4 d. ago Agony for families who will never know if their child was victim to male worker who sexually abused little girls at £2,000

Vincent Chan, a 45-year-old British national from north London, admitted abusing children at a Bright Horizons nursery in West Hampstead during his seven-year sting there. It has since closed.

Economics

1 week ago HMRC rule change in Budget could mean £30,000 boost for every child

A personal finance expert has explained how parents could secure £30,000 or even up to £48,000 per child

Economics

1 week ago Farage says he thought Enoch Powell was right to raise scale of community change

The Reform UK leader also suggested people complaining about his behaviour at school had ‘different political views to me’.

Politics

2 w. ago Kate Middleton's stark warning about 'physically present but mentally absent' parents

The Princess of Wales’ early years centre is giving £100,000 of research funding to find solutions to help parents tackle the problems caused at home by the ever-increasing number of gadgets

Events

2 w. ago ‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest

When Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine posted complaints about their local primary school, they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their doorBefore it catapulted a small school community in London’s commuter belt into the centre of a global news story, the year-four class WhatsApp group at Cowley Hill school in Borehamwood was unremarkable – a place of snide comments, reminders about non-uniform day and flustered messages about being late for the school run.“It was mum gossip, you know?” said one member, Sarah. “A bit juicy, but it wasn’t anything nasty.” Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Big Brother star claims he was 'fired from cleaning job' over show axe

One former Big Brother housemate has claimed he was fired from his job as a school caretaker after complaints were made following his conduct on the ITV show

Events

2 w. ago Parents who complained about school on WhatsApp 'paid £20,000 after arrest'

Parents Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen were each paid £10,000 each after six police officers arrived at their home following complaints from a primary school about messages shared on WhatsApp

Society

2 w. ago Parents ‘get £20k payout’ after unlawful arrest over school WhatsApp row

Ms Levine told Radio 4 there was a moment she thought the police were coming to tell her that their daughter was dead

Economics

2 w. ago Nephew cut out of his great aunt's £400,000 will after his parents suggested she move into a care home loses bitter inheritance row

Doreen Stock, 86, died childless in 2021 and left her entire estate to her nephew, Simon Stock, and his wife Catherine.

Society

2 w. ago Parents get £20,000 for ‘unlawful’ arrest after complaining about school on WhatsApp

Maxie Allen and his partner Rosalind Levine say they hope damages serves as a ‘positive effect’ in future cases

Society

2 w. ago Parents ‘vindicated’ after police admit unlawful arrest over WhatsApp row

Hertfordshire police agree to pay £20,000 to Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen, who were held for 11 hours after complaining about daughter’s schoolTwo parents who were arrested after they complained about their daughter’s primary school on WhatsApp have said they felt “vindicated” by the police admitting the arrest was unlawful.Rosalind Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, said they were held at a police station for 11 hours over their complaints about the school. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Police admit arrest of parents over school WhatsApp group messages WAS unlawful

Hertfordshire Constabulary has admitted the arrest of two parents over a school WhatsApp group was unlawful as parents, Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine, receive a £20,000 payout. 

Events

3 w. ago Hertfordshire police admit unlawful arrest of couple in school WhatsApp row – report

Force said to have agreed to £20,000 payout to parents who complained about daughter’s school in BorehamwoodA police force has reportedly admitted it unlawfully arrested two parents in front of their nine-year-old daughter after they complained about her school on WhatsApp.Rosalind Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, said they were held at a police station for 11 hours over the complaints about their daughter’s primary school. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Girl, 14, 'sold by parents to stranger for £4,000 and five bottles of whiskey'

Police arrested five people after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly sold to a stranger for marriage in exchange for just £4,000, five bottles of whiskey and some food

Economics

3 w. 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

Society