8 h. ago Missing teenage boy, 16, sparks urgent Metropolitan Police search across London

Yaqub was last seen near Tottenham Court Road last month

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34 h. ago Teenagers arrested after boy, 17, left seriously injured in horror machete attack

Two boys, aged 15 and 17, remain in custody

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35 h. ago Teenage boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of raping and murdering 13

A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl who was found dead at home.

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37 h. ago Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé audiobook review – from enslaved teenager to celebrated preacher

The novelist’s final work tells a remarkable tale of resilience, based on the life of Samuel Àjàyí Crowther, who was kidnapped by slavers but won his freedomSet in 19th-century Òsogùn in what is now Nigeria, Yorùbá Boy Running opens with 13-year-old Àjàyí reporting a premonition to his mother about dark days ahead. A week later, the town is surrounded by Malian slave raiders and Àjàyí is kidnapped along with his mother, sister, best friend and neighbours. He is taken to Lagos and sold to Portuguese slavers preparing to ship their human cargo to the Americas. But they are intercepted by the British navy, which releases Àjàyí in Sierra Leone, where he is recruited by missionaries. From there, he is put on a path that leads to him to study at Oxford and become a celebrated preacher, linguist and abolitionist who meets Queen Victoria.A remarkable tale of barbarism and resilience, Yorùbá Boy Running is the final work by the Nigerian novelist and film-maker Biyi Bándélé, who died in 2022 ...

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52 h. ago Early Strictly Come Dancing favourite Dani Dyer sparks 'fix row' as her past dance experience is revealed

The former Love Island star, 29, is the early favourite to lift the Glitter Ball trophy with bookies having her at 4/1, while YouTuber George Clarke is next on 6/1.

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61 h. ago Teenage boy who killed elderly dog walker Bhim Kohli will NOT have his seven

The teenage killer of 80-year-old dog walker Bhim Kohli, who was savagely beaten to death, will not have his sentence for manslaughter changed, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

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3 d. ago Boy, 15, is charged with rape after 'teenager attacked near tennis courts'

The teenage boy has been charged after a 17-year-old girl was reportedly attacked at Cripplegate Park in Worcester.

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3 d. ago Two teenage boys stabbed near Oxford Street are rushed to hospital

The first paramedics arrived at the scene within three minutes, the London Ambulance Service said

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3 d. ago Mother of murdered teenager Harvey Wilgoose claims school missed 'warning signs' her son was in danger

On Friday, a teenage boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of murdering Harvey Wilgoose. Listen to Daily Mail's interview with Harvey's mother on The Trial podcast now.

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6 d. ago Boy, 14, is among five arrested after man in his 50s is hit and killed by a pick

Five teenagers - including a boy aged 14 - have been arrested after a man in his 50s was fatally hit by a pick-up truck in Crawshawbooth, Lancashire, on Friday night.

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6 d. ago Married care worker guilty of inciting boy at children's home into sexual relationship

Lindy Leah 'fell in love' with a teenage boy living at the children’s home where she worked as deputy manager.

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6 d. ago My cultural awakening: a Steve Carell film made me realise I was being abused

After my dad died, my mum and I endured the coercive control of her new partner for years. It was The Way Way Back that freed us bothIn the first five minutes of the 2013 comedy drama The Way Way Back, a teenage boy has a conversation with his stepfather in a car bound for Cape Cod. You can only see the stepdad’s eyes in the rearview mirror, but you instantly know it’s Steve Carell. At this point, I loved Carell. He’s the reason that I, then a teenager, watched the film.“Duncan let me ask you something,” Carell’s character says. “On a scale of one to 10, what do you think you are?” Duncan responds shyly that he thinks he’s a six. Any normal adult would balk and correct him. Tell him he’s nothing less than a 10. “I think you’re a three,” says Carell’s character, Trent. Suddenly, I hated Carell with a blind fury. He was a vision of pure evil. I didn’t want to watch him in anything else, ever. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Chilling moment teen dances with hunting knife in school canteen after stabbing Harvey Willgoose, 15, to death

The boy, 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of murdering Harvey Willgoose, at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.

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7 d. ago The school fight that led to murder: Chilling moment teen pushes Harvey Willgoose before stabbing him to death

The boy, 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of murdering Harvey Willgoose, at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.

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7 d. ago The school fight that led to murder: Chilling moment teen pushes Harvey Willgoose moments before stabbing him to death

The boy, 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of murdering Harvey Willgoose, at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.

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8 d. ago Jet ski heist gang carry out second hit in days as owners left thousands out of pocket

Gilbert Naismith has been left devastated because of an "organised crime gang on the prowl for jet skis.”

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8 d. ago Zoe Ball left in tears after falling victim to devastating crime while live on show

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball believes the culprit committed the crime as she appeared on The One Show, to promote her new podcast with Jo Whiley

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8 d. ago Médecins Sans Frontières calls for immediate closure of US and Israelibacked aid group in Gaza – Middle East crisis live

MSF says it has rarely ‘seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians’ as it has at GHF aid sitesThe medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for the immediate closure of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US- and Israeli-backed aid organisation operating in Gaza, describing GHF-run food distribution sites in Gaza as having become sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanisation”.In a social media post on Thursday, MSF wrote:“In MSF’s nearly 54 years of operations, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians.”The GHF-run food distributions in Gaza, Palestine, have become sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanisation”, not humanitarian aid.During those seven weeks, our teams treated 71 children for gunshot wounds, 25 of whom were under the age of 15. Faced with no alternatives to find food, starved families frequently send teenage boys into this lethal environment, as they are often the only males in the ...

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9 d. ago Teenage boy suffered fractured skull when driver flipped car on its roof

Liam Collins, 37, was speeding and driving erratically after offering to give two 13-year-old boys a lift.

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9 d. ago ITV Lorraine star swiftly moves on as Hollywood actress fights back tears on air

Lorraine star Lucie Cave was on hand to lift the mood as Hollywood star Kristin Davis fought back tears in an emotional on-air moment

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