22 h. ago Claudia Winkleman in tears as she issues heartbreaking family confession 'I fell apart'

Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman has been married to film producer Kris Thykier for 25 years and the couple are parents to three children

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23 h. ago Strictly's Claudia Winkleman 'fell apart' after 'separation' in sad family confession

Claudia Winkleman has been married to her hubby for over two decades and they are parents to three children

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29 h. ago Teletubbies creator warns parents over ‘empty’ YouTube programmes for children

Anne Wood says algorithms bypass ‘the responsibility of art’ and have failed to support high-quality children’s contentLots of programmes for children on YouTube are “empty” and do “nothing to encourage the imaginative life of children”, the Teletubbies creator has cautioned parents.Anne Wood, the veteran children’s producer who devised the popular TV show for preschool children, said children’s television had long been undervalued and she feared “we’re losing a tremendous amount and nobody can see it because it’s not considered important”. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Family claims their toddler died after hospital staff misread medication: suit

De’Markus Page was brought to the University of Florida Health, Shands Children's Hospital, where his parents say the medical staff botched his medicine

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43 h. ago Mariah Carey’s daughter Monroe addresses her father Nick Cannon’s 10 other children

Monroe and her twin brother Moroccan are the only children from their parents’ marriage

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47 h. ago 'I'm a single dad and stranger give me disgusting looks when I'm with my kids'

A dad has been left heartbroken after seeing how the world reacts to him raising his four daughters as a single parent, as he urges people to normalise men bringing up their children single-handed

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2 d. ago 14 best Christmas books for kids, read by parents and children

From heartwarming winter tales to festive audiobooks, these are the titles for little ones to read this December

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3 d. ago Parents search for children missing since a volcanic eruption in Colombia 40 years ago

Sergio Melendro was among hundreds of children missing after a volcanic eruption devastated Armero, Colombia, in 1985 and his mother Martha Lucía López still searches for him

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4 d. ago Warning to parents over 'deadly' flu strain set to rip through Britain... and how to keep your children safe

Leading children's doctors have urged parents to get their children the nasal spray that protects against flu amid concerns over a particularly bad flu season.

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4 d. ago Parents 'worried about mess' avoid cooking with their kids, survey shows

A survey of 1,000 parents of children aged between six and 16, found that half of them wished they could cook more frequently with their children

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5 d. ago Parents don’t cook with their children due to lack of time and fear of mess

Seven in 10 parents don’t cook with their children more often due to lack of time and fear of mess.

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5 d. ago Christmas 2025 events in Wales you should be booking right now

Christmas is fast approaching and there are already a range of events organised for the festive period

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5 d. ago Wales' top Santa's grottos near you to book for Christmas 2025

With a chance to meet the big man in Cardiff, Swansea, and beyond Father Christmas is all over Wales this festive season

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6 d. ago Best bookish Christmas present ideas from someone who's read over 200 in 2025

With Christmas getting ever-closer, many family members and friends of book lovers will be wondering what to get them. This handy bookish gift guide should be able to help...

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6 d. ago Letting children rule is ruining marriages says parenting guru Gina Ford

Gina Ford, 71, claims that many parents focus so intensely on making everything perfect for their children that they neglect their own well-being

Society

7 d. ago ‘They treat men like vending machines’: Inside the hidden world of social media sperm selling

Parenthood can seem an impossible dream for many, and online sperm donor groups offer a solution, but they can be a murky world A man going by the name “Rod Kissme” claims to have “very strong sperm”. It may seem like an eccentric boast for a Facebook profile page, but then this is no mundane corner of the internet. The group where Rod and other men advertise themselves is a community where women and couples come, in many cases, to fulfil a lifelong dream: parenthood.There is a growing number of online sperm donor groups on social media. They offer people the chance of parenting children in an unregulated, dangerous but surprisingly straightforward way. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Cats smothering babies with pillows and moms throwing kids out of planes: The violent videos pushed to toddlers that every parent should worry about

Video producer and AI consultant Jeremy Carrasco says his research shows that disturbing clips are being served up by algorithms typically geared towards kids.

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7 d. ago Primark issues major recall and warning to parents over baby item safety risk

Primark has issued a product recall over two baby items, urging parents to stop their children using the items 'immediately' due to safety concerns

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8 d. ago HMRC benefit payments of £173 a month or more for some parents

The HMRC offers financial support to parents whose children are still in some form of approved education or training

Economics

8 d. ago Mother of transgender teen accuses Queensland government of privacy breach that could have ‘outed’ her child

Revelation comes as LNP accused of ‘intimidation’ after demanding sensitive medical details from parents of transgender childrenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government released private information about the mother of a transgender teenager – information she says potentially “outed” her child – to a stranger.The revelation came as the state government was accused of “intimidation” and “an invasion of privacy” after demanding confidential medical information from parents of transgender children who are considering a further legal challenge to its controversial ban on puberty blockers. Continue reading...

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