55 h. ago Girl diagnosed with rare cancer after symptoms dismissed as growing pains

Aubrey, now six, was eventually diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)

Science

3 d. ago Covid sign that can have serious impact on children may 'get worse at night'

A doctor warned that the symptom can affect children worse than adults

Politics

3 d. ago Children suffered 'grievous harm' during Covid from those who were meant to care for them, inquiry told

Chairman Baroness Heather Hallett (pictured) said Covid-19's impact on children was 'severe and long-lasting' because they missed educational opportunities and social interaction.

Politics

3 d. ago Covid inquiry hears lockdowns led to increase in kids’ suffering and abuse

Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett said the pandemic’s impact on children and young people had been 'severe' with some kids being subjected to 'grievous harm' by carers during lockdown

Events

4 d. ago Covid inquiry to shift focus to pandemic’s impact on children and young people

Schools were closed to most children in the pandemic amid fears over spread of the coronavirus.

Events

7 d. ago ‘Sassy’ Aubrey’s deadly cancer was mistaken for growing pains and measles before she vomited blood

LIKE many parents, when Madeleine Shipp’s daughter Aubrey first started complaining of leg pains, she assumed it was nothing more than growing pains. Then, months later, when the five-year-old woke up covered in spots, the 28-year-old thought she had measles, a highly contagious infection that causes serious problems in some people. But it was when...

Events

7 d. ago 'We just all thought it was growing pains, then she started vomiting blood'

Aubrey was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) after her symptoms were initially mistaken for growing pains and measles

Events

9 d. ago Labour taxes are blamed as private sector jobs are slashed... but the bloated public sector expands and grim survey lays bare broken Britain

Rachel Reeves' decision to hike employer national insurance has piled the pain on businesses struggling to grow by making it more expensive to hire workers.

Economics

9 d. ago Private sector jobs are slashed for the first time since the pandemic

Rachel Reeves' decision to hike employer national insurance has piled the pain on businesses struggling to grow by making it more expensive to hire workers.

Events

1 week ago The ‘invisible’ condition impacting one in five children: Not ‘growing pains’

Chronic pain affects every aspect of a child’s life – from sport, school and friendships, to parents’ ability to work

Politics

1 week ago Tiger fatally attacks handler at Oklahoma preserve, officials say

Ryan Easley operated Growler Pines preserve, which called accident ‘painful reminder’ of ‘unpredictability’ of natureA tiger fatally mauled its handler at a preserve in Oklahoma, officials at the facility say.Ryan Easley, the operator of the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve near Hugo, Oklahoma, was mauled to death on Saturday in what the site portrayed as an “accident” with a tiger under his care. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Does painting cows with stripes prevent fly bites? Researchers who studied this wins Ig Nobel prize

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly bights are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels

Events

2 w. ago Family of Black student found hanging from tree on school campus hires lawyer Ben Crump

Questions mount after Delta State University staff found body of Demartravion Reed near campus pickleball courtsThe family of a Black student who was found hanging from a tree on a college campus in Mississippi has retained the civil rights attorney Ben Crump as questions continue to mount around the death.On Monday, staff at Delta State University found the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed near campus pickleball courts. Michael Peeler, the Delta State police chief, has said Reed appeared to have died by suicide and that there were no signs of foul play, but concerns have grown and the case has brought up painful memories of the state’s history of racist violence. Continue reading...

Society

4 w. ago I called my children awful, boring and stupid. Now as adults they've told me how my 'jokes' impacted them. I feel so ashamed, says SUSANNAH JOWITT

'All parents yell,' SUSANNAH JOWITT'S daughter tells her, 'but this was the first time I remember you saying something so unnecessarily cruel. It was really disturbing.'

Politics