21 h. ago Heartstopping moment mother and child are trapped in a sinking car after they veer off road and are plunged into a roadside ditch

Mother and child are trapped in a sinking car after they veer off road and fall into a ditch.

Transport

41 h. ago Excavation to begin at Irish house of horrors mother and baby burial site where 800 child corpses were hidden

International experts will join Irish counterparts to uncover an unmarked mass burial site for children at a former mother and baby home in Tuam in western Ireland

Society

60 h. ago Child dies after being left in hot car by mother who went to get lip filler, police say

Maya Hernandez, 20, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty

Events

4 d. ago Dentist, 53, called himself 'daddy' in depraved messages to 13

Steven MacMillan, 53, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, has been jailed after sending sick sexual messages to a 13-year-old girl which were eventually found by the child's mother

Politics

7 d. ago Caitlyn Jenner's manager and friend Sophia Hutchins dies aged 29 after horrific all

Sophia Hutchins’ ATV was reportedly sent over the edge of the road due to the impact, causing it to plunge approximately 350 feet into a steep ravine

Events

8 d. ago Jennifer Aniston to play 'narcissistic mother' in new Apple series based on harrowing memoir

Jennifer Aniston will play an "overbearing, domineering mother" in an Apple TV+ series inspired by former child star Jennette McCurdy's bestselling memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died

Culture

9 d. ago Hundreds of mourners come together for vigil of 'murdered' pregnant mother, 27, after man appears in court over her death and 'child destruction'

Sarah Montgomery, 27, was found found dead in a residential property in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland on Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, Zak Hughes, 28, was charged with her murder.

Events

1 week ago Expert says Adriana Smith’s case goes beyond abortion politics

Lindsey Breitwieser says a more nuanced ethical approach that does not frame a mother and child as adversaries is needed

Politics

1 week ago Starving newborn baby left alone for days after mum died is rescued in nick of time

Police officers in Phoenix, Arizona, discovered a newborn baby "clinging to life" after the child's mother died and the infant was left alone in the home for several days

Events

2 w. ago Boy, two, 'in a coma' after passenger throws him to the floor in airport lounge while child's pregnant mother collected his pushchair

The boy is now fighting for his life in a coma with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries. The child had arrived in Russia after he and his mother fled the bombing in Iran , say reports.

Society

2 w. ago Marine Corps veteran’s wife, who is still breastfeeding their 3

Paola Clouatre, 25, was still a child when her mother brought her from Mexico to claim asylum in the U.S. more than a decade ago

Politics

2 w. ago Tragic final words of Ukrainian girl, seven, killed by Iranian missile while undergoing cancer treatment in Israel, are revealed

Artem Buryk was on the frontline when he learnt his only child, Anastasia - affectionately dubbed Nastya - and her 30-year-old mother, Maria Pashkurova were caught up in the blast.

Events

2 w. ago Indiana mother arrested for leaving child outside with no food or water all day during extreme heat advisory

Lissandra Denis, 30, was arrested on neglect charges after leaving her child outside in extreme heat.

Society

2 w. ago Heartstopping moment panicked dad saves daughter after plunging into lake during fishing trip

This is the heart stopping moment a panicked dad saves his daughter after she plunges into lake during a fishing trip.

Politics

3 w. ago Heartstopping moment silverback GORILLA charges at group of shocked tourists and sends them crashing to the ground

This is the heartstopping moment a silverback gorilla charged toward a group of terrified tourists, barreling down a hill while roaring and baring its teeth in Uganda.

Events

3 w. ago ‘I don’t want my boy to be positive’: pregnant women face sky

As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virusPhotographs by Chris de Beer-ProcterAphelele Mafilika was born HIV positive in 2004. Put on antiretrovirals (ARVs) as a baby, she has been on the life-saving medication ever since and has lived a normal life. No longer. “Now, I have a problem,” she says.For most of her life her viral load (the amount of HIV in her blood) has been undetectable. “When I went for my February clinic visit, I didn’t get my pills. They told me ‘shortage of staff’ and ‘come back another day’. I came back a few times, but it was the same story.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Stacey Solomon spends rare alone time with oldest son Zach after TV row

Stacey Solomon said she had taken oldest child Zach Pokemon hunting in Paris as a special mother and son treat for his 17th birthday

Politics

3 w. ago Woman convicted of murdering mother at child's birthday party in Stepney Green

Hope Rowe, 33, stabbed Charlotte Rowe outside a block of flats in East London after accusing the victim of hiding her keys

Society

4 w. ago Confessions of a Parent Killer review – a grisly tale of the murderer who lived with her mum and dad’s corpses

This look at Virginia McCullough tells a deeply strange story. Unfortunately, it also leaves the viewer in suspense about her motive for so long it feels horrifically manipulativeWell, what do you think a 90-minute documentary entitled Confessions of a Parent Killer is going to be about? That’s right, well done! It’s the story of a murder by an (adult) child of her parents. Virginia – Ginny – McCullough killed her mother, Lois, and father, John, and confessed immediately to police when they raided her home in 2023 that she had done so four years previously. The twist was that she had been living with their bodies ever since. “She was weird at school,” says a childhood friend. “But not ‘kill your parents and hide the bodies’ weird.”You can probably tell from such unimpeachably phlegmatic commentary that this case occurred in England. Great Baddow, Essex, to be exact, and the film paints a portrait of quintessential small-town, almost-rural life in these sceptred isles that has gone u...

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