4 h. ago What is whooping cough and how to protect your family from the bacterial infection

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. As of November 2025, the U.S. has already recorded 20,939 cases for the year. That’s slightly lower than the 21,391 cases during the same period in 2024, but these numbers are significantly higher than in 2023, when there were 2,993 cases by this time. Texas has issued a health alert on a surge in cases, and rates are rising in other states, too.

Politics

30 h. ago Petting zoo owner fined over £20,000 after infecting 264 adults and children with a dangerous parasite

Hazelgrove Farm owner Sharon Wheeler pleaded guilty at the Southampton magistrates' court to a safety offence after children were witnessed kissing goats which were visibly covered in faeces.

Society

4 d. ago ‘Dangerous’ young offender institutions should be shut down, children’s commissioner says

Dame Rachel de Souza has called for a new youth justice system "based primarily upon a rehabilitative model of care”

Events

5 d. ago ‘They treat men like vending machines’: Inside the hidden world of social media sperm selling

Parenthood can seem an impossible dream for many, and online sperm donor groups offer a solution, but they can be a murky world A man going by the name “Rod Kissme” claims to have “very strong sperm”. It may seem like an eccentric boast for a Facebook profile page, but then this is no mundane corner of the internet. The group where Rod and other men advertise themselves is a community where women and couples come, in many cases, to fulfil a lifelong dream: parenthood.There is a growing number of online sperm donor groups on social media. They offer people the chance of parenting children in an unregulated, dangerous but surprisingly straightforward way. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Tower Hamlets retailers fined over £13,000 for selling alcohol and dangerous chemicals to children

The businesses were fined for their ‘deeply irresponsible’ actions

Economics

1 week ago Government issues statement on 'harmful' social media trends putting children in danger

Some of the popular challenges have led to hospitalisation and death

Politics

1 week ago Cat owner is fined £1,100 after her pet 'trespasses' into her neighbour's garden in France

Dominique Valdes's cat Rémi was found guilty of causing damage to the neighbour's property in the French town of Agde.

Economics

2 w. ago Amazon urgently recalls children's swim vest due to 'serious risk of drowning'

The Petiyark Neoprene Swim Vest was assessed as being dangerous for children and difficult to spot in the water

Events

2 w. ago The dog owner fined £100 for daring to venture out the house without a plastic bag

Despite saying her dog did not foul on the pavement, Paula said she was fined because she had forgotten to bring a plastic bag.

Economics

2 w. ago BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: 'Every school will be free of dangerous concrete by end of this Parliament'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says 'walls and ceilings made from dangerous concrete held up by steel props, shabby classrooms that tell children they simply don't matter'

Politics

2 w. ago Bridget Phillipson calls time on dangerous RAAC concrete in schools

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said 'walls and ceilings made from dangerous concrete held up by steel props, shabby classrooms that tell children they simply don't matter'

Politics

2 w. ago The Guardian view on global aid cuts: a malaria resurgence could be the canary in the coalmine | Editorial

The consequences of Donald Trump’s decision to scrap USAID, and other countries’ decisions to reduce funding, are playing out in deadly fashionMalaria is a pandemic disease that hits the voiceless hardest: most of those who fall ill and die are small children and pregnant women in Africa. It is the leading infectious killer of the continent, responsible for nearly 600,000 deaths a year. Cases are rising and there is an urgent need for more funding, yet western donor countries are instead cutting back on aid. We still hear brave talk about eliminating malaria. But an expert report now warns of a potential resurgence that could add almost a million more deaths to the annual toll by the end of the decade.Most of the money to fight the mosquito-borne disease – 59% – comes through the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Its executive director, Peter Sands, said last week at the World Health Summit in Berlin that of the three killers, the one that kept him awake...

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3 w. ago Pair arrested on suspicion of producing 'dangerous drug marketed for children'

A woman, 41, and a 22-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the production of Class-B drug, 'lean' - the drug is most misused by teens and young adults

Events

4 w. ago Families protest 'dangerous' A316 Twickenham roundabout after near miss involving mother and three children

The protest took place near the A316 at Margaret’s Roundabout in Twickenham, where a driver crashed through roadside barriers last year, narrowly missing family

Society

4 w. ago British Gas owner and Holland & Barrett fined for paying less than minimum wage

Around 42,000 people have been repaid by their employers after being left out of pocket, the Department for Business and Trade said

Politics

4 w. ago Holland & Barrett and British Gas owner among firms fined for underpaying staff

The Department for Business and Trade released a list of 491 employers that underpaid workers over several years.

Economics