3 h. ago ‘Depraved’ paedophile posed as a teenage boy to sexually abuse thousands of kids on dark web

IT specialist Robert Chown, 49, incited youngsters to perform acts on camera from his Croydon home

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36 h. ago One third of children in parts of Kenya severely malnourised as aid cuts worsen crisis

Exclusive: Data from Save the Children reveals a devastating shortages of food in affecting tens of thousands of infants under the age of five

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38 h. ago In my 30s and 40s I convinced myself that I needed children. I spent thousands on IVF... but now I realise the truth. This is why I'm so glad I'm child

Every week I make a point of checking in with my friend Lucy. She has been going through a difficult time over the past couple of years, ever since her son - her only child - cut her out of his life.

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7 d. ago Tesco to give away free fruit and veg to thousands of children across the UK

The supermarket's initiative will help target areas where families on lower incomes may struggle to afford a healthy diet.

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8 d. ago Kido nursery cyber attack: Thousands of children's names, pictures and addresses stolen

The details of around 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain were accessed by a gang of cyber criminals, who are using the sensitive information to demand a ransom

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8 d. ago Primary schoolers rebrand Tesco fruit and veg to encourage other kids to give it a go

Exactly 82% say they’re more likely to eat fruit and veg if a friend or schoolmate recommends it thanks to their often-colourful ways of describing the taste, texture and colour (29%)

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8 d. ago Australian kindergarten asks parents to pay thousands for their children’s artwork

Queensland premier calls demands ‘pretty un-Australian’ and a sign of desperation

Society

8 d. ago Disabled children facing ‘national crisis’ as thousands wait months for wheelchairs

‘National crisis’ as the only charity providing specialist children’s wheelchair services, forced to close to new referrals

Society

2 w. ago Report claims thousands of children taken from Ukraine to be ‘re

The US report found over 200 sites where children have reportedly been taken by Russia

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3 w. ago Voices: Cutting aid funding now could bring a dangerous resurgence in malaria

A resurgence in malaria would mean tens of thousands of young children dying, writes Gareth Jenkins, despite there being effective means of helping them

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3 w. ago No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes review – a thrilling take on the Golden Fleece myth

Medea tells her side of the story in a reimagining of the ancient Greek stories that puts women centre stageThe women of myth have been talking – and they’re pointing the finger at us. Myths are “mirrors of us”, writes Natalie Haynes in Pandora’s Jar, her book of essays on the women of Greek mythology. “Which version of a story we choose to tell, which characters we place in the foreground, which ones we allow to fade into the shadows: these reflect both the teller and the reader, as much as they show the characters of the myth.”Considerations of culture and bias have been central to the recent wave of mythic retellings focused on women, from Madeline Miller’s Circe and Pat Barker’s Iliad trilogy to Haynes’s own triad of novels set within the classical Greek world (The Children of Jocasta, A Thousand Ships and Stone Blind). This latest is a reimagining of the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece and, true to form, it centres the women. Continue reading...

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last month Watersports centre that's helped thousands of children is being forced to close after 13 years

The Welsh Government has issued notice that would require Swansea Watersports to vacate the site

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