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King’s College Chapel in Cambridge has apologised after it asked a boy with autism to leave

21st June 201920th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 299 Views 0 Comment #Cambridge, Autism, Child, Church news, Disabilities, exclusion, Kings College, service

Paul Rimmer intended to celebrate the end of Father’s Day at church with his two young sons in tow. But

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Utah officer who pulled gun on black child sparks protests

16th June 201914th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 214 Views 0 Comment #America, Child, crime, Gun, police, protests, Racism

Activists are planning to protest at a police agency in northern Utah after learning an officer who pulled his gun

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Teenage Boko Haram escapee learns to love her ‘Boko Haram baby’

4th April 20194th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 302 Views 0 Comment baby, Boko Haram, charity, Child, christian, community, Faith, help, Open Doors, Support, teen mother

Esther was 16 when Boko Haram extremists attacked her village in Borno state, Nigeria. Esther and her father tried to

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Seven-year-old ‘Blaze’ may be the fastest in the world

16th February 201915th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 419 Views 0 Comment #sport, Blaze, Child, fast, runner, running, World record

A seven-year-old boy is aiming to one day smash Usain Bolt’s 9.58 seconds 100m World Record. Rudolph Ingram from Florida,

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Editors' Picks Inspiration

My Perseveration, God’s Rescue

17th January 201921st January 2019 Josie McFarlane 1311 Views 0 Comment Autism, Belief, Child, community, Faith, God, inspiration, parenting, Religion, rescue

What Is It? In an autism household, I get a lot of practice dealing with perseveration. What’s that, you ask?

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Murdered boy ‘had no affiliation with gangs’

11th January 201911th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 297 Views 0 Comment black, Child, Death, gangs, JJayden Moodie, killed, knife crime, London, murder

Jayden Moodie, who was knocked off a moped and stabbed in east London, had a huge heart, his family says.

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South African maths whizz answers complex arithmetic questions in seconds

9th January 20199th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 333 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, black, Child, education, genius

South African ten-year-old Sibahle Zwane is a maths whizz who has gained fame on social media by doing incredible arithmetic

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Editors' Picks News

Family threaten to kill daughter for having a baby

2nd January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 562 Views 0 Comment #Pregnancy, baby, Child, community, Death threats, Faith, family, help, hostel, protect, Support, Young mother, Youth

1.2 million women suffer from domestic abuse in England and Wales. But just 28 of England’s 276 refuges cater specifically

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The six-year-old Kenyan fighting e-waste

5th November 20182nd November 2018 Josie McFarlane 396 Views 0 Comment Africa, Child, collect, e-waste, e-waste ambassador, Environment, help, Mellisa Njeri, Save, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Centre, WEEE

“I want the whole world to join me to collect e-waste for a safer environment.” Six-year-old Mellisa Njeri is an

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Christian/Charity: Immersive poverty experience has official launch in Bedford in September

1st August 20173rd August 2017 Mariah 1383 Views 0 Comment Bedford, charity, Child, choices, church, Compassion experience, countries, development, International, launch, millions, mobile, poorest, Poverty, Shamin, sign language, trailer, Uganda, UK, vulnerability, Workshop

Local : Bedford church to host launch of new immersive international poverty experience from Compassion UK On 23rd September, child

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Ending violence against children grossly underfunded by global community

31st May 2017 Mariah 1396 Views 0 Comment agencies, aid, Child, childfund, children, developing countries, Global, nations, pennies, violence, wealthy, World Vision

More than one billion children are impacted by violence every year, but less than £860m is allocated by wealthy nations

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