82 m. ago Hospitality job losses to hit ‘devastating’ 111,000 by November’s Budget

“Hospitality is being taxed out and the sheer scale of cost increases hitting the sector is forcing businesses to make tough decisions” – Kate Nicholls, UKHospitality

Economics

3 h. ago One million children in working families to be hit by ‘devastating’ two

‘I’m a taxpayer and my children will grow up and pay tax, but when they need support now, they’re deserted’

Society

3 h. ago Diplo: The Mighty Dinosaur review – family dino animation goes meta as it rebels against ‘cute’

A strange, not entirely convincing attempt to add conceptual depth sees an animator forced to erase his own mildly annoying cartoon creationsWe’re in familiar children’s entertainment territory at the start of this family animation featuring a tiny little sincere dinosaur: mildly annoying lead character, mildly annoying would-be wizard sidekick delivering all the requisite snarky asides, plus mildly annoying assorted other critters. But in an unlikely swerve, this Czech/Polish/Slovakian production (dubbed into English for this release) turns out to honour the more formally and conceptually interesting heritage of east European animation. A couple of beats into the story, we suddenly find ourselves in a live-action environment, with a real human sitting in a dark basement studio, working away, drawing cartoons – the self-same cartoon, in fact, that we’ve just been watching.The artist is then interrupted by an extremely grating woman – think Joan Cusack’s deranged hyper-girly Debbie J...

Politics

28 h. ago Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown

Homes without heating, bedrooms with beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisiveRun-down housing estates in Britain’s former industrial heartlands remind us of the poverty described by George Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier in 1937 – but these days there is no Orwell to chronicle what the arithmetic of deprivation means for families condemned to lives of poverty.Millions of children, as the children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, told us this summer, are faring very badly, living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty”. And what she calls the striking awareness children have of being poor requires us to find a modern-day Dickens to hear their voices.Gordon Brown was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010 Continue reading...

Politics

68 h. ago Vaccine producer pledges to raise 10,000 for West Lothian charity partner

Employees from across Valneva Scotland have come together to raise funds and awareness for Team Jak Foundation, a Livingston-based charity that supports children and young people with cancer, and their families.

Politics

3 d. ago Trump health officials will link dozens of child deaths to Covid vaccines, report claims

Trump administration health agencies like the FDA have announced plans to link Covid vaccines to the deaths of over two dozen children, sources familiar with the matter have revealed.

Politics

4 d. ago Valneva Scotland makes strides toward £10K fundraising goal in support of charity partner Team Jak

Scotland’s largest vaccine producer, Valneva Scotland, has pledged to raise 10k for its charity partner, Team Jak Foundation, a Livingston-based charity that supports children and young people with cancer, and their families.

Economics

4 d. ago Children, families and domestic abuse victims 'let down by unacceptable court delays'

Children, families and victims of domestic abuse are being let down by 'unacceptably long delays' in the family courts, a grim report by the Public Accounts Committee has found

Events

4 d. ago Hunt for 'dine and dash' family of 8 that brazenly told restaurant 'we can't pay'

Raman Kaur and Narinder Singh Athwa claim two families enjoyed a feast of curries, sides and children's meals at their restaurant before fleeing without paying their £190 bill

Society

5 d. ago Families urged to check for free school meals for children as take

The free school meals programme was extended to 6,000 high school students in S1 to S3.

Society

6 d. ago ‘People say my music helps them heal’: Canada’s First Nations musicians revitalise the powwow

Confronting the historic trauma of forced assimilation, a wave of artists are rejuvenating hyper-diverse Indigenous cultures in the kinds of festivals that were once forbiddenOn a sunny, breezy August afternoon in Mani-Utenam, a reservation on the Quebec coast for the Innu people, a powwow ceremony is under way. Two sets of drummers beat out a steady rhythm while chanting in tandem, as dancers sway in their traditional, colourful regalia, ringing with the sound of small bells attached to their clothing. It is part of Innu Nikamu, one of the largest Indigenous festivals in North America, but this joyful performance is taking place on troubled ground.This was once the site of a residential school where children were taken away from their families to force them to assimilate to western culture and forget their heritage. Active from the 1800s, such schools were run by the Canadian state and the Catholic church, who would inflict severe punishments on children who spoke their Indigenous ...

Politics

6 d. ago Sandford Giving Tree launches Christmas Appeal to support local families in need

This community-led appeal has helped bring warmth and joy to hundreds of children and families who might otherwise go without during the festive season.

Politics

8 d. ago Families ‘shattered’ and community ‘terrified’ as police hunt alleged Melbourne machete murderers

Premier says government stands with South Sudanese community in ‘fight against the cancer of youth gang crime’ after Cobblebank killingsThe families of two children allegedly murdered in Melbourne’s outer west on the weekend are “shattered” and the community “terrified” as police continue to hunt the perpetrators responsible for the machete killings.It comes as the Victorian premier promised the government would stand with the South Sudanese community “in their fight against the cancer of youth gang crime that is breaking their community’s heart”, announcing she would convene an existing working group. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Anastacia reveals heartbreaking truth behind hit track after devastating health battle

Anastacia has revealed the heartbreaking truth behind one of her biggest songs and how her cancer diagnosis and 'not feeling wanted' eventually turned into 'something beautiful'

Events

1 week ago School summer holiday dates should move to May and October, says expert

Exclusive: Altering the length of the summer break ‘would be better for children, families and teachers’

Politics

1 week ago Families of flood victims to join Texas governor for camp safety bill signing

The families of some of the children who died at Texas' Camp Mystic during catastrophic flooding two months ago are expected to join Gov. Greg Abbott for a ceremonial bill signing Friday

Events

2 w. ago Sudan landslide wipes out entire village as more than 1,000 feared dead

Just one person in the village is said to have survived the tragedy in the Darfur region of Sudan as families of men, women and children were killed by the landslide

Events

2 w. ago Why children’s wellbeing plummets when they start secondary school

Paty Paliokosta reports on why wellbeing drops when children reach the important milestone of going to secondary school

Politics

2 w. ago I’m a nutrition expert. Here’s the truth about children and nuts

The diet industry has convinced parents that all fats are bad, but that’s not the case

Politics

2 w. ago Labour's vow on free childcare is at risk of collapse after raid on National Insurance, Education Secretary warned

In a letter to the Education Secretary, 27 leading organisations representing children, parents and childcare providers said families face being let down without urgent action.

Events