On 24 June, 2003, six British Redcaps were brutally

murdered in a ruined Iraqi police station. It emerged later that the six

men may have lived if their

senior officers had followed

army rules and equipped them

properly. Pat Long’s son Paul, 24,

pleaded with his killers for mercy

 by brandishing a photograph of

 his baby son Ben moments

before he was shot in the head.

Today Pat, 54, is campaigning

with the relatives of the five other

 victims for the officers who

failed their boys to be punished.

But she is also fighting an even

more personal battle for the right

to see her beloved grandson Ben

who she has seen only twice since

her son’s routine mission ended

 in tragedy.

The abduction of Madeleine McCann while on hoiliday with her parents in the Algarve has brought back memories of the disappearance of Ben Needham (pictured) in Greece over 15 years ago. Ben is still missing and his mum Kerry, whose life spiralled out of control in the following years, still prays that one day she will be reunited with her son. Kerry talked to Newsmonster about her ordeal.

A nine year old boy called Lek - or Little - lies unconscuous in a boxing ring in rural Thailand. He was fighting for prize money to put food on the table for his parents.  Newsmonster takes a look at the shocking world of Thailand's baby boxers.

Shaun Tate (pictured) died tragically young at just 34 on July 14 last year. But a bitter feud between his mum Janet and his former partner Ruby has left his corpse on a mortuary slab for almost a year because the two women cannot agree on where he should be laid to rest. Dave Jarvis reveals the true story of "Shaun of the Dead".