20 h. ago Drug trial for severe epilepsy has transformed children’s lives, families say

The parents of children with Dravet syndrome taking part in a clinical trial at Sheffield Children’s Hospital have reported life-changing results.

Society

58 h. ago Sharp rise in children living in B&Bs for longer than six months

Separately, the number of people classed as living on the streets in London has increased by 38% year-on-year.

Politics

3 d. ago Andy Burnham tells Labour to set major new target to help end housing crisis

Andy Burnham said delivering new social housing would stop children being forced to live in mouldy and damp homes with soaring levels of kids living in temporary accommodation

Events

4 d. ago Leading children’s charity announces funding support of £40,000 to schools across West Lothian

This initiative will enable 20 local schools to provide enriching experiences, resources and well-being projects designed to improve the lives of children who need it most.

Economics

6 d. ago Disgusting moment from A Place In The Sun that will never see light of day

Jasmine Harman has been a main presenter of A Place In The Sun for more than two decades and now lives in Spain with her husband and their children

Politics

7 d. ago I sold my house in the UK to travel around Europe with my children after years spent juggling two jobs, I now live in paradise for a fraction of the price

Josh and Steph, and their two children Isaac and Amaia, sold their house in Lancashire in November 2024 - and packed up their entire lives into two suitcases.

Society

8 d. ago Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pay tribute to children 'who have died due to harms of the internet' unveiling a poignant monument in New York

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle unveiled a memorial in New York City last night, which is dedicated to 'honouring the lives of children lost to online harm'.

Politics

9 d. ago Bluey's Big Play Edinburgh and Glasgow Ticket Presales and Prices: How to see the children's show in Scotland

The live version of one of the most popular children’s television shows of recent years is heading off on tour.

Economics

1 week ago Book festival back in Stirling with host of events including top authors and even cookery

The popular Off the Page festival returns for 2025 with an exciting new programme - including an art workshop led by a children's book illustrator and a live demonstration from a Masterchef finalist and author.

Culture

1 week ago Berlin reports rise in attacks on refugees amid surge in far

Call for greater protection for asylum seekers and policies targeting rightwing violence as report sounds ‘alarm bell’Berlin has reported a marked increase in attacks on asylum seekers and refugee shelters, amid a sharp rise in far-right crime and a hardening of German migration policy.Official figures provided at the request of two local Green party lawmakers showed there were 77 assaults on asylum seekers and refugees in 2024 and eight instances of deliberate damage to residences housing them. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Gregory Porter: ‘My worst job? Shovelling exterminated rats’

The singer on a precious photograph of his mother, losing his brother and the wonders of cooking with butterBorn in California, Gregory Porter, 53, released his Grammy-nominated debut album, Water, in 2010. He went on to receive best jazz vocal album Grammys for Liquid Spirit in 2014 and Take Me to the Alley in 2017. He sang for Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee and was the first celebrity to sing a lullaby on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. Next week, he begins a UK tour. He is married with two children and lives in California.What is your greatest fear? Immunity to cruelty. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago 'My son is scared. Men do strange things. There are drug needles. We can't live here any more'

Aimee Richards lives with her partner and two young children in a block of flats

Events

2 w. ago Mum 'at the end of her tether' lives with eight children in three

She is one of hundreds waiting years for a suitable home on Cardiff's housing waiting list

Society

2 w. ago 70 is the new 50! Sprightly boomers are urged to work well into retirement age

A World Economic Report by the IMF noted a sharp rise in the 'silver economy' with people aging healthier.

Politics

2 w. ago Cheeky fan asks Vernon Kay if he's 'punching' with Tess Daly and reply is great

Tess Daly and husband Vernon Kay may have been married for nearly 20 years and share two children together but they rarely post about their private lives online.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘The grief takes your breath away’: how death transformed a loving family – and shaped a remarkable film

Nik and Maria Payne were raising their ‘wild and free’ children in the Norwegian countryside when cancer turned their lives upside down. The reluctant stars of A New Kind of Wilderness talk about a world without MariaPeace hangs over a farm in rural Norway. The last of the melting snow lingers in hummocks and bikes are strewn outside the Payne family’s small rented cottage. Nik Payne materialises from behind the barn where he has been feeding the cows. One of his three children, Falk, 12, is lying on the sofa with a fever and a Biggles novel; later, Freja, 15, and Ulv, nine (known as Wolf or Wolfie), return from school. Their home is as warm and chaotic as any family’s – boots and coats strewn in the hallway, a fridge covered in photos, shelves of books – but with a few differences: there is no television and behind the living room door is an unobtrusive, very personal shrine.The Paynes find themselves the reluctant stars of a film, A New Kind of Wilderness, which has won awards at ...

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2 w. ago Health secretary orders inquiry into how botched NHS hearing tests may have blighted the lives of thousands of children

The errors could have hampered the learning and communication skills of those affected, with 'devastating and lifelong' consequences, Wes Streeting said.

Society

2 w. ago There’s a place for audience participation, but ‘chicken jockey’ chaos takes it too far | Kate Maltby

Barrages of popcorn and even live poultry are featuring at screenings of A Minecraft Movie‘Chicken jockey!” If you know what this phrase means, you’re either a preteen boy or have accompanied one to a recent cinema screening of A Minecraft Movie.Warner Bros’ latest money-spinner is a movie adaptation of the Swedish game Minecraft, a prerequisite in the social lives of children between the age of eight and 12. The game enables children to explore and reconfigure a creative digital environment, accumulating resources in a world built from blocks. The movie enables children to explore and reconfigure the codes of basic decency in a cinema environment, testing the limits of any hapless usher left to supervise. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report

The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’The global rush to AI technology will require almost as much energy by the end of this decade as Japan uses today, but only about half of the demand is likely to be met from renewable sources.Processing data, mainly for AI, will consume more electricity in the US alone by 2030 than manufacturing steel, cement, chemicals and all other energy-intensive goods combined, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing review – nothing about this shocking tale feels OK

This grim documentary shines a light on child social media star Piper Rockelle, the hugely murky ethics surrounding this kind of content – and the high-profile lawsuit that engulfed their careerThe title of the new documentary Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing is interesting. It could be said to presuppose the existence of a good side to allowing, encouraging or coercing young children and early teens to put their lives online for attention and validation (or deliberately creating content to attract subscribers, brand interest and sponsorship deals). But perhaps, you think, I am being hopelessly old-fashioned. Perhaps this is the way forward. Perhaps it is the way things are these days. Who am I to say how youngsters should connect, spend their time, be raised in 2025?I understand this impulse to ignore the past. I almost admire it. It is good for us all, as we get older, to fight against the creeping belief that the past was better. It is a canard, a conflation of the ha...

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