47 m. ago Government urged to enforce a total ban on smacking of children

Psychiatrists say decades of research show the ‘detrimental effects of physical punishment’

Politics

8 h. ago Moment brazen shoplifters stuff £100 of kids' clothes into rucksack from independent children's boutique

More than £100 worth of items were stolen from the independent children's boutique while one of the stores owners watched the thieves live on CCTV.

Economics

25 h. ago Largest study on youth vaping suggests it is a gateway to smoking

Experts also found a link to certain breathing problems.

Politics

27 h. ago Florida man accused of setting off his sprinklers at disabled children because he was mad about their bus stop

Antonio Roman was charged with four counts of stalking, two counts of battery on a disabled person and two counts of battery

Politics

34 h. ago ‘You can’t hear yourself think’: Kate Ferdinand on the chaos of family life

The ex-TOWIE star on her ‘crazy’ family life with husband Rio Ferdinand

Events

39 h. ago Government must stop children using VPNs to dodge age checks on porn sites, commissioner demands

Dame Rachel de Souza warns it is ‘absolutely a loophole that needs closing’ as new report finds proportion of children who report accessing pornography online has increased over last two years

Politics

48 h. ago Children being ‘bombarded’ with ‘harmful’ fast food ads, charity warns

Youngsters say they are more likely to engage with content about junk food if it is shared by influencers

Events

48 h. ago Children more likely to engage with junk food posts from influencers – charity

It comes as a new survey found children are regularly exposed to junk food while online.

Society

49 h. ago Rising number of children viewing violent and degrading pornography online, commissioner says

Some children are accessing pornography ‘accidentally through dangerous algorithms’

Events

59 h. ago Moment brazen 'shoplifter' is confronted by hero Iceland worker as pair wrestle over bag before brave passersby help

The tussle, which also saw a passerby intervene, occurred outside a branch of the supermarket chain in Sudbury Hill, Greenford, west London, last week.

Economics

64 h. ago Madonna celebrates 67th birthday with her children and two celebrity friends

Police frontman Sting and Eddie Redmayne were among the celebrities spotted at the historic Palio di Siena horse race in Tuscany

Politics

3 d. ago Urgent children’s clothing recall due to ‘strangulation’ risk in range sold at Next and Matalan

Customers can return the products for a full refund to Next and Matalan

Events

4 d. ago Moment brazen shoplifters in Lidl get stopped by hero employee before abandoning a mountain of stolen goods

Two women were caught on camera as they emptied their pockets of stolen goods after being barred from exiting the budget supermarket.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘The children in Gaza are too weak to play or sing: hunger has stolen their childhood’

As a hunger crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating, Bryony Gooch speaks to workers at a camp where the children ‘still have hope’

Politics

6 d. ago Nearly a third of parents let their kids miss more than a week of school due to anxiety: new survey

In a new survey of more than 1,000 parents across the U.S., nearly a third said their child missed more than a week of school due to mental health reasons

Politics

6 d. ago UK’s largest children’s brain injury unit cut frontline staff over ‘financial crisis’ before child deaths

Exclusive: The Children's Trust, a flagship unit in Surrey, was criticised over staffing levels after three children died while in its care

Events

6 d. ago Palestinian children in urgent need of medical treatment land in Italy

Palestinian children who are in need of urgent medical care have been evacuated from Gaza to Italy.

Politics

6 d. ago Lithuania to teach school children how to use drones to counter Russian threat

Around 7,000 children are to be taught drone skills by 2028, Lithuania’s defence minister said

Events

6 d. ago Thirteen children injured after rollercoaster derails in 100

'Screaming' children trapped on ride weeks before permanent closure of 100-year-old amusement park

Events

7 d. ago Children often having final say when it comes to families moving house, survey reveals

Seventy-four per cent of families in the study said the significant voice in any house move came from the children

Society