7 h. ago UK school lockdown as children and staff 'flee' onto field while police swarm in

Lydiard Park Academy in Swindon has reportedly sent children and staff to the back of the school field, telling them to get as far away from the building as possible

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8 h. ago Lydiard Park Academy evacuation LIVE: Bomb threat sees children and staff 'flee' into field

Wiltshire Police warned of an ongoing incident at Lydiard Park Academy after it received a threat that a 'suspicious package' was on site - with all staff and pupils evacuated from classrooms

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16 h. ago Horror as abandoned dead dog 'discovered inside bucket' by group of children at park

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a dead dog was discovered by a group of children inside a bucket at Springfield Park in Knotty Ash, Liverpool this week

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1 week ago Man, 50, charged after two children 'approached at swing park' in Cumbernauld

He was due to appear at Airdrie Sheriff Court today.

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2 w. ago I took my children to the Dutch theme park that’s a quieter, cheaper alternative to Disneyland Paris – and they preferred it

With reasonably priced accommodation, a whimsical fairytale theme and barely any queues, Efelting has a lot to offer British families, finds Zoe Griffin

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2 w. ago From the Cotswolds to Miami: inside the many homes of the Beckhams

David, Victoria and their four children have homes across the world, from their listed Holland Park mansion to their newly designed Miami villa

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3 w. ago Swastikas painted in children's play area at popular north London park

The Met are investigating a hate crime incident after Nazi-era symbols were daubed on rocks in Stoke Newington’s Clissold Park

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3 w. ago Outrage as swastikas painted in children's play area at popular north London park

The Met are investigating a hate crime incident after Nazi-era symbols were daubed on rocks in Stoke Newington’s Clissold Park

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3 w. ago Met Police investigate hate crime at Hackney Park after swastikas painted at children's playground

The ‘abhorrent graffiti’ is being investigated by the force

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3 w. ago Fury as children's park close to memorial for murdered schoolgirl Oliva Pratt Korbel is set ablaze by feral youths

The Olivia's Butterfly Foundation, established by a cousin of her mother, Cheryl, said they had been left heartbroken and 'extremely disappointed' by the blaze on Monday night.

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3 w. ago Horror as human remains found in bags of gravel next to children's playground as police launch investigation into the discovery

The grisly discovery was made in a garden only a stone's throw away from a children's park in Lewisham, south east London last Saturday.

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3 w. ago Chimps at Scottish safari park hunt for Easter eggs designed by school children

Some of the children even wrote special messages for the chimps.

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3 w. ago Safari park chimps join hunt for Easter eggs designed by school children

Each egg contained healthy treats for the animals.

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4 w. ago Mother of two died while heroically saving her children from holiday park caravan blaze sparked by faulty fire alarm, inquest hears

'Utterly devoted' Ruth Pingree, 42, helped her children escape before succumbing to the fumes on the family holiday in Suffolk. She died after becoming overwhelmed by the raging fire.

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4 w. ago Man charged after 'exposing himself' near children's playground in popular North London park

A man was charged on Tuesday after allegedly exposing himself near a children's playground in North London.

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