An inquest has been held into the death of Aldrich Viju who died following a tragic accident at a playground in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

Dr Hans Kluge, the World Health Organisation’s Europe chief, says the weekly number of new cases exceeded 300,000 last week, more than those reported during the first peak in March

Following the JK Rowling transgender rights row, a book shop has said they will no longer stock any new JK Rowling novels and will ‘phase out’ Harry Potter books to become a ‘safer space’

A 26-year-old Florida woman living in Germany had “clear” Covid-19 symptoms and was told to self-isolate after being tested, but she went out partying with colleagues and allegedly thanked them for coming to her “rona party”

Ashleigh Simrajh, 23, married her partner Jason Hale on September 5 in front of 50 close friend and family at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Australia

Brazilian teenagers Monique Medeiros and Bruna Vellasquez lost their lives after falling off a beauty spot waterfall they had travelled to to take selfies with other pals

A racist woman was filmed calling a group of international students who were out celebrating a birthday the N word and ‘black c***s’ on a bus in Dublin, Ireland

Microsoft founder Bill Gates warned countries will turn to ‘unproven’ vaccines, such as Russia’s, if they are not able to get their hands on one developed in a western country

The nine-time Irish champion jockey and 12-time European Classic winner Pat Smullen has died in hospital in Dublin having learned he had pancreatic cancer for a second time last year

It is estimated Lego uses 90,000 tonnes of plastic in its products each year but that will now change after pleas from children concerned by the environmental impact