6 h. ago Revealed: Children's enjoyment of reading in crisis as new study reveals of digital entertainment

The National Literacy Trust found the proportion enjoying audio texts surpassed those enjoying traditional books last year.

Events

15 h. ago Julianne Moore’s freckles? How Republican bans on ‘woke’ books have reached new level

Trump administration escalates movement forged by US states to censor literature in full-scale DEI crackdownWhen the actor Julianne Moore learned her children’s book, Freckleface Strawberry, a tale of a girl who learns to stop hating her freckles, had been targeted for a potential ban at all schools serving US military families, she took to Instagram, posting that it was a “great shock” to discover the story had been “banned by the Trump Administration”.Moore had seen a memo that circulated last week revealing that tens of thousands of American children studying in about 160 Pentagon schools both in the US and around the world had had all access to library books suspended for a week, while officials conducted a “compliance review” to hunt out any books “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics”. Continue reading...

Politics

22 h. ago Southport yoga teacher reveals desperate attempt to save children from knife attacker in emotional BBC interview

Speaking publicly for the first time, Leanne Lucas told BBC Panorama: ‘I just knew that if I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die’

Society

23 h. ago Hero yoga teacher reveals desperate attempts to save children from Southport attacker despite being stabbed five times

Speaking publicly for the first time since the massacre Leanne Lucas described helping young girls flee to safety and calling 999 as child killer Axel Rudakubana chased after them.

Society

46 h. ago Michael Ball 'felt like a freak' after accident that meant he'd never have kids

Musical theatre legend Michael Ball has been with his partner, Cathy McGowan, for more than 30 years - but the BBC Radio 2 star revealed the sad reason why he's never had children

Politics

50 h. ago Schoolgirl, 11, brutally murdered by man who lived in back garden before hiding body

Audrii Cunningham was a happy girl who enjoyed reading and art, but little did she know there was a monster on her doorstep

Events

2 d. ago BBC children's TV show dubbed 'one of the best ever' by adults who still watch it

Fans of British TV have revealed the one children's show they are still tuning into as adults

Culture

3 d. ago Kylie Kelce reveals the one thing she doesn’t allow at her children’s birthday parties

The podcast host is currently pregnant with her and Jason Kelce’s fourth child

Politics

4 d. ago Holly Willoughby reunites with her first love and shares a very embarrassing letter she wrote him

Holly Willoughby was left red-faced and squirming in front of a live audience as her first boyfriend revealed a letter she sent him when they were children, which referenced a 'naked woman'

Politics

7 d. ago Parents' top concerns for children as they struggle to balance all their needs

A study of 1,000 parents with children aged 3 to 10 has revealed that many mums and dads worry their little ones aren't getting everything they need to be happy and healthy

Society