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High-quality childcare is definitely something to celebrate, and our annual competition, organised with the Daycare Trust for National Childcare Week, does just that. This year, we're running a children's photo...

More than one in five children under the age of four in Britain are overweight and nearly one in ten is classified as obese, claims a study in last week's...

Cerebral palsy charity Scope has taken its 'Speak for yourself' campaign to the House of Commons. Scope is lobbying prime minister Tony Blair and other politicians to end a 'postcode...

The blighted childcare career of Lisa Potts was valued at less than £29,000 by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) last week. The former nursery nurse had to wait more...

The Government's decision to waive the fees for criminal records checks for organisations using volunteers has been widely welcomed by childcarers, except for childminders. Speaking at the National Council for...

(Photograph) - Fame and fortune beckoned for a former nursery nurse when 21-year-old Danny Foster (far right) made it into the final line-up of the ITV programme 'Popstars' last week....

'Victims of more serious crimes should be considered far more than at present. The current system is a disgrace and it has not given Lisa justice' Geoffrey Potts, father of...

Special needs assistants' conditions of service, training provision and career structure need urgent attention, according to a report from the Scottish Parliament's all-party education committee published last week. The report...

Seven deaf children talk in depth about their experiences of school in Scotland, their friends, families, future prospects and approaches to communication in a CD-Rom launched by the National Deaf...

The first comprehensive framework for maternity services in Scotland has been unveiled by health cooperation with mothers, midwives and obstetricians, the new Framework lot Maternity selvices sets out standards of...