3 h. ago Inside filthy campsite fugitive dad forced snatched children to live in for 4 years

Police have released images of the muddy site.

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6 h. ago Inside filthy campsite dad forced children to live in after snatching them four years ago

A muddy, makeshift camp deep in the New Zealand bush which was the home of three missing children and their dad contained quad bikes, blankets and cans of fizzy drinks

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7 h. ago Royal family live: Harry makes personal £1.1m Children in Need donation as he visits project in Nottingham

Funding will be used to support organisations primarily in Nottingham

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8 h. ago Royal family live: Prince Harry announces £1.1m donation to Children in Need as he visits Nottingham charity

Funding will be used to support organisations primarily in Nottingham

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21 h. ago He shot a policeman, made his children live in the wild for years and even took one of them on armed robberies. So why are so many still saying New Zealand's fugitive dad died a victim?

Shot dead yesterday by police in New Zealand having attempted to rob a shop, Tom Phillips, one of the world's most notorious fugitives, somehow still divides opinions.

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41 h. ago Tom Phillips shooting: NZ police race to find children before nightfall after fugitive father shot dead by police – latest updates

Fugitive father who has been on the run with his children for four years was shot by police after an attempted burglary of a building in Piopio. Police are now searching for two of his missing childrenFull report: Tom Phillips shot dead after attempted burglary, NZ police confirmThe mayor of Waitomo, John Robertson, told the Guardian this morning’s events were the worst possible outcome for the community.“I’m shattered, to be honest, and there will be many in the community that are devastated that this was the outcome after three and a half, four years,” he said.So it’s just devastating news. Really the worst outcome we could have expected.No day that goes by that I don’t think about all four of them.It hurts every time I see photos of the children and of you, and see some of your stuff that is still here, thinking what could have been if you had not gone away. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Tom Phillips shooting: NZ police search for children after fugitive father shot dead by police – latest updates

Fugitive father who has been on the run with his children for four years was shot by police after an attempted burglary of a building in Piopio, authorities sayFull report: Tom Phillips shot dead after attempted burglary, NZ police confirmThe mother of the three children has said she is “deeply relieved” the situation is over but is also saddened by what happened today.The woman, who gave only her first name, Cat, said in a statement to New Zealand broadcaster RNZ that she looked forward to welcoming her missing children home.We are deeply relieved that for our tamariki [children] this ordeal has come to an end. They have been dearly missed every day for nearly four years, and we are looking forward to welcoming them home with love and care.At the same time, we are saddened by how events unfolded today. Our hope has always been that the children could be returned in a peaceful and safe way for everyone involved. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Celebs Go Dating's Anna Williamson split from boyfriend after heartbreaking conversation

Celeb's Go Dating expert Anna Williamson seems to live a charmed existence with her Italian husband and two children but as she tells us, her happy-ever-after has not always come easy

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57 h. ago Celebs Go Dating's Anna Williamson split up with boyfriend as he didn't want kids

EXCLUSIVE: Celeb's Go Dating expert Anna Williamson seems to live a charmed existence with her Italian husband and two children but as she tells us, her happy-ever-after hasn't always come easy

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8 d. ago Not just resisting, but leading the fight: five women who refuse to be ignored

Across the world, women at the heart of their communities are leading the struggle to protect their culture, land and way of life“We, the daughters of mother earth have come together to collectively decide what we can do to bring about a world which we would like our children and our children’s children to live in,” so states the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women.Adopted in 1995, the document outlined the oppression of women around the world and demanded governments recognise “the social, cultural, economic, and religious rights of the Indigenous peoples in their constitutions and legal systems”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Days without war: Ukrainian children enjoy time at summer camp – photo essay

While missiles and drones are exploding in Kyiv during the bloodiest attack of the year, a mountain retreat provides a brief, peaceful escape from the chaosOn the last day of July, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the bloodiest one this year: 300 drones and eight missiles killed 31 people. On the same day, 700km (435 miles) away in a camp near the city of Svalyava in the Carpathian mountains, 30 children are roasting marshmallows. Most of the children live in Kyiv, but for now, they are at the Zefir summer camp.Sofia, 15, from Uzhhorod, dresses up for a theatre performance. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais

Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?Today I watched those children again, the ones who stood before the cameras at al-Shifa hospital on 7 November 2023. They spoke in English, not their mother tongue, but the language of those who they thought might save them.“We want to live, we want peace, we want to judge the killers of children,” one boy said. “We want medicine, food and education. We want to live as the other children live.”How holy their concern now sounds, rising over a land emptied of the living.As if starving a child pre-disposed to death makes the violence more justified?Ahmad Ibsais is a first generation Palestinian American, law student and poet who writes the newsletter State of Siege Continue reading...

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1 week ago Half of children in England live in homes at risk of overheating

Half of children in England live in homes at risk of overheating  BBC

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1 week ago Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?

A restaurant in the English county of Cheshire has launched a water menu, as have a number of US establishments. Is it really possible, though, to tell one terroir from another?For diners at a fancy restaurant in Cheshire, there is now a new twist to the usual routine. First comes La Popote’s menu, created by the owners, the chef Joe Rawlins and Gaëlle Radigon, who live upstairs with their children. Next comes the wine list, which includes more than 100 bottles. And then, in what is very much a first for Cheshire, a water list.Rawlins, 32, presents the new menu as I get comfy in the dining room in a converted redbrick barn in Marton, a village halfway between Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent. A choice of seven waters ranges from a £5 bottle of Crag, which comes from the nearby Peak District, to Vidago, a mineral-rich water from a Portuguese spa town, which will cost you £19. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Minneapolis shooter told fellow students to work 'harder, faster, stronger' in yearbook photo from school where two children were killed and 17 wounded: Live updates

Three people were killed and 17 others injured after a shooter stormed a Catholic church in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, unleashing terror on dozens of school children.

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1 week ago Parents of Minneapolis school shooter 'demonstrably upset' after daughter kills two children and injures 17 others praying in Catholic church: Live updates

Three people were killed and 17 others injured after a shooter stormed a Catholic church in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, unleashing terror on dozens of school children.

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1 week ago Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey warns school shooting that killed two children is NO excuse for transphobia: Live updates

Three people were killed and 17 others injured after a shooter stormed a Catholic church in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, unleashing terror on dozens of school children.

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1 week ago Evil Minneapolis school shooter had THREE guns and killed himself 'like a coward' after shooting 14 children in church, killing two: Live updates

At least 20 people are suspected to be injured after a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church Wednesday morning.

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1 week ago Distraught parent recalls how 'evil' Minneapolis church shooter murdered two children by shooting them from behind at Mass: Live updates

At least 20 people are suspected to be injured after a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church Wednesday morning.

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1 week ago Fertility rate hits record low in England, Scotland and Wales

Last year’s total fertility rate of 1.41 for England and Wales was lowest since comparable data was first collected in 1938, ONS saysThe fertility rate for England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row to reach a record low, figures show.The total fertility rate across both nations, meaning the average number of live children women can expect to have across their child-bearing life, stood at 1.41 in 2024, down from 1.42 in 2023, the lowest since comparable data was first collected in 1938, according to the Office for National Statistics. Continue reading...

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