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England’s chief medical officer voices concern as vape use among 11- to 17-year-olds doubles in two yearsChildren are being targeted with “appalling” and “utterly unacceptable” marketing of vapes, England’s chief medical officer has said as he called f…
Survey also finds 32% of parents with children under four are having to cut down on essentials such as groceries as costs riseMost parents with young children would delay having another due to nursery costs that are already forcing some to cut down on …
Police stopped ‘eight late-stage terror plots’ in the past yearOfficers have been forced to step in and stop the “real threat” of teenagers plotting US-style attacks on schools, the head of counter-terrorism policing has revealed.Matt Jukes said there …
Thirty-year-old pleaded guilty and judge calls her choice to leave daughters in vehicle ‘inexcusable’A Queensland woman has been jailed for nine years for negligently leaving her two young daughters to die in a hot car.Kerri-Ann Conley, 30, of Waterfor…
A study analysing four- and five-year-olds suggests they responded less compassionately to others when a personal reward was at stakeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastYoung children are willing to help others in d…
Human Rights Act could be key factor in appeal against the release of a group of youths in TownsvilleGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government’s appeal against the release of several children det…
Independent commission reaches conclusion after hearing evidence from over 500 survivors last yearCatholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of survivors’ ac…
Hundreds of lawsuits alleging abuse by priests and others in the diocese have come to light after California lifted statute of limitationThe Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has said it may declare bankruptcy in the coming months as it faces “stagge…
Exclusive: plan for one- and two-year-olds would cost billions and is among options being looked atThe Treasury is considering a proposal to massively expand free childcare to one- and two-year-olds in England in a move that would cost billions at the…
Exclusive: Children as young as three in emergency departments for mental health problems, data obtained by Labour revealsChildren suffering mental health crises spent more than 900,000 hours in A&E in England last year seeking urgent and potential…