The judge said the children had suffered the “most appalling and depraved kind” of abuse. **Content warning: this article contains details of child sexual abuse, cruelty and neglect that may be distressing to some readers. Five family members, including the father and mother, have been jailed for the rape, sexual abuse, exploitation, and neglect of […]

4 years ago

After an incident last year where my niece fell while running around with a lollipop in her mouth (and actually punctured a hole at the back of her throat!) these sweets are banned in our house. Disclaimer: My niece was fine in the end, but still – the fright of the whole ordeal was enough […]

4 years ago

Here’s more of it now…

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Does a woman’s decision to keep her maiden name make her seem less committed as a wife? Rather unfortunately, I was born with an unpronounceable surname. It’s Bough. It’s not even a makey-uppey name, it’s a proper word in the dictionary and everything: Bough (noun) a main branch of a tree, “when the bough breaks the […]

4 years ago

Don’t even get me started on the password issue.

4 years ago

New Year’s Eve is almost here, and I don’t know about you, but I, for one, am definitively staying up until midnight to make sure this absolute car-crash of a year sees itself out. However, as we are still in the middle of a pandemic (and, you know, because you are an adult with kids) […]

4 years ago

“Sure the kids had a ball.”

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If she was your friend, what would you tell her to do? A mum has been called ‘mean’ online after she wrote in a forum saying that she didn’t want to tell her kids it was Christmas Eve. Instead, she wants wake her kids up on Christmas morning and tell them what day it is […]

4 years ago

Anything for my little angels… When the mum who posted this picture of her Christmas tree almost buried under a mountain of presents to her social media feed, she faced a huge backlash. Mum-of-three Emma Tapping from the Isle of Man posted a picture to her Instagram feed of the teetering pile of presents under […]

4 years ago

The Court of Appeal ruled the sentence was “very exceptional”. A suspended sentence will remain in place for a man who stored firearms inside a Henry Hoover. The man, from Donaghmede in Dublin, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession contrary to section 27A(1) of the Firearms Act 1964 after allowing a gangland figure to store weapons […]

5 years ago

The court said the infant suffered “utterly catastrophic injuries” before her death. Content warning: This article contains harrowing details of a child’s death and alleged child abuse. The mother of 16-month-old Star Hobson has said her partner told her to lie to emergency services about finding her holding the toddler ahead of the child’s death. […]

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He was arrested as part of an undercover operation. A serving Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded not guilty to a series of child sex offences, including grooming a 13-year-old girl with the aim of sex. 51-year-old Francois Olwage, from Stevenage, was arrested in Basingstoke, Hampshire, after an undercover operation by Hertfordshire Police. The detective constable, […]

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She was released earlier this week. A baby girl who was found in a drain in Mumbai at just 5 days old has been discharged from hospital. The baby was rescued after a “good Samaritan” called emergency services to report that a baby had been “dumped in a drain”. “He was alerted when the neighbourhood […]

5 years ago

“You will really be missing out because I’m awesome.” Paris Hilton’s new husband, Carter Reum, has a nine-year-old daughter he has allegedly seen just once since she was born – but the child’s mother says he’s more than welcome to change that. Earlier this week, Page Six revealed Reum has a daughter named Evie with […]

5 years ago

Yet the hospital wasn’t his initial target. The man who set off an explosive device in a taxi outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital reportedly wanted to cause mayhem and carnage in targeting new mums and babies. 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen died on Sunday after an “improvised explosive device” he made went off in a taxi he […]

5 years ago

The car exploded at the same time the UK was preparing to fall silent to mark Remembrance Sunday. A car explosion in Liverpool that left a passenger dead and the driver injured has been declared as a terrorist attack. The car, a taxi, exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 11am on Sunday. Detectives from Counter Terrorism Police […]

5 years ago

“Things Your Mom Might Not Have Taught You.” When it comes to valuable need-to-know life lessons on anything from how to fold a fitted sheet or wash my hair, to how to be a mother to my children, my mum has taught me pretty much everything I know. She is my best friend, my life […]

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The court heard he also attempted to decapitate him. A teenage boy in the UK was jailed this week for at least 16 years after murdering his friend in December of last year. Marcel Grzeszcz, who was 14 at the time, murdered 12-year-old Roberts Buncis after luring him to a woodland area in Lincolnshire. Lincoln […]

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He accepted the victim’s version of events. A former soldier who sexually abused a 12-year old girl whilst on home leave has been jailed for two years. Thomas John Lowry, who had served in Iraq as a Royal Engineer with the British Army, admitted to abusing the girl during a period around Christmas 2011. He […]

5 years ago

“I’d expect someone to be worried about their child, panicking and rushing.” Content warning: This article contains harrowing details of a child’s death and alleged child abuse. A couple accused of murdering a 16-month-old behaved unusually as medics tried to save the dying toddler, a court has heard. Star Hobson suffered “utterly catastrophic injuries” prior […]

5 years ago

A court heard the siblings grew up in a “dysfunctional, neglectful, and potentially abusive household.” Content warning: This article contains details of statutory rape, incest and alleged child abuse/neglect. A 12-year-old girl gave birth to her brother’s baby after she was hospitalised with stomach pains, a Welsh court has heard. The girl, who was just 11 when […]

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She doubts she’ll let her daughter go next year. A Dublin mam was horrified to find wires in some of the sweets her daughter was given while trick-or-treating on Halloween night. After trick-or-treating in north Dublin, the family were looking through the 10-year-old’s goodies when they found identical small wires inside four wrapped chocolates. The […]

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The victims were between the ages of 9 and 19 when the abuse began. A Dublin man who sexually abused four of his nieces over a 12-year period has been jailed for three years. The abuse took place in the 55-year-old man’s family home between 1991 and 2003. The man, who cannot be named for legal […]

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The judge condemned his “wickedness” and lack of remorse. Content warning: This article contains harrowing details of child abuse. A Scottish man who repeatedly attacked a baby boy over 100 days has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison with three years supervision on release. William McAslan, 40, was sentenced at the High Court in […]

5 years ago

Content warning: This article contains harrowing details of alleged child abuse. The great-grandmother of a 16-month-old who died after suffering “utterly catastrophic injuries” has claimed the child’s mother and partner would choke-slam her. Little Star Hobson died in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on 22 September 2020. Mum Frankie Smith, 20, and her partner […]

5 years ago

Ready for a week with the kids at home? I don’t know about you, but I feel these eight weeks since schools were back have passed rather quickly, and honestly can’t get my head around the fact that midterm is here already. And having looked at the weather forecast, I think we all need to […]

5 years ago

The court heard disturbing details surrounding the lead-up to the tot’s heartbreaking death. Content warning: This article contains harrowing details of alleged child abuse. A jury has been shown CCTV footage of one of two women accused of murdering a toddler lunging at the child. Sixteen-month-old Star Hobson died in hospital after suffering a cardiac […]

5 years ago

An investigation is underway. A motorcyclist in Thailand found a baby boy abandoned inside a food delivery box last month. The motorcycle taxi driver found the child in the capital city of Bangkok on September 23, according to the Daily Mail. Travelling through the red-light district, driver Top Chairat said he found a food storage […]

5 years ago

That’s a lot of wrapping paper… If you thought Christmas hectic in your house, spare a thought for Noel and Sue Radford, who have 22 children to shop and wrap presents for. That’s right, Tommy Bowe, TWENTY TWO CHILDREN. The family, who have a bakery business, have had to concoct some pretty savvy tricks and […]

5 years ago

The child is believed to have been born early Monday morning, but wasn’t found until Tuesday evening. A newborn baby somehow survived an overnight stay underground after allegedly being packed in a suitcase and buried alive by her mother. The woman is believed by police to have given birth to the baby girl in the […]

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The snake was reportedly malnourished and inadequately secured. The mother of a US toddler who was asphyxiated to death in her crib by a pet Burmese python twelve years ago has been released from prison. In 2009, 2-year-old Shaiunna Hare was killed by the 8-foot, 6-inch pet snake that had escaped from its enclosure at […]

5 years ago

The mum said she was told her daughter had nothing life threatening and the next day her daughter “wasn’t here any more.” A Scottish mum is urging parents to “follow your gut” after her toddler died with a “tummy bug” that turned out to be sepsis. Lori Mullen, from Bo’ness, and her three-year-old daughter Harper […]

5 years ago

A fun sex life doesn’t have to wait until after the baby is born. Pregnancy brings all sorts of changes to a relationship, and sex is most definitely one of them. Rest assured though, your sex life doesn’t have to die a death for the nine months you’re expecting. Though it’s normal to just not […]

5 years ago

Nowadays we’re more shocked when a celeb gives their child a common name… Back in 2004, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin made headlines around the world when they named their daughter Apple. But they weren’t the first celebrity couple to give their kid an out-of-the-ordinary name, and they definitely weren’t the last. Actually, in the wider […]

5 years ago

We promise it’s not as formal as it sounds. We all know that when you have kids, your priorities change. Life no longer revolves around you and your needs – instead, it’s all about the life (or lives) that you’ve created. For those in relationships, so much changes when you welcome more lives into your […]

5 years ago

“The parents’ committee can smell fresh blood” Every year, we say we’ll be more prepared for the kids going back to school, but it never happens. The summer weeks just seem to disappear and suddenly there’s an almighty panic to cobble together everything on the booklist, a new uniform after your child has grown ten […]

5 years ago

A kid-free post-holiday holiday makes for a very happy family While we are about to wrap up our second summer of staycationing, and absolutely loving it, a trip abroad finally seems within reach. Summer 2022, I’m looking at you right now. I cannot wait to get back on a plane. You might not be able […]

5 years ago

A woman who was arrested in relation to the case remains in police custody The father of a Belfast baby boy who was stabbed to death on Tuesday night has returned home to care for his daughter in hospital. The father had been working in England when he received the news that his children were […]

5 years ago

Safe to say we’ve been well entertained by these unconventional cuties. Now listen, we’d never say any baby is born ugly. All babies are tiny angels that represent the miracle of life, and are adorable in their own lil’ way. Howeverrr, it’s fair to say that sometimes they don’t exactly meet our expectations of what […]

5 years ago

Here’s what you should be getting into you if you plan on seeing double According to a recent study, more twins are now being born than ever before. While there’s no manual on how to have twins, there are a number of things that increase your chances such as family history, age and fertility treatments. Lifestyle […]

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One dad has expressed his fury after a school librarian cut his daughter’s hair. It is believed Jurnee Hoffmeyer returned home from school with one half of her hair shorter than the other. Her father Jimmy was furious, but his little girl explained that a classmate stole a pair of scissors from class and cut […]

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The arrests come two years after anti-government protests rocked Hong Kong. Nine people, including six secondary school students, have been arrested in Hong Kong in connection with a suspected terrorist plot. Hong Kong police claim to have discovered an attempt by those arrested to make and plant explosives across the city. The group consisted of […]

5 years ago

“I thought days like this were long in the past.” A family from Co. Waterford needed a police escort to escape from a car park when they were subjected to a presumed sectarian attack in Omagh, Co. Tyrone on Saturday. The couple and their young son had been visiting relatives who live in the town to […]

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Her family is said not to have known of the pregnancy. An 11-year-old girl gave birth earlier this month, making her the youngest ever mother on record in the UK. The child was just 10 when she became pregnant, with her family said to have been completely unaware of the pregnancy. Both she and her […]

5 years ago

Imagine the chaos. Love Island’s Shaughna Phillips has warned future contestants about the villa’s toilet situation – there’s only two of them. The influencer, who appeared on last January’s series, detailed the range of things she wished she had known before going on the ITV2 show, notably the fact that there’s two toilets for a […]

5 years ago

Meghan is going back to her roots. We all know the situation by now, Meghan and Harry stepped down as senior royals last year and away from the bigger duties they used to do. But since stepping back from royal duties, they kept their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex… until now that is. […]

5 years ago

The clip shows her with a high grade fever. With The New York Times report showing new details of Britney Spears’ conservatorship and the singer addressing the courts yesterday, a new video shows just how bad it got. One fan has shared a clip from back in 2018 when Britney was performing at a concert, […]

5 years ago

Not to be tried at home without medical consultation. If there were ever two words to make your blood turn cold upon hearing them in the same sentence together, it would be ‘baby’ and ‘bleach’. But it turns out many parents are giving their babies ‘bleach baths’ in order to treat eczema. In a post […]

5 years ago

Works “every time,” apparently. Ever spent hours cleaning the house only to walk into a room that looked like a bomb hit it, courtesy of your little angels? Whether you’ve one or several kids at home, their ability to pull out seemingly every item in their possession and leave them lying around should actually be […]

5 years ago

When I heard my child had fallen behind, I thought my homeschooling was to blame. Education-wise, the focus throughout the pandemic has always been on exam students. I said countless times during the past year how grateful I was that my child was ‘only’ in First Class so she wouldn’t really feel the effects of […]

5 years ago