The former head of India’s wrestling federation has been cleared in a sexual harassment case filed by a minor female wrestler. A court in the capital, Delhi, accepted a Delhi police report, recommending the cancellation of the case against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. A former MP from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Singh still...
Video footage shared online shows six-year-old Ward Jalal Al-Shaikh Khalil escaping a blaze at a Gaza City school following overnight Israeli air strikes. Among the 35 Palestinians reported to have been killed at the the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School were Ward’s mother and two siblings. Her father is in intensive care in hospital. Our Middle East...
“I first met Natalie when I was working at Loughborough University,” says former fast bowler Katherine. “She was trialling at the National Cricket Performance Centre there. “She came in with an arm brace on because her elbow hyper-extends. Mark Lane, the England coach at the time, was trying to wind me up saying she could...
A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil while screaming “I’m going to kill you” has been sentenced to 15 years. The girl, who cannot be named due to her age, will serve seven and a half years in custody. She was found guilty of attempted murder in a second trial at Swansea...
Jonny Humphries BBC News, Liverpool Greater Manchester Police Lewis Jones subjected a six-year-old girl to a prolonged and violent sexual assault Police failings and workload pressures left a dangerous sexual predator free to snatch a six-year-old girl off the streets, the BBC has learned. Lewis Jones, then 23, subjected his young victim to a violent...
Sarah Hawley BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Vanellope Hope Wilkins, now aged seven, was born with her heart outside of her body Vanellope Hope Wilkins made medical history when she was born with her heart outside of her body in 2017. Described by experts as “one of a kind”, Vanellope had three operations to place...
A 14-year-old girl has been killed by a lion on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said. The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National Park, according to the conservation agency. The alarm was raised by another teenager and KWS rangers followed tracks to the...
A body has been found in the search for 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, who entered the River Thames in North Woolwich on 31 March, the Metropolitan Police has said. The body is yet to be formally identified, the force added, but Kaliyah’s family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Read full article...
Lincolnshire Police say the cause of the blaze is under investigation. Read full article at source...
Paul Burnell BBC News, Liverpool Google The fire broke out late in the evening on Wednesday A 13-year-old girl has been killed in a house fire which broke out late on Wednesday, police have said. Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said the fire at a property in Kingsway, Prescot, was finally put...
Metropolitan Police Kaliyah Coa went missing in the River Thames on Monday A picture of an 11-year-old girl who went missing in the River Thames on Monday has been released by the Metropolitan Police. The force said a recovery mission was under way along the Thames to find Kaliyah Coa. Police were called at about...
BBC An 11-year-old girl who went missing in the River Thames has been named as Kaliyah Coa. The Met Police said “a recovery mission” is now under way to find her along the Thames. Police were called at about 13:20 BST on Monday after Kaliyah, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered...
An 11-year-old girl who went missing after she entered the River Thames had been paddling in the water during a day off from school, according to residents living near the scene. Metropolitan Police was called to reports that the girl had entered the river close to Barge House Causeway, near London City Airport, east London,...
A “large scale” police response has been deployed in North Woolwich after reports of an 11-year-old girl in the River Thames. The Met police said they were called at about 13:15 BST on Monday to Barge House Causeway, near London City Airport. A police spokesperson said a “large scale response is ongoing, supported by all...
Family picture Lilly, whose full name we are not including, is left with scarring on her cheek and around her eye following the dog attack 18 months ago A father wants a change in the law over pet insurance, after his daughter’s face was left scarred by a dog attack outside their home. Currently, it...