12 h. ago Mother of toddler who died from head injury denies hitting him

A murder trial previously heard Ethan Ives-Griffiths was severely underweight and dehydrated, with 40 visible injuries on his body

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3 d. ago Grandparents accused of toddler’s murder were ‘horrible’, mother tells court

Ethan Ives-Griffiths died in August 2021.

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4 d. ago Australian man celebrating new home with backflip dies of head injury

Sonny Blundell underwent brain surgery, battled multiple strokes, and a brain bleed before death

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5 d. ago Grandmother denies assaulting toddler who died after head injury

Ethan Ives-Griffiths died in August 2021.

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5 d. ago Female jockey dies aged 43 after being kicked in head by horse

Tributes have been paid across the horse racing world following the sad news that ex-jockey Peta Tait has died in Australia.

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5 d. ago Female jockey dies after being kicked in head by horse in tragic accident

Tributes have been paid to 'incredible' former horse racing jockey Peta Tait, who died following a tragic accident when she was kicked in the head by a horse

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5 d. ago 'One in a million' female jockey dies aged 43 after being kicked in head by horse

Tributes have flooded in from across the horse racing world after the sad news that ex-jockey Peta Tait has died following a tragic accident while she was working as a stable hand in Australia

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7 d. ago Mother tells inquest how she watched her toddler son die from sepsis after he was admitted to hospital twice in just 36 hours

Devon Coroner's Court heard the three-year-old was admitted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on the afternoon of July 6 2022, but discharged from the children's assessment unit shortly after midnight.

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7 d. ago Grandfather accused of toddler’s murder says boy’s mother was ‘quick

Michael Ives, 47, and his wife Kerry, 46, deny the murder of two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths.

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8 d. ago Spanish cops said my son died of a blood clot... but his apartment was covered in bloody handprints and his head was sliced open

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The body of father-of-one Brett Dryden was found by friends at his home in Mojácar on the Costa de Almeria on July 21, 2024 after he failed to return from a siesta.

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1 week ago Toddler's mum saw grandfather shaking him an hour before boy's fatal collapse

Two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths died from a catastrophic head injury caused by deliberate use of force

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1 week ago Fatal crash of car being followed by police caused by ‘speed, alcohol and drugs’

Muhammad Qasim, 29, died in hospital after suffering ‘catastrophic’ head injuries in a collision on Island Road in Birmingham in October 2023.

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2 w. ago Couple accused of grandson's murder punched their own children, court hears

Kerry and Michael Ives are accused of killing toddler Ethan Ives-Griffiths, who collapsed at their home in Flintshire, had had suffered "catastrophic head injuries" and was severely underweight when he died

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3 w. ago Tragic tot 'beaten to death by grandparents' while mum was upstairs on her phone

Ethan Ives-Griffiths died from 'catastrophic' head injuries after he was allegedly beaten to death by his grandparents Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, in North Wales

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4 w. ago "Had this been a sanctioned event...these boys would never have been put in the ring together"

Alex Eastwood suffered a head injury while competing in a kickboxing bout and later died

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4 w. ago Schoolboy, 12, dies from horrific head lice infestation after fighting for life for two weeks

Amador Flores Vargas was rushed to hospital after being bitten by the blood-sucking bugs, but he was unable to fight off the severe infection

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4 w. ago My mother was a famous feminist writer known for her candour and wit. But she was also a fantasist who couldn’t be bothered to spend time raising me

When Fear of Flying, her autobiographical novel about women’s sexual desires, came out in 1973, Erica Jong was suddenly big news. But growing up as her only child, I had a very different experienceIn August 1978, I was born in a hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. I came out with red hair. This was proof to my mother that I was special. The fantasy of my specialness continued my entire life. I was special even though I was dyslexic. I was special even though I got kicked out of college. I was special even though I was a drug addict. I was special despite my fatness. I was special despite all the evidence to the contrary. I was special because I was a piece of her.I read an interview with my mother in which the interviewer described me as a “stout” toddler. “Stout” means “kind of fat”. I never thought of a toddler as being able to be fat, but there it was. Continue reading...

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