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A quick-thinking mother saved her son’s life when she Googled his ailments, the Shropshire Star reported. Kian Jones, 12, of Shrewsbury, U.K., had persistent headaches, poor vision and vomiting, which his mother, Sabina, typed into Google after the child was initially misdiagnosed.

Children were handed packets of cocaine instead of sweets on a Halloween trick-or-treating trip, Greater Manchester Police say.

It's every parent's nightmare: To get home from an event and realize that a child is missing. But it can turn out to be a political minefield as well if you happen to be the prime minister....

International donors led by Britain and Bill Gates pledged $4.3 billion on Monday to buy vaccines to protect children in poor countries against potential killers such as diarrheal diseases and pneumonia.

In an abrupt reversal, Britain’s chancellor said Monday that the government would no longer pay child benefits to middle-income and high-earning families.

A five-year-old boy from Wiltshire dies in hospital after being shot with an air rifle, police confirm.

A guardian is appointed to look after the financial interests of Californian octuplets after their mother signs a reality TV deal.

A British toddler has died after climbing onto the rollercoaster tracks at a London fairground and being struck by the ride.