60 h. ago Parents who give smartphones to children could be driving a frighteningly common illness, scientists discover

American experts said children and parents were trapped in a catch-22 situation with increasing evidence of social media harms and increasing usage among young people.

Society

5 d. ago Warning NHS making same mistakes that led to Mid Staffs scandal as bosses ‘consider cutting hospital beds’

Community services for children and mental health support for cancer patients axed amid savings drive

Events

6 d. ago Drunk driver who mowed down two children says she would 'appreciate' forgiveness

Drunk driver Marshella Chidester killed Alanah and Zayn Philips, aged just eight and four, after ploughing her car into a birthday party at a boat club in Newport, Michigan

Politics

8 d. ago Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him

Science

1 week ago Miami linebacker Adarius Hayes injured in crash that killed two children

Collision occurred in 20-year-old’s hometown of LargoDrugs and alcohol not believed to be factor in crashMiami linebacker Adarius Hayes has been injured in a collision that killed two children on Saturday in his hometown of Largo, Florida.A spokesperson for the Largo Police Department told ESPN that Jabari Elijah Solomon, 10, and Charlie Herbert Solomon Riveria, 4, were killed when a Kia Soul was making a left turn and collided with a Dodge Durango. Alcohol and drugs are not believed to have been a factor in the crash. The spokesperson did not say whether Hayes was a driver of either vehicle or whether he was related to the children. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago 'Entitled mum blocked my drive during the school run but I got the best revenge'

A man has shared how he got back at a mother who blocked his driveway while waiting to pick up her children from school - but his actions have divided the internet

Politics

2 w. ago 'Entitled mum blocked my drive while waiting for school to finish

A man has explained how he got his revenge on a mother who blocked his driveway while she was waiting to pick up her children from school, but the internet is divided

Politics

2 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's sick plot revealed in paedo Skype chat

German police found a hard drive, images and children's clothes at the lair of the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's missing persons case but new details have been revealed about Christian Brueckner's sick paedo plot

Politics

2 w. ago ‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under

It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?At 3.12pm on a sunny spring afternoon in St Albans, Yasser Afghen reaches for the iPhone in his jeans pocket, hoping to use the three minutes before his son emerges from his year 1 primary class to scroll through his emails. As he lifts the phone to his face, Matthew Tavender, the head teacher of Cunningham Hill school, strides across the playground towards him. Afghen smiles apologetically, puts his phone away, and spends the remaining waiting time listening to the birdsong in the trees behind the school yard.A one-storey 1960s block with 14 classrooms backing on to a playing field, Cunningham Hill primary feels like an unlikely hub for a revolution. But a year ago, Tavender and the school’s executive head, Justine Elbourne-Cload, began coordinating with the heads ...

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2 w. ago Moment former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall chases after car screaming 'I'll rip your head off' after drivers outside his house 'scared his children'

Eddie Hall, a retired British strongman turned mixed martial arts specialist, attempted to chase down a moving car after becoming involved in a furious row with motorists parked outside his home.

Society

3 w. ago I know how global aid works. Here’s how Britain can do the right thing – and make its money count | David Miliband

The politics of aid may be toxic, but the UK must realise that supporting the world’s poorest people is both a moral and pragmatic thing to doDavid Miliband is president and CEO of the International Rescue CommitteeIn more than 10 years working in the aid sector, I have seen extraordinary innovations, from childhood education programmes for refugee children, to AI-driven flood warnings that alert farmers in some of the most vulnerable places on earth. Many of the initiatives I’ve seen are remarkably impactful and deliver serious value for money: it costs the International Rescue Committee (IRC) just £3 ($4) to deliver a life-saving vaccine dose in the midst of a conflict in east Africa, for example.The politics surrounding international aid, however, are increasingly toxic. The UK’s Department for International Development and now the US equivalent, USAID, have been dismantled, despite the British public being more than twice as likely to say that aid has a positive rather than nega...

Economics