Media watch

It's that time of the year when children look forward to a game of conkers at playtime. But the 'nanny state' appears to have gone bonkers over conkers. The Daily Telegraph reported that two primary schools have banned them on the grounds that they could provoke nut allergies, while The Sun showed children from a primary school in Carlisle playing conkers in plastic goggles to protect them from eye injuries. Parenting organisation Raisingkids has launched a campaign this week called Back to the Table urging families to eat together after a study revealed that three out of four families have...