Ministers ‘hope to allow children’s team sports to restart in next month’

Ministers ‘hope to allow children’s team sports to restart in next month’ in bid to avoid ‘calamitous’ mental health impact of lockdown Schools set to reopen on March 8 according to plans to be revealed on Monday Ministers are planning to ease rules for outdoor exercise at end of next month  Children ‘should be allowed … Read more

Ministers are ignoring the plight of pupils who have been left behind, says Children’s Commissioner

Ministers are ignoring the plight of pupils who have been left behind after months away from school during Covid-19 pandemic, says Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield blamed remote officialdom for plight of millions of children   She asked ministers: ‘Are you serious about ”building back better”?’  Ms Longfield also pointed to the ‘scandal’ of almost a fifth … Read more

Newsnight award for coverage of children’s charity probed after founder cleared of wrongdoing 

Newsnight award for coverage of high-profile children’s charity is probed after High Court cleared founder and trustees of wrongdoing Kids Company collapsed in 2015 just after getting a £3m grant from Government BBC Newsnight team won Royal Television Society Scoop of the Year prize in 2016 for their reports on the charity But RTS is … Read more

Home and Away star Bonnie Sveen on why she won’t share her children’s faces on social media

Former Home and Away star Bonnie Sveen reveals the reason why she refuses to share pictures of her twin daughters’ faces on Instagram By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:22 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 00:22 GMT, 11 February 2021 After stepping away from acting she has dedicated herself to being a … Read more

Emma Willis praises her ‘completely unique’ children during Children’s Mental Health Week

Emma Willis has praised her three children for openly ‘expressing themselves’ in a post shared to mark Children’s Mental Health Week on Saturday. The TV presenter, 44 – who raises daughters Isabelle, 11, and Trixie, four, and son Ace, nine, with her husband Matt Willis, 37 – took to Instagram on Saturday to share a snap … Read more

Moment police break up children’s birthday party attended by up to 30 people

A student party attended by up to 150 revellers was shut down by police for breaching coronavirus rules – as officers elsewhere fined a swimmer £200 after he drove 100 miles to take a dip in the flooded River Severn. Footage from Sheffield shows dozens of students attempting to flee the Ranmoor Student Village as … Read more

Scottish mother says thieves stole her children’s laptops before locking the front door behind them

Mother-of-three, 35, says brazen burglars walked into her flat and stole her children’s home-schooling laptops and smartphones before locking the front door behind them as they left Kerry-Ann Quinn, 35, said that they were trying to steal her three sons’ gadgets Ms Quinn was in the shower when crooks broke into the flat in Maybole, … Read more

Totally Wild is CANCELLED: Channel 10 axes long-running children’s TV show

Totally Wild is CANCELLED: Channel 10 axes long-running children’s TV show after almost 30 years on the air By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:54 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 04:54 GMT, 3 February 2021 Channel 10 has axed children’s program Totally Wild after almost 30 years on the air.  The network … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Children’s Commissioner demands clear plan on vaccinating school teachers

The Children’s Commissioner today insisted teachers should receive Covid-19 vaccinations after the first on the priority list as calls grow for schools to reopen. Anne Longfield said about 500,000 teachers and 500,000 support staff could all be given the jab ‘in a couple of days’ given recent data on UK vaccination capacity. She added that … Read more

Urgent children’s operations including fracture fixes and biopsies cancelled

Hundreds of urgent children’s operations have been cancelled to make way for adult coronavirus patients, it was claimed today. The procedures — which include biopsies to spot cancer and fracture repairs — were allegedly due to take place at hospitals in London and the Midlands. They were marked as ‘Priority 2’, which should be done … Read more