6 h. ago Inquiry to probe case of fugitive father who hid children in forest for years

Tom Phillips forced his children to live in remote campsites, without access to education or healthcare

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6 h. ago Inquiry to probe case of fugitive father who hid children in New Zealand forest for years

Tom Phillips forced his children to live in remote campsites, without access to education or healthcare

Politics

13 h. ago New Zealand launches major inquiry into case of father who hid his children in a forest for years

The disappearance of a New Zealand father and his children into a forest for years before he was shot dead by police has prompted a major government inquiry

Politics

14 h. ago Tom Phillips case: New Zealand to hold public inquiry into disappearance of fugitive father and children

Hearings will be held in private to assess ‘whether government agencies took all practicable steps to protect the safety and welfare of the Phillips children’, says attorney generalA public inquiry will be held into the authorities’ handling of the disappearance of fugitive father Tom Phillips with his three children, who hid in New Zealand’s wilderness for nearly four years, the government has announced. Phillips disappeared into the rugged North Island wilderness with his children just before Christmas in 2021, following a dispute with their mother. He did not have legal custody of his children.In August, he was killed in an exchange of fire with police after reports of a burglary in the remote town of Piopio, in the central North Island. A police officer was shot and required surgery. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Márquez shows off his rippling six

Now the father of two young children with the former Hollyoaks actress, Márquez admits it was a shared passion for personal fitness that drew them to one another.

Culture

3 d. ago Giorgia Meloni takes on Italian judges over decision to remove British father's children from 'crumbling ruin' where they live 'off

The family, who gave up the rat race to live a simple life in a woodland cottage found themselves at the heart of a national scandal last week.

Society

3 d. ago Italian government clashes with its own judiciary over decision to remove British father's children from 'crumbling ruin' where they live 'off

The family, who gave up the rat race to live a simple life in a woodland cottage found themselves at the heart of a national scandal last week.

Politics

6 d. ago British father has his three children taken away by Italian authorities after he took them to live 'off

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Society

6 d. ago Major breakthrough for bereaved families of Chinook helicopter tragedy victims as they battle for public inquiry

Families of the Chinook helicopter tragedy victims have made a major breakthrough in their campaign for a public inquiry after UK Government ministers agreed to a meeting.

Events

1 week ago Father called the police when school in London stopped letting children bring in mobile phones

One parent was so angered by the policy they contacted the authorities, and officers were subsequently sent to the school. The parent also reported the school to Ofstead

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1 week ago Mariah Carey’s daughter Monroe addresses her father Nick Cannon’s 10 other children

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A harrowing safeguarding review today revealed how Sara's father was well-known for violence against women and children years before she was born.

Politics

2 w. ago Eddie Murphy's 10 children and the five women he shares them with

Eddie Murphy is a father of 10 children who he shares with five different women - here's everything you need to know about the comedian's family life

Events

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2 w. ago Dad drowned his own three children on Father's Day after horror 'threat'

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2 w. ago Rod Stewart's wife Penny says 'he sounded like he was dying' in emotional family insight

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2 w. ago Adult star 'beheaded father of her children' while 'having affair with her own stepson'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Devyn Michaels, 46, is accused of beheading her lover and father-in-law, Jonathan Willette, 46, after allegedly starting an affair with her stepson

Society

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An ex-porn star allegedly decapitated the father of her children because she wanted him out of the picture after she married her stepson, according to the prosecution.

Society

3 w. ago British father fights to keep his three children after moving with his wife to Italian 'crumbling ruin' to live 'off

A British father is fighting to keep his three children after he moved them, along with his wife, to live an off-grid life in a 'crumbling ruin' in the Italian wilderness. 

Society