Children – The ‘Holly and Jess’ chat-room plot
Times Online – The case highlights growing concern about the use of chat rooms by paedophiles to arrange the abuse of children. Hedgcock, who specialises in creating masks and special effects for horror films and worked on Hellraiser II and 28 Days Later
Hull parents arrested in girl’s poisoning death
Boston Online – They loved their children.” She said the couple had a miscarriage six years ago and had been living apart for the last year, though they were in the home together the morning Rebecca died. “He’s been a wonderful father,” Riley said. “All the charges
Convicted paedophiles face Internet crackdown
Reuters UK – LONDON (Reuters) – Convicted paedophiles may have to register their email addresses and online nicknames with police under new laws designed to protect children using the Internet, the government said on Tuesday. A Home Office spokeswoman said child
Blood diamonds, gold and copper: over a million children’s lives
Reuters AlertNet – While the film Blood Diamond is receiving acclaim around the world, more than one million children are risking death or severe injury and missing out on school because they are working in mines. Sierra Leone, where Blood Diamond is set
Deprived of love, play and hope, the 250,000 children still fighting
Daily Telegraph – The sad-eyed father sat with his wife in the shade of a mango tree in northern Uganda and prayed for his nine children. Each had been abducted by rebels who, during two decades of civil war, forced 20,000 children to be fighters, porters and sex
Denmark notes increase in autistic children
MSNBC – CHICAGO – A look at all children born in Denmark over a recent 10-year period found not only marked increases in autism as expected but also in hyperactivity and Tourette s syndrome, a study said Monday. The report from Denmark s University of
Bush budget puts pinch on domestic spending
Boston Online – The president’s $2.9 trillion spending plan calls for saving $100 billion in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and for limiting eligibility in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program — a change that could result in the loss of health care for