4 h. ago Top 10 property hotspots for families with young children revealed

A new data series by estate agency Jackson-Stops gives buyers a helping hand in selecting family-friendly locations to live in England.

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59 h. ago Extra 220 children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers in Australia, government admits

In 2023 the federal court ordered $27.5m compensation for an initial estimated 220 Indonesian minors wrongly detained – but that number has now doubledFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has revealed that a further 220 Indonesian children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers, doubling the number initially thought.Late in 2023 the federal court ordered $27.5m in compensation for an estimated 220 Indonesian children who were wrongly detained as adult people smugglers between 2010 and 2012.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Naga Munchetty's husband nicknamed her after children's character following incident

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty revealed she was nicknamed after a children's character after an awkward fashion moment

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3 d. 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.

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3 d. 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...

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4 d. 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’

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4 d. 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.

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5 d. 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

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6 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

6 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

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7 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'

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1 week 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

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