Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she would ...

Indian T20I opener Abhishek Sharma has revealed that Test captain Shubman Gill was one player who never got caught doing mischief when he was a junior cricketer. The 25-year-old narrated an incident ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The success of the new film has spawned an influx of toys and accessories, with Walmart and Amazon among the retailers shilling official 'Gabby's' movie merch. By Tim Chan If you purchase an ...

Heading into a holiday season when budgets may be stretched thinner than usual, American Girl just did something that will have parents celebrating: The iconic brand has unveiled AG Sisters, a fresh ...

Brain teasers like " odd one out " puzzles, which test focus and observation, reveal a surprising link to identifying toxic traits in real life. Experts suggest that quickly spotting visual ...

Usable toys will be sorted and washed before being offered for use again next summer [Weymouth & Portland Marine Litter Project] A vast pile of discarded buckets, spades and toys picked up from a ...

Usable toys will be sorted and washed before being offered for use again next summer A vast pile of discarded buckets, spades and toys picked up from a seaside resort over the summer has been ...

More than £3.5m worth of fake toys have been seized at the border so far this year, officials have said, with nine in ten being duplicates of a viral doll. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) said ...

More than £3.5 million worth of counterfeit toys have been seized at the UK border this year, with 75 per cent failing critical safety tests, authorities have revealed. Among the 259,000 fake toys ...

Hundreds of thousands of fake Labubu dolls have been seized at the UK border. (Alamy) Hundreds of thousands of fake Labubu dolls have been seized at the UK border this year, new figures show. In a ...