8 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's heartbreaking final wish as Prince Andrew abuse accuser is '4 days from death'

Prince Andrew's teenage sex abuse accuser, Virginia Giuffre, says that she just wants to see her children again for one last time after telling how she just has days to live

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38 h. ago Oklahoma City bombing survivors reflect on tragedy 30 years later in new doc

Thirty years ago, 168 people – included 19 children – were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. A devastated mother who lost her children, a bank teller who was trapped upside down in her office chair for hours, and countless others are sharing their stories in a new docuseries on April 2. Andrea Cavallier takes a look back at the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history

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5 d. ago No peace deal until you return our thousands of abducted children, Ukraine tells the Kremlin

Daria Zarivna - an adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said: 'Our openness to engage in peace talks should not be confused with compromising on key issues'.

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5 d. ago Scots mum battling terminal cancer says telling children was 'toughest moment'

Brave Emma Byrne found out her cancer had returned and spread to her bones.

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6 d. ago 'Use a clean razor blade for self harm', trans charity tells children who hurt themselves as a 'coping mechanism'

A whistleblower has claimed a controversial LGBT charity trained volunteers to ask children if they were using 'clean razor blades' instead of telling them not to self-harm.

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1 week ago Trump reportedly aims to return ‘authority to the states’ by closing Department of Education – US politics live

President plans to sign executive order closing DoE; order is challenged before it is signed as NAACP calls it a ‘dark day for millions of American children’Tell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Another, perhaps more worrying sign, of the Trump administration’s approach to economic policy was revealed yesterday, when commerce secretary Howard Lutnick recommended in a Fox News interview that people buy Tesla stock.That’s the electric car company led by Elon Musk, who is busy right now cutting down the US government at the behest of Lutnick’s boss, Donald Trump.I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again. When people understand the things he’s building, the robots he’s building, the technology he’s building, people are going to be dreaming of today, and thinking gosh, I should have bought Elon Musk’s stock.The Fed would be MUCH better off CUTT...

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1 week ago Domestic abuse charity criticises 'veiled threat' against its funding in trans row

Edinburgh Women's Aid (EWA) spoke out against a motion by Green councillor Alex Staniforth

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1 week ago Some schools not 'learning from the best' in boosting attendance rates, Education Secretary warns

Minister tells teachers ‘children’s life chances are at stake’ as schools struggle with higher absence levels than before the pandemic

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1 week ago Is YOUR son a ticking timebomb? From not letting you see his phone to being rude to his mother, expert reveals signs to watch for

There is a misconception that only neglected boys in gangs are vulnerable, but I am convinced even the most privileged middle-class children can be affected. So how can you tell if your son is at risk?

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2 w. ago Tony Blair's son tells Sir Keir Starmer's children how to survive life at Downing Street

Tony Blair's eldest son has offered advice to Keir Starmer's children on how to survive life when growing up in the most well-known house in the country.

Society

2 w. ago Keep your children off Roblox if you are not comfortable, CEO tells parents

The chief executive of Roblox has issued a message to parents who are “not comfortable” with their children using the global gaming platform.

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2 w. ago Keep your children off Roblox if you are worried, CEO tells parents

The chief executive of global gaming platform Roblox has said parents who are worried about the game should not let their children use it.

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2 w. ago MP calls for inquiry into labelling of black pupils as ‘educationally subnormal’

Kim Johnson tells parliament lessons must be learnt from poor treatment of children at institutions in 1960s and 70sThe historic injustice of a scandal in which black children were incorrectly labelled “educationally subnormal” and sent to schools for physically and mentally disabled pupils must be addressed with a public inquiry, an MP has said.Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, is calling on Keir Starmer to bring justice to survivors and to also expose the long-term effects it has had in the education system. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Cry When the Baby Cries by Becky Barnicoat review – the black and white truth about motherhood

Barnicoat’s memoir of early parenthood is funny, unflinching and a welcome corrective to the ceaseless pressures new mums face from social mediaIt’s a mark of the brilliance of Becky Barnicoat’s Cry When the Baby Cries that it worked for me, testing my patience only occasionally: as I’ve been known to tell people, while I like children a lot, I could never eat a whole one. I have a hunch that her book’s bracingly truthful tone will indeed make new (and new-ish) mothers feel very seen, just as some of the quotes on its jacket promise: no subject is for her off limits, from leaking breasts to dubious stains. But the more important thing by far is that it’s very funny and even sardonic. At her best, Barnicoat reminds me of Claire Bretécher (1940-2020), the great French cartoonist and one of the geniuses of the form.When I was growing up, my mother hung one of Brétécher’s strips on the kitchen wall. In it, a woman with a baby is visited by a friend who drones on obliviously about her ma...

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3 w. ago The Archers star Charles Collingwood: ‘The last lie I told? Darling, marvellous isn’t the word’

The actor on his beloved Jag, being naughty at nursery school and the trouble with his hairBorn in Canada, Charles Collingwood, 81, studied at Rada. He began his career in repertory theatre and moved into children’s television. He later worked on the 90s quizshow Telly Addicts and in Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders. He is best known for playing Brian Aldridge in BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers, and this year celebrates 50 years in the role. His wife, Judy Bennett, played Shula Hebden Lloyd in The Archers. They live in Hampshire.When were you happiest? My childhood. I was an only child, happy and secure, and there was always plenty of time to play cricket. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago I cringe every time I tell people what my children's names are

Katie, a British content creator, has a two-year-old son called Beauden and a one-year-old daughter called Murphy - names 'you don't necessarily hear that much', she admits.

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