43 h. ago Victorian disease UK health warning as 'too many' children at risk this summer

A drop in vaccine uptake has been linked to a surge in cases across Europe

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45 h. ago Tony Hudgell’s birth mother still ‘high risk to children’, adoptive parent says

Tony’s birth mother Jody Simpson is to be released from prison following a decision by an independent

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3 d. ago Matalan urgently recalls children’s clothes over 'risk of being strangled'

If you’ve purchased one of these products, you should return it to your nearest store for a full refund - and you won’t need your receipt to get your money back

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9 d. ago 'Dark Peppa Pig' horror as fake YouTube videos target terrified kids

Twisted creators on YouTube are taking advantage of Peppa Pig's popularity, leaving children at risk of viewing inappropriate content. The platform removed two worrying examples after being contacted by The Mirror

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9 d. ago Former school teaching assistant caught with the most serious child abuse images

The judge said the defendant posed a high risk to male children

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1 week ago Major supermarket issues safety alert over children's clothes due to terrifying injury risk

Customers are urged to stop using the product and return them to your nearest from for a full refund.

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1 week ago Obese people can pass down deadly health risk to their children, study finds

Boys who pile on the pounds in their early teens could put their future children at higher risk of developing asthma, according to a new study.

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1 week ago Man on '120mph drive with kids in smashed windscreen car put children at risk'

Police in Northern Ireland arrested a man after he allegedly travelled at speeds of up to 120mph with his kids were in the car - the vehicle is also said to have had a smashed windscreen when he was driving it

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2 w. ago Children with special educational needs at risk of losing school support

Thousands of pupils could be forced out of mainstream education if the government scraps education, health and care plans (EHCPs), campaigners say

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2 w. ago Children with special educational needs at risk of losing legal right to school support

Thousands of pupils could be forced out of mainstream education if the government scraps education, health and care plans (EHCPs), campaigners have warned

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2 w. ago James Martin furious as his car is broken into and his window smashed in broad daylight

TV chef James Martin shared with on social media and told fans that his car had been broken into during 'broad daylight' leaving his windscreen smashed to pieces

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer's child poverty strategy delayed in major setback

Charities raise alarm that thousands more children risk being pushed into poverty as a result of the decision to delay the child poverty strategy until the autumn

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2 w. ago More than 60 charities demand UK reverse ‘shameful’ aid cuts that will expose women and girls to abuse

Exclusive: Cuts to spending will leave at least a million women and children at increased risk of violence, charities say

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2 w. ago More adoptions likely to fail in England amid funding cuts, warn charities

Adoption UK says families at breaking point and cuts to support fund are ‘morally and economically nonsensical’A growing number of adopted children are at risk of returning to the care system as funding cuts and lack of support pushes England’s families into crisis, charities have warned.Adoption UK said cuts to funding were already having a “devastating” effect on children who have been adopted, describing them as “morally and economically nonsensical”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Assistant headteacher at top secondary school sacked after giving out award making fun of student's 'sexual assault'

Nick Barends lost his claim for unfair dismissal from The Blue Coat School in 2023 - making it the second time he lost his job at the institution in Wavertree.

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3 w. ago Children risk being radicalised through social media, Scottish Labour MP warns

Gregor Poynton is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children's Online Safety

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4 w. ago Having children later could raise breast cancer risk by a third in some women, study finds

British experts behind the new said the findings had potentially big implications given how more women are choosing to have children later in life.

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