26 August 2004
The Government's proposals to track pre-school children
with parents in jail, on the grounds that they are at a higher risk of becoming
criminals themselves, have been met with concern...
26 August 2004
Pre-school children whose parents are in prison could
be 'tracked' in proposals being drawn up by the Government to prevent them
turning to a life of crime. In an interview...
26 August 2004
(Photograph) - Moray, nine, and Roseanne, 12, share a
good book at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 18 August. The
Scottish Executive's Home Reading Initiative 'Read Together' event offered...
26 August 2004
'My advice to parents? Force your toddler to give their
nearest infected friend a hug. Now.' Karina Robinson on the perils of getting
chicken pox as an adult, the Daily...
26 August 2004
Plans to create three Integrated Children's Centres
(ICCs) in Powys, Wales, have been made possible thanks to a £405,917 cash
injection from the Big Lottery Fund. The funding was awarded...
26 August 2004
(Photograph) - Seven-year-old Johnathon Thomson from
Grangeworth peeps out from below deck on the new leisure puffer Maryhill at the
Scottish Boat Show in Falkirk. Crowds gathered at the Falkirk...
26 August 2004
A new website that puts families in touch with each
other so that they can share their childcare needs has been launched by a
director of Tinies Childcare, with support...
26 August 2004
Cumbria Sure Start has teamed up with the Children's
Information Service and the library's mobile bus to launch a roadshow designed
to transport fun and information around the county. The...
26 August 2004
Fifty per cent of hospitalised children in England do
not have access to a play specialist, a survey undertaken by the Healthcare
Commission has revealed. In the first nationwide survey...
26 August 2004
'The male primary teacher is an anomaly that causes
eyebrows to raise and sets people to wonder how a man could possibly cope with
30 children first thing on a...