The parents of a four-year-old who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour last year have said they are "crying with happiness" after the cast of The Big Bang Theory sent their son a special message.

A nine-year-old British boy has died after colliding with another youngster during a game of football on a Spanish beach.

An investigation is underway after a young boy fell from a second-floor window at an asylum seeker centre near Cork City.

A 15-year-old boy stabbed to death in London on Tuesday night has been named.

After a rape attack in a school toilet, a teacher took his young victim to meet an international sports star as a treat, a court heard, writes Jimmy Woulfe.

Big news.

A baby boy who died at four months old suffered fatal head trauma, an inquest heard, writes Louise Roseingrave.

A five-year-old boy has been found dead after allegedly being forced to run several kilometres in the middle of the night as punishment for wetting his bed.

A new study on teenagers' fitness levels has found that boys are 42% fitter than girls.

In Northern Ireland a 14-year-old boy has gone in to kidney failure after he is suspected of taking drugs.

Gardaí are preparing a file for the DPP after a teenage boy, arrested in connection with the suspected drug-death of another teen in Cork, was released without charge, writes Eoin English.

A boy has been killed in a suspected hit and run incident in Co Derry.

Doctors have warned of the dangers of alternative medicines after a four-year-old autistic boy was admitted to hospital suffering adverse effects from a cocktail of supplements.

Sass personified.

A three-year-old boy has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after he was crushed under a wall at a store, the Great North Air Ambulance Service has said.

A boy who died after being bitten by a dog was named as three-year-old Dexter Neal.

A four-year-old boy has died after an "incident" at a swimming pool in Cumbria.

Former “singing” priest Tony Walsh faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison for raping a boy with a crucifix, a court has heard.

A little boy has lost his favourite toy and he needs your help to get it back.

The Cincinnati Zoo has reopened its gorilla exhibit with a higher, reinforced barrier installed after a young boy got into the exhibit and was dragged by a 400-pound gorilla, which was then shot and killed.

Emergency service recordings have revealed the confusion and panic after a three-year-old boy fell into Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit.

A teenage boy from Kerry is in a critical condition in hospital after sustaining serious head injuries after coming off a motorcycle this afternoon.

A two-year-old boy has fatally shot his mother from the back seat of the car she was driving along a Milwaukee highway, relatives said.

A three-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a handgun he found behind the counter of his father’s convenience store.

A 16-year-old boy has suffered facial injuries after being attacked in west Belfast.

It’s the kinda thing you know you shouldn’t be laughing at, which makes the comedy all the more sweeter.

Body camera video shows the father of a six-year-old boy who was shot dead in a car had his hands in the air and did not pose a threat before police opened fire, a lawyer said.

Investigators in Louisiana have been examining forensics after a shooting by law enforcement officers left a six-year-old boy dead and his father critically wounded.

Several churches are offering an $11,000 reward for information leading to the capture of whoever shot and killed a nine-year-old boy in Chicago.

The suspect in the murder of a four-year-old migrant boy in Berlin has confessed to killing another child, prosecutors said.

A nine-year-old boy has been knocked down and killed on a busy road.

A 14-year-old boy left with serious brain damage as a result of suffering a “non-accidental injury” when small is critically ill and should not be resuscitated if his condition worsens, a High Court judge has decided.

Four teenagers have been charged with kidnap and assault after a boy was held against his will and burned with a hot iron, Greater Manchester Police has said.

The mother of an eight-year-old shot dead by an 11-year-old boy because she would not let him see her puppy has spoken of her devastation.