33 h. ago Charity fund set up in memory of former Scotland rugby star crosses £60k mark

The fund - which supports Glasgow Children's Hospital - was set up following the passing of Callander rugby player Siobhan Cattigan in 2021.

Economics

67 h. ago I called my children awful, boring and stupid. Now as adults they've told me how my 'jokes' impacted them. I feel so ashamed, says SUSANNAH JOWITT

'All parents yell,' SUSANNAH JOWITT'S daughter tells her, 'but this was the first time I remember you saying something so unnecessarily cruel. It was really disturbing.'

Politics

3 d. ago PHOTO ESSAY: In Uganda, a sprawling generation of children finds its fate entwined with elders

Some call them the continent’s greatest natural resource, the bevy of children who account for so much of Uganda’s population.

Culture

5 d. ago Police called after 'men approach three children and offer them sweets'

The incident was one of two similar encounters to have been reported to police within a matter of days

Events

6 d. ago Judge orders US to halt deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children

Washington judge says unaccompanied children cannot be deported for at least 14 days as legal process unfoldsA US judge on Sunday ordered an emergency halt to a plan by the Trump administration to deport a group of nearly 700 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country after immigrant advocates lawyers called the plan “illegal”.Attorneys for 10 Guatemalan minors, ages 10 to 17, said in court papers filed late on Saturday that there were reports that planes were set to take off within hours for the Central American country. But a federal judge in Washington said those children couldn’t be deported for at least 14 days, and after a hastily scheduled hearing on Sunday, she enforced that they needed to be taken off the planes and back to the Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities while the legal process plays out. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago I thought it was a joke when I was told my best friend Kate Spade had taken her own life. This is the last thing she said to me

Kate Spade's iconic accessories gave her fame and fortune... yet in 2018 she took her own life. Now the woman who really knew her reveals the truth of the private person.

Politics

6 d. ago Federal judge blocks US from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala

Washington-based judge says removals of 10 children would violate US laws and schedules hearing for afternoonA federal judge on Sunday issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deporting 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country after lawyers said the removals would violate US laws.The Washington DC-based district judge Sparkle Sooknanan ordered the administration to refrain from deporting the children for 14 days and called for a hearing at 12.30pm. The National Immigration Law Center, a pro-immigration advocacy group, brought the challenge on behalf of the children, who are ages 10-17. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting

First US pope in history prays for victims of last week’s shooting that left two children dead and 18 others injuredPope Leo XIV called for the “pandemic of arms, large and small” to end during a weekly public prayer with crowds in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that also addressed the plague of mass shootings in the US.The first US pope in history, a native of Chicago, spoke in English as he prayed for the victims of last week’s shooting during a Catholic school mass in Minnesota which saw two children killed and others seriously injured. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Sacked EasyJet cabin manager called colleagues 'lovely ladies' and made sexual comments aimed at female crew

Ross Barr was accused of making colleagues feel uncomfortable and impacting on flight safety

Events

8 d. ago Melania Trump makes demand in rare statement after church shooting that left two children dead

Melania Trump has issued a rare statement following the Minnesota church shooting that left two children dead and 17 people injured, calling for "pre-emptive intervention"

Events

9 d. ago Democratic leaders push for Congress to do more on school shootings: ‘Thoughts and prayers are not enough to prevent gun violence’

Democrats including Elizabeth Warren and Nancy Pelosi have called for urgent reform after two children were killed in Minnesota

Politics

9 d. ago Melania Trump calls for 'preemptive intervention' after Minnesota shooter kills two and injures 17 at Catholic school

The First Lady, a passionate advocate for children, reacted to the tragedy with a detailed call for solutions to rooting out potential future threats on social media.

Events

1 week ago Celtic feel instant transfer impact of £40m Champions League flop as two deals axed

Brendan Rodgers has been desperate to add new faces - but two incoming arrivals now appear to be out of reach

Economics

1 week ago Call for children to have lessons in how to vote at 16 in UK election

Teachers will be asked to leave their politics at the classroom door in order to make sure pupils are not swayed on how to vote

Politics

1 week ago Britney Spears reflects on ‘hardest years’ and makes rare remark about Sam Asghari marriage

Pop star reflected on estrangement from her two children and claimed she was ‘cut off’ from calling or texting them

Politics

1 week ago New call for State Pension payments to be inherited by children or long

An online petition proposes that individuals should be able to nominate a beneficiary for their State Pension.

Economics

2 w. ago 'This would make just one part of these children’s life and education a little easier'

The M.E.N. is calling on the mayor to institute a free bus pass for children in temporary accommodation if they are moved more than a 30-minute walk from school

Politics

2 w. ago Robbie Williams bans children from having phones, describing them as a ‘drug’

Robbie Williams has banned his children from having mobile phones, calling the devices “a drug” and a form of “abuse”.

Events

2 w. ago Call for complete ban on smacking children as new growing number say it's 'unacceptable'

Polling for the NSPCC by YouGov shows a huge majority - 81% - of parents with a child under 18 say using force, however slight, against a child crosses the line

Politics

2 w. ago Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2025: Here are the 19 best jokes told in Edinburgh this year

These are the jokes that have had audiences rolling in the aisles this August.

Politics