Children

Call to ban cakes and biscuits at school lunchtimes in England

Schools in England should be banned from giving pupils cakes or biscuits as part of their lunch because they contain so much sugar, food campaigners say.They want ministers to...

Starmer refuses to back Justin Welby after clamor for archbishop to resign

Keir Starmer has refused to back the archbishop of Canterbury, who has faced growing demands to resign over...

Bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over failure to pursue serial abuser

A Church of England bishop has added her voice to growing calls for the archbishop of Canterbury to...

Justin Welby under growing pressure to resign over serial abuser

The archbishop of Canterbury is under growing pressure to resign over failures to pursue a sadistic abuser of...

Child in Surrey dies after being struck by a branch that fell from a tree

A child has died after being struck by a branch that fell from a tree in Surrey.Emergency services...

Of course I look like a crazy dog lady! I am one | Arwa Mahdawi

In the popular imagination, writers often have rock’n’roll lifestyles. Me? Not so much. In fact, I have the world’s most mundane weekday routine. Every...

Maternity pay is ‘excessive’, says Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch has said maternity pay is “excessive” and people should exercise “more personal responsibility”.The shadow communities secretary said one of the principles she...

‘Chucky goes north’: Rochdale reacts to arrival of ‘creepy’ giant baby

They say it is rude to comment on a baby’s appearance but that has not stopped the residents of Rochdale, who awoke on Wednesday...

Eight-year-old Ohio girl takes mother’s car and goes shopping at Target

An eight-year-old girl in Ohio took her mother’s car and drove for more than 20 minutes along busy roads to get to a local...

Parents forced from small boat plead to join children taken to UK without them

Two parents separated from their children while attempting to cross the Channel by small boat have urged the Home Office to allow them to...

Parents are anxious, lonely, overwhelmingly stressed – and their crisis affects everyone | Emma Beddington

It is the kind of statistic that makes you do a double-take, because it can’t be right. It is, though: 41% of US parents...