14 h. ago Boy, 4, dies in pool tragedy after family pull him from water to perform CPR

Family members called emergency services after pulling the unresponsive four-year-old boy from a pool in Bobs Farm, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia

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45 h. ago England ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection | Emma John

If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastimeThe drive to Bowral in New South Wales takes you through some of Australia’s most English countryside. Pastoral hills roll right up to the roadside and finish in grassy verges, flecked with yellow and white wildflowers. Alliums stand sentinel around vibrant lawns. Even the eucalypts are cosplaying as beech and oaks. You might be in Hampshire, if it weren’t for the dazzling sun.Just a few roads from the high street – storefronts full of fancy cookware and country casuals – is the Bradman Oval. This small ground, with its pre-loved outfield, has become a pilgrimage stop for the Australian cricketing faithful. Head out to the middle and you’re walking across the sacred turf where Sir Don honed his skills. Stand at the crease, look past the white picket fence, and you can see the family homes where he grew from boy ...

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3 d. ago Tragic reason family didn't know boy in coma wasn't their son

A horrific mix up left one family by the bedside of a crash survivor, wrongly believing he was their surviving son, while his actual relatives had been grieving for three weeks and arranging a funeral

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3 d. ago Police told wrong family their boy died in crash after officer handed photo ID

Joshua Johnson, 18, died following a collision in Rotherham on December 13 - the identiny of the teen was originally given as Trevor Wynn

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3 d. ago Family of dead teenager 'spent hours in hospital' with wrong boy following mix

Joshua Johnson's parents spent hours praying at the hospital beside of a boy they were told was their son. After the teenager woke up from a coma, his true identity was revealed

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4 d. ago Family forced into 'important update' after 'dead' teen son suddenly wakes from coma

Police said a boy was killed in a horror car crash just days before Christmas, but his family issued a shocking update about the teenager just three weeks later

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4 d. ago 'Poignant' movie based on heartbreaking true story 'will rip your heart out' on Film4 tonight

Based on the true story of a five-year-old boy lost in India and later adopted by an Australian family, this film has been commended for its 'heartbreaking' storyline

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4 d. ago Police wrongly told parents their teenage son had died in crash days before Christmas when he was actually alive in hospital... leaving family grieving for THREE weeks before being told the truth

The staggering blunder meant the family of one boy, 18-year-old Joshua Johnson, spent Christmas believing he was under sedation in hospital, only to be told he in fact passed away in the tragic smash.

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5 d. ago Jake Wood begs for help after EastEnders colleague plunges 11 floors and left in a coma

The 'loving son, brother uncle and friend' spent nine days in a coma and required multiple life-saving surgeries after falling from the roof of an 11-storey building

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1 week ago Heartbroken This Morning star says 'sleep tight beautiful boy' after family loss

An ITV star has shared some heartbreaking news with fans

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1 week ago Kate Beckinsale breaks down in tears as she claps back at body shaming trolls and opens up about the tragic reason behind her weight loss

The English actress, 52, took to her Instagram page on Wednesday as she reflected on her 'really, really hard year'.

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1 week ago Inside Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg's dreamy babymoon to Australia

Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg headed back to the dancer's native Australia to visit family ahead of the arrival of their baby boy

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1 week ago Family of boy who battled rare brain tumour help hundreds of parents with terminally ill kids

Triplet Caleb Stirrat, from Clydebank, near Glasgow, was given months to live after an aggressive brain tumour returned in 2020.

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast shares child's devastating diagnosis as mum says 'strangers helped our boy'

BBC Breakfast spoke to the family of a young boy called Jensen on Monday's show

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast guest says 'strangers helped our little boy' after life

BBC Breakfast hosts Emma Vardy and Ben Thompson spoke to the family of a young boy called Jensen on Monday's show

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2 w. ago Urgent police search for north London schoolboy, 13, ‘who should be with family on Christmas Day’

Abdul’s father said the family are ‘deeply concerned’ for his safety since he left him in Islington

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2 w. ago Family heartbroken by death of 'bubbly, loving' girl, 13, as police investigate boy, 14, arrested for harassment

Madison Richardson died in hospital on November 24 after emergency services were called to reports of a concern for welfare at an address in Manchester.

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2 w. ago Girl, 13, dies in sudden tragedy as family pay heartbreaking tribute with boy arrested on suspicion of harassment

Madison Richardson tragically died - a boy has been arrested on suspicion of harassment

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2 w. ago Dad tragically dies moments after ‘amazing gesture’ at boy's funeral

The boy's family said Chris Bailey's tragic death had been 'cruel beyond words'

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2 w. ago Woman arrested for 'murder' over death of Dublin boy, 3, family didn't know existed

Three-year-old Daniel Aruebose mysteriously vanished in the summer of 2021 - and it later emerged that relatives never even knew he had existed

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