12 June 2008
Nursery nurse Rebecca Shiner, 21, of Coventry, the 13th contestant to enter the current 'Big Brother' house, confessed that people think she is like comic chav character Vicky Pollard and...
12 June 2008
More than one in five young children are being left to brush their teeth unsupervised, according to the National Dental Survey 2008.
12 June 2008
Young children who avoid eye contact with others when trying to learn something new are likely to improve their performance faster than those who do not, says a new study.
12 June 2008
Four finalists have now been chosen for the eighth Heinemann and Nursery World Childcare Student of the Year Awards. All are studying for the level 3 CACHE Diploma in Childcare...
12 June 2008
A nursery worker forced back children's heads in order to make them eat food, a court in Scotland heard last week.
12 June 2008
Claims that new figures will reveal the extent of the Government's failure to tackle child poverty were emerging as Nursery World went to press.
12 June 2008
Children's charity NCH is to change its name to Action for Children from September. The charity says it is aiming to raise its public profile, increase its voluntary income and...
12 June 2008
Breastfeeding protects premature baby girls from serious chest infections, but does little to prevent respiratory illnesses in boys, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins children's centre in Baltimore, Maryland.
12 June 2008
The four children's commissioners of the UK are this week delivering a joint report to the United Nations on the state of children's rights in Britain.
12 June 2008
Three-year-old Hershel Simeloff was complimented on his artistic skills by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an event at 10 Downing Street to mark this week's National Childcare Week, organised by...