The seemingly harmless magnetic balls have become part of a terrifying TikTok “piercing trend” where people use the magnets to replicate facial jewellery. However, the trend can have ...

Pressure is mounting for tighter rules over the sale of magnetic toys including balls and beads which are increasingly putting in peril youngsters who swallow them. Online petitions have been ...

A baby underwent a horror seven-hour surgery to remove her bowel after swallowing toy magnetic balls. One-year-old Araya Whateley almost died and now has a stoma bag after she gulped down six ...

The mother of a one-year-old is calling for tiny magnetic balls to be banned after her daughter has had to have part of her ...

The toys, which are marketed as desk toys for adults, are made up of tiny, loose, high-powered magnetic balls that can change shape based on their orientation, according to the company's website.

Britain's National Health Service (NHS) has issued a plea for a ban on the sale of magnetic balls due to a deadly trend on the video platform TikTok. Tiny magnetic balls, which are typically sold ...

One-year-old Araya Whateley had to have part of her bowel removed during a seven-hour emergency surgery after swallowing six magnetic metal balls from a children's toy. The tot has now been left ...

A baby almost died after swallowing six magnetic metal balls from a children's toy. Leicester doctors performed a seven-hour emergency surgery on one-year-old Araya Whateley who had to have part ...