16 m. ago Girl, 7, killed and four injured after branch from large tree falls on kids in park

Air ambulances, paramedic crews, police and the fire brigade all rushed to Chalkwell Park (pictured, file photo) in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, just before 3pm today.

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56 h. ago Gaza aid stations horror as children killed or injured in half of attacks

Gaza's nightmare aid distribution has turned into 'dystopian horror show' by shooting incidents which are killing or injuring children at the rate of more than half of the deadly incidents

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57 h. ago Bus carrying school kids crashes through railings into river as 17 injured

The Bluestar bus carrying pupils from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College came off the road and ended up in a river at Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, at 10.07am on Thursday.

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57 h. ago BREAKING Bus full of kids crashes into river with 17 injured as stretchers pulled out

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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57 h. ago Bus full of kids crashes into river with 17 injured as stretchers pulled out

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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5 d. ago Conor McGregor enjoys quality family time with partner Dee Devlin and their children in Mallorca after partying with Katie Price and horror nightclub attack in Ibiza

Conor McGregor enjoyed some quality family time with partner Dee Devlin and their children in Mallorca following his recent wild antics in Ibiza.

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5 d. ago M74 slip road at Motherwell to be closed for essential works to be carried out

It is required to enable North Lanarkshire Council to carry out essential repair works at Clyde Bridge.

Transport

8 d. ago Dozens of kids injured as school evacuated over suspected 'gas' incident

A total of 34 elementary school students were treated for injuries after tear gas was reportedly sprayed in a building of the education facility in Berlin's Moabit suburb

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8 d. ago Nursery worker launched sickening campaign of abuse against babies in plain sight

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A court watched in horror as footage showed the disgraced nursery worker terrorising the young children at Montessori Riverside Nursery

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1 week ago Family flees cinema after children made to watch horror film trailers

The four and five year old had gone to watch Lilo & Stitch

Culture

2 w. ago Parents say children are asking to miss school over ‘horror movie’ toilets

Around 10 per cent of parents say their child has asked to miss school over the issues

Society

2 w. ago Three kids critically injured after car wreck sends vehicle careening into their sidewalk lemonade stand

The girls, aged 7, 8, and 9 were rushed to hospitals in North Carolina in critical condition

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2 w. ago Drivers face M9 motorway slip road overnight closures for investigation works

The slip road onto the northbound M9 at junction 10, at Craigforth, Stirling, will be closed for carriageway investigation works from 7.30pm until 6am on the nights of Monday, June 23, and Tuesday, June 24.

Transport

3 w. ago Two children die after horror M4 minibus crash with five other kids injured in slip road chaos

Othniel Adoma, 11, is confirmed to be the second child to have died in a grim crash on the M4, police have confirmed - a minibus overturned during the incident on May 11

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3 w. ago Popular kids' toy sold on Amazon urgently recalled over 'serious' injury risk

Parents have been warned after a popular summer kids toy - sold on Amazon - was recalled over fears it could pose 'serious risk of injuries' due to 'accessible magnets with a magnetic flux index'

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3 w. ago Munich school 'gas leak' with 17 people injured as kids struggled to breathe

Emergency services rushed to a school following reports of a toxic gas leak - eight people are reported to be seriously injured

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3 w. ago 'Utter chaos' on M62 as slip road closure causes miles of congestion and 'severe' delays

One motorist described the incidents as 'utter chaos' and said they had been stuck for 30 minutes with 'four lanes of standing traffic'

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4 w. ago As Ice deports children, what futures do we lose? | Ariel Dorfman

I was forced to flee my homeland as a child; so were my own children. So the horror can be grasped by our celebrity-driven society: are we removing the next Mozart?Two children – a nine-year old boy and his six-year old sister – are playing at “house”, pretending to be their father and mother. Absorbed in the game, they repeat the words their parents have been whispering to each other when they thought their progeny were not listening.Playing like innocent children all over the world play and have played since the beginning of history. But, here and now, in America, the words some endangered children may be exchanging are far from innocent.Ariel Dorfman, an emeritus distinguished professor of literature at Duke University, is the Chilean-American author of the play Death and the Maiden and, more recently, the novels The Suicide Museum and Allegro. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Horror as 'dark Peppa Pig' videos that are terrifying kids rack up millions of views on YouTube

Parents are being warned about 'Dark Peppa Pig' horror videos circulating online to target terrified children. One clip with 18 million views showed the character holding a machine gun

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