3 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sentenced to more than four years in jail

Prosecutors argued the hip-hop mogul should be locked up for years while his children tearfully asked the judge to show mercy.

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31 h. ago UK government owes children apology for damaging Covid errors, inquiry hears

Children’s commissioner during pandemic says long lockdowns caused explosion in vulnerability among youngThe government should apologise to children for the damaging mistakes and policy errors it committed during the pandemic, the former children’s commissioner for England has told the Covid-19 inquiry.Giving evidence to the inquiry’s public hearing on Thursday, Anne Longfield said a “doom loop” of fatalism among ministers meant the government failed to do more to help children. She argued that the prolonged lockdowns and school closures were responsible for the explosion in mental health, welfare and behaviour difficulties still being experienced by children and young people. Continue reading...

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3 d. 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 d. ago Schools locked down after 'man with axe' reported roaming streets

Merseyside Police said a number of schools were locked down however, further reports from local children later established a man was chopping down a tree

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1 week ago House of horrors where evil parents kept six kids locked up in 'putrid' cell

An evil couple in Wisconsin are facing an array of neglect charges after their six young children were locked up in a storage unit which had a smell so strong that detectives couldn't stay inside

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2 w. ago Six children including baby rescued from locked storage unit in Milwaukee

Milwaukee Police Department described the incident as a child abuse and neglect situation

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4 w. ago Parents arrested after five kids found 'locked in dungeon' with cameras monitoring them

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The children, who were aged between five and 14 years old, were found to be in a room covered in faeces which has been compared to a dungeon

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4 w. ago Five children found 'locked in dungeon with cameras to stop them escaping'

James Russell, 65, and Carly Kahl, 41, have been arrested after locking five children in a room fitted with three deadbolts overnight every night at their home in Redstone Township, Pennsylvania

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4 w. ago Sickening punishment used on children before they escaped from 'dungeon' in house of horrors

Pennsylvania parents accused of keeping their five children locked inside a 'dungeon' had also allegedly subjected them to some severe punishment.

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last month Five children found locked in a 'dungeon' wired with cameras and locks to stop them escaping

Parents of five children have been arrested after police said they were locked in a room that 'functioned a a dungeon' with surveillance cameras and dead bolts to prevent them from escaping.

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