Nurseries should be able to ban junk food from lunchboxes, poll suggests
Nurseries should be able to ban sugary and junk food from lunchboxes, according to a poll of nursery workers.
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More than one in 10 children miss school due to bullying – poll
More than one in 10 children say they have missed school due to bullying, according to a poll.
Progress in reducing food sugar content ‘lost’ as people buying more
Progress in reducing food sugar content is being “lost” due to people consuming more sugary items, Public Health England’s chief executive has warned.
Well stone me! Woman rushed to hospital with suspected kidney pain… and just 12 hours later gives birth to baby girl
When Helen Noble suffered sudden crippling back and stomach pains, her first-aider husband Paul suspected kidney stones.
‘Loot boxes’ should be classed as gambling, says children’s commissioner
Children are spending hundreds of pounds “chasing their losses” on online video game purchases which offer unknown rewards, according to the children’s commissioner for England.
Pupils should avoid busy roads to reduce pollution exposure, study claims
Children are five times more exposed to harmful air pollution while travelling to primary schools in London than at any other time of the day, a new study claims.
Childcare help from relatives makes mothers more likely to work
Mothers are more likely to go back to work after having a baby if they have relatives who are willing to look after their child, a study has found.
Twice as many children waiting for adoption as there are adopters
More than twice as many children are waiting to be adopted as there are families willing to adopt, campaigners have warned.
VIDEO: Toy giants Lego teach Edinburgh kids braille letter by letter, word by word, and brick by tiny brick
It’s hard to hear anything amid the chatter of excited children and the clatter of plastic bricks.
System failing children with special educational needs, says ombudsman
Children with special needs are being let down by a system that is meant to support them, an ombudsman has warned.
Holyrood approves smacking ban on ‘momentous day for children’s rights’
Scotland’s ban on smacking has been passed on what has been hailed as a “momentous day for children’s rights”.