Disgusted parents this week blasted garden centre bosses after they started selling novelty “murdered” garden GNOMES. Angry mums have said their youngsters have reacted with
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Four-month-old baby could have been saved
A four-month-old baby boy who was violently shaken to death by his father could have been saved if hospital staff and police had followed child
Headteacher takes week off school to go skiing
A PRIMARY school headteacher has outraged parents by taking a week off during term time for a skiing holiday – bending strict rules normally levelled
Thieves steal letters meant for Santa
HEARTLESS thieves have dashed children’s hopes this Christmas after breaking into a postbox and stealing hundreds of letters meant for Santa Claus. The postbox
Child’s balloon travels 1,000 miles to Austria
A FARM was amazed to learn that one of its balloons released by a child had travelled almost 1,000 miles after an astonished AUSTRIAN couple
Is this the longest serving Santa in the UK?
AFTER distributing thousands of gifts to star-struck kids for almost half a century is this Britain’s longest serving Father Christmas? Ray Hulse ,67, has been
Oompa Loompa abuses Pakistanis
A DRUNKEN ‘Oompa Loompa’ racially abused two Asian teenagers in front of families and children while out with his friend who was dressed as a
Rare skin condition leaves boy looking permanently sunburnt
A BOY born with a condition that causes him to look permanently sunburned has beaten bullying taunts aimed at his doting parents to start nursery.
Lollipop lady helps stampeding horses cross the road
SHE’S used to herding unruly schoolchildren across the street, but one quick-thinking lollipop lady had to turn her talents to a group of escaped HORSES
Children battled to save drowning 8-year old
AN EIGHT-year-old boy drowned face down in a swimming pool after fellow swimmers and a lifeguard thought he was “playing about” and “pretending to be
Premier League ref accused of grooming young boys
A FORMER Premier League linesman promised match tickets to young boys in exchange for their phone numbers before sending lewd texts, a court heard.
Killer shrimp blinds cat
A KILLER shrimp is believed to have BLINDED a pet cat after the unsuspecting feline drank from a garden pond. Distraught Betty Evans was shocked
Paedophile nursery worker gets life
A PAEDOPHILE nursery worker was handed a life sentence yesterday for a string of “vile” sexual offences which included the rape of a toddler. Paul
Blue Peter to make new home in Manchester
Blue Peter will soon be bidding adieu to London’s Television Centre after 50 years – the longest running children’s programme is moving to Manchester. The
100 year old has 118 offspring
AT 100-years-old Beaty Bullock’s age is only beaten by her remarkable impact on the world – as she has produced an astonishing lineage of 118
Mum’s summer essentials kit
The summer holidays are approaching and whether you going on a day trip to the countryside or a beach holiday abroad, mums handbags always end
Cheryl Cole sacking was ‘harsh’ says Pop Idol winner
The reigning champion of Idols, Finnish television’s version of Pop Idol, today described the reported sacking of Cheryl Cole from the US version of X-Factor
The tree that kids are scared to climb
COULD this be the only tree in Britain that children will be too scared to climb this weekend? With its haunting beady eyes, twisted snout
Indian fish pill cures breathing problems
IT MAY look like a bizarre ritual, but these people are eating a centuries-old ‘fish-pill’ cure said to treat a range of respiratory problems. Men,
Paedo housed at bail hostel – 2 miles from child he groomed
A CONVICTED paedophile was housed in a controversial bail hostel – less than two miles from a child he was suspected of grooming, it has