10 h. ago Teenager charged with murder after death of girl, 17, in South Wales

Gwent police name victim as Lainie Williams and have charged Cameron Cheng, 18, a British nationalA teenager has been charged with murder after a 17-year-old girl was killed in South Wales.The girl, named as Lainie Williams, was pronounced dead at the scene, Gwent police said. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Teen 'slashes boyfriend with knife' after he touched her new nose job

Police in Conburi, eastern Thailand, were called to a domestic dispute where an 18-year-old girl allegedly knifed her boyfriend, also 18, in the head for touching her new nose job

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18 h. ago Schoolgirl, 11, 'starved' before death as body found inside bin a year later

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jacqueline 'Mimi' Torres-Garcia was found in Conneticut, tied up inside a plastic bin with authorities believing the young girl may have been dead for a year

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7 d. ago Deadly tornado in Brazil kills six people leaving scenes like a 'war zone' in its wake

A powerful tornado in Brazil's southern state of Parana has killed six people and injured more than 400 others, officials said - among the dead was a 14-year-old girl

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9 d. ago 'Murder' probe after man who killed girl, 2, found dead in prison cell

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody after killer Kyle Bevan, 33, was found dead at HMP Wakefield

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9 d. ago Horror as girl, 8, shot dead as gunman disguised as clown opens fire during party

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Halloween celebrations turned to real-life horror in Colombia when an innocent young girl fell in a hail of bullets from a killer dressed as a clown

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2 w. ago Two men arrested after girl, 4, found dead inside well next to condom and choco milk

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Esther Izabelly Pereira, four, was found dead at the bottom of a well after her seven-year-old brother saw her being led away by a man

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2 w. ago Aberdeen incident: Girl, 8, dies after taking unwell at Aberdeen park and ride

The girl was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

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3 w. ago Girl, 15, found dead in bedroom after being 'shot in head' by boyfriend, 16

Chanelle Alvarez, a 'spectacular' 15-year-old from Ogden, Utah, was allegedly murdered on October 18 by her 16-year-old boyfriend Hezekiah Plummer

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3 w. ago Young girl dead and woman in hospital after incident in UK village

The woman is in a 'life-threatening condition', officers say

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3 w. ago Woman fighting for life and girl, 9, dies following assault at Oxfordshire home

Thames Valley Police were called to a property in Islip, Oxfordshire, after receiving reports three children had been assaulted - and the girl was declared dead at the scene

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3 w. ago Girl found dead at home in 'close knit' Cotswold village 'lived with her mother and sibling'

A murder probe was launched after officers were called to the property on Middle Street, in Islip, north Oxfordshire, on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Girl, 4, found dead in well next to condom and chocolate wrapper after 'kidnap'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Ester Izabelle, four, was found dead in a well in Brazil after she was kidnapped by a man while playing near her home. Her body was found half-naked and submerged in the well

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3 w. ago Police launch murder probe after girl found dead at home in 'peaceful' Cotswold village

The girl's body was found at an address on Middle Street in Islip, Oxfordshire, yesterday.

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4 w. ago Migrant opens suitcase 'with dead girl, 12, she raped and killed inside' at busy bar

Chilling footage of a 12-year-old's alleged murderer was shown to jurors this week, filmed the day the suspect reportedly made cafe customers believe she was 'selling a kidney'

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4 w. ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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