15 h. ago Pensioner abused kids at Scots children's home 50 years ago, court rules

John Porteous targeted the victims between 1966 and 1972 while working as a houseparent.

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16 h. ago Man, 92, sexually abused boys at children’s home five decades ago, court finds

John Porteous was deemed unfit to stand trial but has now been found to have committed the offences at Quarrier’s Village, Renfrewshire.

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5 d. ago R&B singer’s children sue truck company after her death in highway crash

Two children of R&B singer Angie Stone have filed a lawsuit against a trucking company, a truck manufacturer, and others

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5 d. ago "Slushie made my kid collapse" Toddler rushed to hospital after drink on day out

The youngster's mum has issued a warning over children drinking slushes following their ordeal.

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7 d. ago Fears of being killed and vomiting from stress: Harrowing court filings reveal Trump admin’s frantic child deportation flights

Teens describe fears of returning to Guatemala and frantic deportation flights before judge blocked their removal

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7 d. ago Tennessee appeals ruling against 2 gun laws, saying it caused 'unnecessary confusion and risk'

Tennessee officials say a court’s ruling against two gun laws seemingly legalizes children carrying semiautomatic rifles to a recreational league basketball game and drunk adults toting shotguns as they stagger through popular, sometimes crowded areas

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8 d. ago Kelley Wolf banned from contacting her children and ordered to stay 300 feet away from ex Scott Wolf in new ruling

The former couple tied the knot in 2004 and later welcomed three children

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9 d. ago Guatemala says it is willing to receive hundreds of deported children from US

Announcement comes a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan minorsGuatemala is ready and willing to receive about 150 unaccompanied children of all ages each week from the United States, the country’s president has said, a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children.Those children had already boarded a plane when a court responded to an emergency appeal on Sunday. They were later returned to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Court hearing set Sunday on US efforts to deport some Guatemalan children

U.S. attempts to deport some Guatemalan children are on hold until at least Sunday afternoon

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1 week ago Creepy clip unearthed of Jimmy Savile talking about kidnapping women in Edinburgh

Paedophile Savile spoke about kidnapping Scottish women while being interviewed outside the Scottish Parliament.

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2 w. ago Thousands raised after fire attack on Scots kids football club

Mintlaw Boys Club has thanked those who have donated cash after their equipment was deliberately set on fire.

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3 w. ago Cutting school transport for disabled kids is a cruel way to balance the books

Record View says cutting services cannot mean vulnerable youngsters being left ­abandoned by the education system.

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3 w. ago Back to school kids’ bags under £20 including Disney, Barbie, Pokémon and Minecraft

Kids’ school bags for under £20 from Amazon featuring all their favourite characters.

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3 w. ago Police probe launched after 'sickening' fire attack on Scots kids football club

The blaze destroyed storage containers housing equipment used by the team.

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3 w. ago Scots primary kids 'told to send explicit photos' after being targeted in WhatsApp group

Police have launched an investigation after primary six pupils were told "not to let parents know" after being added to the chat.

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4 w. ago Why I suddenly want Pokémon cards, a Squishmallow and a £999 Raleigh Chopper

I went looking into the £1bn kidult toy boom and ended up with Pokémon cards in my basket and serious nostalgia for the summer of ’75.

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4 w. ago Of course Mark Zuckerberg is still doing good works – he’s just switched up the definition of ‘good’ | Emma Brockes

Who has the time to help underprivileged children when you have a pickleball court and a president to attend to?If you put it in a novel – a ham-fisted satire of tech overlord hypocrisy, say – it would look too contrived to fly. But here we are, absorbing a story from the New York Times this week in which Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are discovered to have been running a private school out of their compound in Palo Alto, California, in violation of city zoning laws. More pertinently, the school of 14 kids, which includes two of the couple’s three daughters, is less than a mile from the school for low-income families that the couple founded in 2016. Guess which school the world’s second-richest man and his wife are shutting down?Say the word “zoning infraction” to a certain stripe of American and the effect is equal to using “queue jumper” on a Briton, but of course the broader point here isn’t one about permits. (A spokesperson for Zuckerberg and Chan told the newsp...

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