English

477 children have been injured by e-scooters between 2019 and 2024, according to a new study from three major trauma centres in the United Kingdom.

Video. With 500 injured kids, e-scooters become a ‘public health challenge’

Updated: 12/08/2026 - 15:55 GMT+2

477 children have been injured by e-scooters between 2019 and 2024, according to a new study from three major trauma centres in the United Kingdom.

Read full article

Top stories

Now playing Next

Latest news bulletin | August 12th, 2026 – Midday

Now playing Next

How to protect your eyes while watching the solar eclipse

Now playing Next

Music brings cultures together

In partnership with Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Now playing Next

Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes

Now playing Next

How to protect your eyes while watching the solar eclipse

Now playing Next

Fragrant fortunes: Doha's Teeb Al Hazm plans London debut as Gulf perfumes gain wider appeal

Now playing Next

British driver sets speed record in hydrogen-powered car

Now playing Next

Two killed in Kherson as Ukraine hits Russia's Black Sea naval base

Now playing Next

Colombia quake rescuers save woman after 36 hours trapped in rubble

Now playing Next

Europe readies for total solar eclipse- So, what will happen in the once-in-a-generation stellar spectacle?

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

More from Health News

Health news

Trump signs order calling for fewer childhood vaccines, going against medical groups’ advice

Health news

Europe's youth is losing strength and flexibility, study finds

Health news

INEM helicopters over Portugal ready to take off in three minutes

Health news

Wildfire smoke: A health emergency beyond the flames, WHO warns

Latest video

Europe News

Putin threatens retaliatory seizures of European ships

The Cube

Fake videos and false allegations target candidates in French 2027 presidential election

Europe News

Morocco accuses Spain of assaulting migrants crossing into Ceuta and claims sovereignty over enclave

Europe News

Italy: Po River runs low amid prolonged heat and drought

No Comment

Moment Cali hospital collapses after powerful Colombia earthquake

No Comment

Europe scrambles for eclipse glasses as solar power output set to dip

Colombia

Colombia: Rescuers search for survivors after 7.6 magnitude earthquake kills 216 people

Nature

Anxious dogs and silent birds: What happens to animals during a total solar eclipse?

ADVERTISEMENT

Russia

Russia frees former US Marine Robert Gilman after more than four years in prison

No Comment

Bulgaria lights up its Black Sea coast with digital art festival

Europe News

Paris tightens rules on electric scooters and other rideables

Europe News

UK set for 'warmest summer on record' as Europe preps for yet another heatwave

No Comment

Italy’s Po river runs low as drought threatens farms and water supplies

Europe News

Hungary's parliament approves Orbán-critic and former judge András Baka as president

Earth News

Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear power plant

No Comment

France’s oldest lumberjack contest puts axe skills to the test

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT