla Eden Windell, four, stood up from the table where she was eating with her classmates and tried to pull food out of her mouth at her nursery in West Sussex, an inquest heard.

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3 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Children are being killed because we are too scared of being called racist. When will this dangerous madness end?

We've been here before and we'll be here again. Twenty-five years ago, a tragic eight-year-old girl called Victoria Climbie was tortured, starved and beaten to death while the authorities did nothing.

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3 d. ago Death of girl 'contributed to neglect' after hospital sent her home with meningitis

Lia Marsland was found unresponsive in bed by her mum on the morning of December 28, 2023. Around eight hours earlier, she was discharged from hospital.

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3 d. ago Death of girl, 5, WAS contributed to by neglect after hospital sent her home with meningitis, inquest finds

Lila Marsland wouldn't have died if Tameside Hospital had admitted her and given her antibiotics when she arrived, a jury found

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5 d. ago Greece earthquake: Tragic cause of death of girl, 14, after mass panic hit

One person is dead and 69 people have been injured after a quake hit Greece and Turkey early this morning, with a teenage girl tragically confirmed as the first recorded fatality

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6 d. ago 'I'm still grieving my girl's death but DWP have told me to sign on and get job'

Tracy Hailwood, 54, from Cheadle, is mourning the loss of her disabled daughter, Stacey, whom she was a full-time carer to - now, she says the DWP is telling her to get back to work

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1 week ago Girl, 12, plunges to her death after arguing with friend over pizza at sleepover

Arya Lebeau, 12, reportedly got into an argument with her friend over a slice of pizza before she plunged to her death from an apartment complex where she had been with pals

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1 week ago Russian paedophile who killed girl, two, during brutal rape in which he broke her arms and legs to 'stop her crying' is jailed for life

A Russian paedophile who raped a two-year-old girl to death and broke her arms and legs to 'stop her crying' has been jailed for life.  

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1 week ago Portsmouth balcony plunge girl's mum regrets 'biggest mistake' over death

Minnie Rae Dunn's mum, Rebecca Dunn, said she allowed her to play on the balcony in August 2023 before she fell to her death, but admitted: "That was the biggest mistake of my life.”

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1 week ago Death of girl, 12, after vomiting at Royal Surrey Hospital was preventable, coroner rules

Rose Harfleet died at Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford after visiting the emergency department the day before with her mother, as she had been experiencing vomiting

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2 w. ago 'Gross failures' and 'neglect' played part in death of newborn baby

A Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) report has been issued to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board after the death of a newborn baby girl

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2 w. ago Kate shares how Jellycat toys remind her of teenage photographer who died of cancer

The girl was pictured hugging Kate at Windsor Castle before her death in 2024

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3 w. ago Probe into death of little girl sent home from hospital day before fatal cardiac arrest

Helen Canning, 10, tragically died in March after her mum gave permission for her life support to be switched off.

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3 w. ago Police probe 'sudden death' of Hartlepool girl, 14, as two arrested

A police investigation is underway following the 'unexplained' death of a teen, 14, in Hartlepool - two people were arrested in connection with her death

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3 w. ago Man and woman arrested after girl, 14, found dead at home: Police probing 'unexplained' death

A 55-year-old man and a woman, aged 44, have been arrested after a schoolgirl was found dead at home in Hartlepool on May 5.

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