A man accused of trying to kill his ex-partner and her daughter with a hammer and knife said he saw a “grim reaper like figure” moments before the attack, a court has heard. Gerard Parkinson ...

There are some grim statistics surrounding infant and child deaths on South Africa’s roads, with vehicle accidents being the single biggest killer of healthy children, according to the Red Cross ...

Health professionals are calling for urgent action on the “grim” declining state of children ... Wales officer for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said the situation ...