35 h. ago Parents, please don’t stop reading to your children – a great picture book could change their life | Sally Rippin

Picture books help children to develop their imaginations, find empathy for others and take pride in what makes them unique – all of which make for good adultsVote now for the best Australian children’s picture bookChildren are made readers on the laps of their parents.” – Emilie BuchwaldI can’t think of a better way to start the year than having one of my books chosen in the Guardian’s readers’ poll for the best Australian picture books of all time. Come Over to My House, co-written with musician Eliza Hull and illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett, is a rhyming picture book that explores the home lives of children and parents who are d/Deaf or disabled. I am so proud to have been a part of creating this book, and so thrilled to see it on this list among so many extraordinary titles.Sally Rippin is an award-winning children’s author and the outgoing Australian children’s laureate for 2024-25. The next laureate will be announced on 10 February Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Olivia Attwood raves over 'dewy' makeup primer as she shares top beauty tricks

The Getting Filthy Rich star shared some of her favourite buys and hacks for application in an Instagram post

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60 h. ago Celebs’ most explosive social media posts from £1.4m court battle to leaked phonecalls as Brooklyn Beckham slams parents

BROOKLYN Beckham's scathing social media takedown of parents Victoria and David sent the world into a spin this week. The eldest’s Beckham child went nuclear in a six-page rant which sent the family “into a tailspin” and left the showbiz world divided. Brooklyn, 26, launched an Instagram attack on his famous parents on Monday – blasting his Spice Girls star mother,...

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65 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham and Prince Harry are the canaries in the coalmine. The children of Instagram will be next | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

A generation of overexposed children are being used by their parents for social media clout. What happens when they start to speak out?A child is born. Before they even landed “Earthside”, in the language of Instagram, a scan of them as a foetus in utero was uploaded to a waiting audience. The room in which they will sleep – the pale pastel paintwork, the carefully curated nursery furniture – is all there, ready, waiting: an advertorial empty of its model. Then comes the photo of the baby being born, held aloft to their audience while still covered in vernix, eyes not yet open, their mother smiling, hair perfect.From now on, their every moment and milestone is documented for the camera and monetised. That first smile, first word, first step, all mediated by a device and sent to an audience of strangers, many of whom have formed a parasocial relationship with that mother, that father, that child. The child comes to know and understand the black mirror that is regularly put in front o...

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4 d. ago Father Brown star Claudie Blakley's very famous parents including soap actor

Father Brown returned to BBC One for its 13th series this week, with Claudie Blakley reprising her role as Mrs Sullivan

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5 d. ago 'How does the parent have the emotion to go on? Mum of This Morning star's plea following his death

Matthew Lock's ADHD went undiagnosed for years

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5 d. ago Mum of This Morning star who took his own life aged 19 says ‘he didn’t understand himself’ as she makes desperate plea

THE parents of a teen This Morning star who took his own life have made a heart breaking plea. Matty Lock died in 2023 aged just 19 after developing addictions to alcohol and ketamine - which his loved ones say he was using to self-medicate his ADHD. The teenager's condition had gone undiagnosed for years,...

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6 d. ago One in four school starters are still in nappies because parents 'don't think toilet training is their job', teacher poll

An annual poll of 1,000 primary school teachers found a rise in children failing to master the basic skills they need for school.

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6 d. ago Parent Trap stars Elaine Hendrix and Lisa Ann Walter open up about potential sequel

‘Dancing With the Stars’ contestant joked that it was ‘above our pay grade’

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7 d. ago Australia’s largest coal power plant to operate for an additional two years which green groups say is a ‘disaster’

Life of Eraring power station in Lake Macquarie extended to April 2029, Origin Energy saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s largest coal-fired power plant, Eraring in New South Wales, will stay open for an additional two years until 2029, amid concerns about the national energy grid’s ability to satisfy demand.The operator of the plant in Lake Macquarie, Origin Energy, had previously agreed a deal with the state government to delay Eraring’s closure from 2025 to August 2027. While the state environment minister said the new extension would contribute to NSW’s emissions reductions, climate advocates described it as a “disaster”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Australia’s largest coal power plant to operate an extra two years to support national grid

Life of Eraring power station in Lake Macquarie extended to April 2029, Origin Energy saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s largest coal-fired power plant, Eraring, will stay open for an extra two years until 2029, amid concerns about the national energy grid’s ability to support demand ahead of the station’s planned retirement.The operator of the plant in Lake Macquarie, Origin Energy, had previously agreed a deal with the New South Wales government to extend Eraring’s closure from 2025 to August 2027. While the state environment minister said the new extension would contribute to NSW’s emissions reductions, climate advocates described it as a “disaster” for emissions targets. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Royal exile Andy Windsor calls in pest control to his new freebie home

Plain old Andy Windsor has called in pest control workers who were spotted at his 'humble' new retirement home as he shifts his collection of teddy bears to Marsh Farm house on the Sandringham Estate

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1 week ago Teen has fight with his parents then spends six years digging underground tunnel in garden

Andres Canto was 14 when he had a row with his parents and vented his frustrations by starting to dig an underground cave in his garden in Spain

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1 week ago ITV Love Island's Montana Brown floored by son's behaviour change after 1 trick

Reality TV star Montana Brown, tried a parenting tip from a bestselling book on her two-year-old son, Jude, and shared the results online

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1 week ago ITV Love Island star Montana Brown tries 'giving toddler the look' and reaction is priceless

Former Love Island star Montana Brown resorted to reading a parenting book to get prepared for her son, Jude, becoming a "threenager", but was taken aback by her son's reaction to one method

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1 week ago Freeport's Paityn London has torn ACL, parents confirm; out for season

Freeport's Paityn London has torn ACL, parents confirm; out for season  Rockford Register Star

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1 week ago Parents of tragic waitress blamed for starting Swiss inferno slam nightclub owners after 'emergency exit was shut to stop people dodging 1,000 euro charge instead of hiring a doorman'

Cyane Panine, 24, was killed in the blaze after fire broke out at the packed club, with footage showing her sitting on a colleague's shoulders holding two champagne bottles fitted with sparklers.

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1 week ago Emmerdale star's daughter pregnant but hasn't told famous parents amid OnlyFans feud

Mia Winward-Dunn, daughter of Emmerdale actress Sammy Winward and ex-footballer David Dunn, has announced she is pregnant with her first child but has yet to tell her parents due to a two-year family rift

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1 week ago Emmerdale star Sammy Winward's daughter Mia, 20, reveals she's pregnant with her first child and hasn't told her parents

Emmerdale actress Sammy Winward's lookalike daughter Mia Winward-Dunn has announced she is pregnant with her first child.

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2 w. ago Love Island All Star reveals she made £50K flogging sexy snaps in just two weeks after leaving the villa

LOVE Island All Star Hannah Elizabeth has revealed she made £50,000 in just two weeks after leaving the villa. The Liverpool lass, 35, coined it in flogging sexy snaps on OnlyFans after the hit ITV reality show raised her profile. Hannah appears on the new series of Olivia Attwood's Getting Filthy Rich and shares the...

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