London, United Kingdom VIJAY SHAH via The Sunday Times British broadsheet publication The Sunday Times has released publicly the results this morning of a Freedom of Information request it made to 1,500 secondary schools in the country on the … Continue reading SELF-HARM IN UK SECONDARY SCHOOLS: Times publishes results
Cardiff, United Kingdom VIJAY SHAH via KATIE BELLIS/WalesOnline Every year, around 200,000 children in the UK contract chicken pox, an illness that is generally harmless in its juvenile form, but can cause small red spots over the body and … Continue reading HEAD AND SPOT RELIEF?: A hack for itchy children with chicken pox goes viral
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom VIJAY SHAH via RICHARD HARTLEY-PARKINSON/Metro Two children have been reported killed after the car they were travelling was involved in a horrific collision in the aftermath of a ‘street race’ between two luxury cars, the British … Continue reading WOLVERHAMPTON CAR COLLISION: Two children killed in ‘street race’
Tulsa – VIJAY SHAH via STEPHEN SORACE, Associated Press and Fox News An American woman who shot dead her own son and tried to kill her two daughters claimed that she did it to free them from their abusive father, according to a report published in Fox News today. Amy Leann Hall, from Tulsa, the capital of Oklahoma state, gunned down her son Kayson Toliver, aged 18. He was hit with a bullet to the head while he was sleeping at his mother’s home early on the morning of Thursday, 1st November, according to police statements. Hall also shot at her … Continue reading TULSA CHILD KILLING: Killer mother was ‘trying to save’ her children from abusive father
Douma – VIJAY SHAH via TOM ACRES and Sky News In an escalation of the Syrian crisis where government troops allied with the country’s president, Bashar Al-Assad, are fighting rebels in the Ghouta area east of Damascus, a report has come in stating that around 70 people have been killed in a chemical bomb attack blamed on the Syrian army. In what UK media firm Sky News has dubbed ‘one of (the) worst chemical strikes in Syrian history’, dozens of people, many believed to be women and children, were said to have died in Ghouta, a rebel-controlled district on the … Continue reading GHOUTA CHEMICAL STRIKE: Dozens of innocent Syrians feared dead
Gorakhpur – VIJAY SHAH via PRABHASH DUTTA and India Today The latest stage in a series of infant encephalitis outbreaks has claimed the lives of around sixty children in the Indian city of Gorakhpur, in Uttar Pradesh state, India Today news magazine reported this Saturday. The city, which lies 200 kilometres north-west of India’s capital New Delhi has been the scene of yearly outbreaks of both Japanese encephalitis and acute encephalitis syndrome since 1978, a period of nearly forty years. Official figures claim that so far, around 25,000 children have succumbed to both conditions, which is spread by mosquitoes and causes … Continue reading INFANT ENCEPHALITIS: New outbreak reported in Indian city
Johannesburg – VIJAY SHAH via CHRIS BAYNES and The Independent A winner of the Miss South Africa beauty pageant has sparked controversy after visiting a home for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS while wearing protective gloves, the Independent newspaper of Britain reported today. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters visited a soup kitchen in the major city of Johannesburg to meet with the orphans. She was seen wearing gloves, which have led observers to accuse her of being racist. She was handing out hot meals to the orphans as part of the Winter Soup Drive charity event at the Ikageng community centre in Johannesburg, organised … Continue reading HIV ORPHANS: Beauty contest winner sparks controversy after meeting children wearing protective gloves
Gaya, INDIA VIJAY SHAH via Ace Worldwide News and Times of India Eleven children have died from an outbreak of the brain disease acute encephalitis syndrome and 15 others have been admitted to hospital in India, the Times of India reports via the Ace Worldwide News Group network of blogs has reported today. The outbreak occurred in the town of Gaya in Bihar state, which lies around 100 kilometres from the state capital Patna. Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a severe inflammation of the brain caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi and brain-dwelling parasites. … Continue reading INDIA ENCEPHALITIS OUTBREAK: 11 children dead, 15 hospitalised
Children at a school in Beckton, in the London borough of Newham, have done themselves proud and made a noble contribution toward charitable causes after organising a clothes collection on behalf of the Tuberous Sclerosis Association, the Newham Mag has reported. Pupils from the Ellen Wilkinson Primary School and Children’s Centre, off Tollgate Road in the south of the borough, got together with parents and teachers to collect old and unwanted clothes for the charity. Eleven children from the ‘We Day‘ citizenship group at the school took on the responsibility of going around classes and encouraging fellow students to rummage … Continue reading RAGS TO RICHES: Beckton schoolchildren raise money for Tuberous Sclerosis Association
In warmer climes, the tree makes a good spot for idle chit-chat and outdoor picnics, not forgetting to mention its natural beauty and life-giving properties, but a Surrey primary school has given a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘tree of learning’, while honouring the nation’s Olympic legacy at the same time. Three years after London played host to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with its spectacular opening and closing ceremonies masterfully organised by 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, Epsom Primary & Nursery School has transformed one of the artificial oak trees used at London 2012 into … Continue reading OLYMPIC LEGACY: London 2012 ‘oak tree’ transformed into a primary school’s learning tool
