5 d. ago 'I'm a travel expert and this is why the school holiday dates need to change'

School holidays mean many parents are having to fork out staggering amounts in order to go on holiday during the summer and a leading travel expert has urged schools to change their term breaks

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6 d. ago Paris cleaned up the Seine – and gave swimmers a new way to beat the heat. Will your city follow suit? | Helen Massy

This summer, locals and tourists enjoyed new river-bathing sites. As global heating escalates, we need more of these ‘cool islands’Sign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreAfter la rentrée, when adults and children alike across France head back to work and school after the seemingly endless summer holidays, you would be forgiven for thinking autumn is upon us. But, weather permitting, enthusiastic swimmers in Paris will be able to prolong that holiday feeling into September – by taking a dip in the River Seine.For nearly 100,000 swimmers, one of the highlights of this summer in the city has been being able to take a splash in the cool river waters at one of the three free public bathing spots, made available this year for the first time in over a century.Helen Massy-Beresford is a journalist based in Paris Continue reading...

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6 d. ago How Russia is grooming Ukraine’s children to fight for it: ‘I understood it wasn’t just play’

Abducted children and those from occupied territories are turning up in Russia’s military-style training camps, with fears that some are already on the frontlineLast summer, Sonya*, aged 17 at the time, had endured more than two years of a difficult life under Russian occupation in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine. Her foster mother agreed that she needed a break.Growing up under forced assimilation had been scary, Sonya says, and her Russian-controlled school had offered to take her to a holiday camp in Crimea, a balmy peninsula once famed for being the spa of the Soviet Union. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Calls for school summer holiday dates to change to May and October for children's wellbeing

The change would be better for children and their wellbeing, according to a travel expert

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7 d. ago Travel expert explains how 'airline shuffling' can help you find cheap flights in September

As the children go back to school, some holidaymakers might be looking for a trip away in September. But how can you bag yourself a deal? This is one way to save money.

Transport

8 d. ago Travel agents are demanding a big change that’d make family holidays much cheaper

Advantage Travel Partnership, which represents more than 4,000 travel agents, has called for a radical overhaul of the school holiday system so families with kids in state schools are no longer ripped off

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9 d. ago Back to school motors: As kids return from summer holidays, these are some of the best cars used to ferry them to the gates dating back to the 1950s

The Daily Mail and classic car insurer Hagerty have picked our combined ten favourite school run cars from five decades between the 1950s and 1990s.

Transport

1 week ago State Pension age set to rise next year for people born in these years

The State Pension age is set to start to rise from 66 to 67 next year, with the increase expected to be fully implemented for all men and women across the UK by 2028

Politics

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’

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1 week ago Heartbreaking reason your dog might bark more this September and how to fix it

As the summer holidays end and families adjust to the back-to-school routine, many dogs can find the change in pace a little unsettling

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1 week ago Celebrity kids go back to school after summer and Kai Rooney is fuming

Megan Pickford was among the many celebrities who shared snaps from their children's first day back at school after a long summer holiday

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1 week ago London records lowest homicide rate in summer months since 2018

There were no homicides among under-25s recorded in London during the school summer holiday period, according to provisional figures

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2 w. ago Scottish wild boar numbers to 'rise significantly' over the next 50 years

The number of wild boar in Scotland is expected to rise significantly over the next 50 years, according to new modelling that predicts where the animals are likely to spread.

Politics

2 w. ago £600 million injected to extend support for poorer children during school holidays

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is being extended for three more years

Economics

2 w. ago Boy, 12, begs mum to 'let me die' after being set on fire in horrific accident

Hunter Jory, 12, was in a field with his mates at the start of the school holidays when one child decided to light a fire and another threw petrol on it - the 12-year-old was engulfed in flames

Events

2 w. ago Mum hits back at 'despicable' fine after taking her son out of school for holiday

Michelle Partington was left heartbroken after she received an £80 fine for taking her son out of school

Events

2 w. ago Wind farms are driving YOUR electricity bills up, admits Ofgem as prices go up by DOUBLE expected amount amid Ed Miliband's green drive

Energy regulator Ofgem revealed this morning that the price cap will rise from October 1 by 2 per cent - double what was expected - for a typical household in England, Scotland and Wales.

Economics

2 w. ago Boy, 12, begs mum 'just kill me' after horror school holiday incident

Hunter Jory was playing with pals during the summer holidays when the horrific incident took place

Events

2 w. ago Household energy bills to RISE in weeks after Ofgem price cap announcement

The energy price cap will rise higher than expected in October

Economics

2 w. ago Household energy bills set to rise before winter as Ofgem sets new price cap

Ofgem will confirm its new price cap this morning, with bills expected to rise from October

Economics