5 d. ago I’m not looking for a male role figure for my children – is that wrong?

It’s widely believed that two-parent families with a male role model are the gold standard – but it’s not always the case, says single mum of two, Charlotte Cripps

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2 w. ago ‘I don’t want to be here. But we can’t go home’: what life is like for people forced to flee floods and fighting

Around the globe, conflict and the climate crisis have caused 83.4m people – a record number – to become refugees within their own countries. Three people from Bangladesh, Sudan and Colombia tell their storiesIn 2024, the number of internally displaced people around the world reached 83.4m, the highest figure ever recorded. Men, women, children, whole families and generations have been forced to flee their homes within their country as a result of conflict, violence, or natural disasters.“Internal displacement rarely makes the headlines, but for those living it, the suffering can last for years,” says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, commenting on the latest figures from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Terrifying magnet trend sweeping across Britain leaves hundreds of children hospitalised

Alarming new figures show how hundreds of children are being admitted to hospital after swallowing magnets - with some of them suffering devastating lifelong complications as a result

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3 w. ago Breast pumps, babygrows and unfinished drinks: the stunning parenting paintings every mother should see

From intimate panels to breathtakingly cinematic canvases, Caroline Walker explains how she set out to capture the many sides of motherhood, right down to the first nappy change Ten years ago, when the Scottish painter Caroline Walker was in her early30s, she noticed something happening to her artist friends who were having babies. “They were suddenly taken less seriously,” she says. At the time, she didn’t have children of her own, and she was sure that if she ever did, her life as a parent would remain separate from her art. “It still felt hard enough to be taken seriously as a woman artist,” she says, “without adding in this other thing, let alone making it the subject of your work.” She smiles wryly and raises her eyebrows.We’re speaking ahead of her largest museum show to date – an exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield titled Mothering. Now 43, Walker has built a dazzlingly successful career as a figurative painter, and is the mother of two small children. Ever since she was a s...

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3 w. ago MSPs demand action plan from ministers to tackle Scotland's housing emergency

Figures for households and children in temporary accommodation are highest on record

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3 w. ago Children waiting two years for critical gender care as numbers trapped on waiting lists soar

Waiting lists for children’s gender services have risen by 12 per cent, figures show

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