What was the first major news story you remember as a kid?

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Mine was the disappearance of Madeline Mccann in 2007 - I was 10

Princess Diana dying, I was 9

The murder of James Bulger.

I was 9 and I think it was the first time I realised bad things happen. I can remember asking my mum a number of times "why would take the baby?". I really couldn't process it at all.

The piper Alfa; we lost a family member. I also remember hillsborough- I was sat on my dads knee; he was a massive Liverpool fan and I think he was too shocked to even realise I was there

The Moors Murders in the mid 60's. One of the victims was the same age as me

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley; may you rot in hell.

The 2005 London bombings I was 6 but I remember more as a relative was impacted. I remember Madeline McCann as well.

The first one were I could fully understand everything was the 2011 riots

Princess Diana dying ... on my great grandmas black and white telly that we had in the bedroom that had a dial to change the channels (it was ancient when I was a child but so wish we still had it) 🙈😂

The Falklands war I was about 8 or 9there are a few others mentioned like elvis dying and John Lenton being murdered that i vaguley remember but was too young to really know but I remember the Falklands war

Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappearance and murders. I was 10, same age as them both. Has stuck with me forever.

The moors murderers - gave me sleepless nights!

1980s troubles up the North. I remember asking my dad would the IRA bomb the moon. I was scared they'd do it. I live in midlands in Ireland but there was so much on the news about the troubles and we did head up north one year and i was terrified by the check points and felt really uncomfortable with all the Union Jack's everywhere (I was obviously picking up on my parents' conversation or something as I was only about 7)

The funeral was the day my cousin got married to his French wife in France about 70 miles away from paris
We had all travelled over to France for my cousins wedding I remember watching bits on French TV.

Me too.

Torvill and Dean winning the Gold medal in 1984 in Sarajevo. I was 5 and was allowed to get back up and watch it as I loved skating.

After that it was Hillsborough.

President Kennedy's assassination 1963.

Diana and Charles getting married.

A horrible one - a vicarage being burgled and the daughter was raped. Tge media wouldn't leave it/her alone.

James Boulger- I would have been about six.Also the Bosnian war.
Not listening to/watching the news several times a day from a young age was educational, traumatising or both!

Same for me I was 15

Another one Elvis dying. Also the Birmingham pub bombings . Was very young then but we had actually drove past there about 30 minutes before the one by the Rotunda went off so my parents were freaked out.

James Bulger. I was 8/9 years old. I remember being horrified and really scared by it all but also remember creeping downstairs in the evening with me older brother to listen to the news whilst my parents thought we were sleeping.

Me too! I remember it being on the radio and my mum crying in the kitchen 😢 she loved Elvis 💔 it was 1977 so I was 6 but I remember it clearly.

Chernobyl

The arrest of the murderer nicknamed the Black Panther. I must have been 3!
The next one I can remember was Charlie Chaplin dying, I was 5.

The start of the Gulf War (when Iraq invaded Kuwait) on 2 August 1990, it was my 8th birthday and we were on holiday in the Lake District.

Moon landings 8n 1969

Challenger disaster in 1986. It was on John Craven’s newsround.