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Several children up in intensive care and two died amid uptick in poisonings as popularity of pouches explodeReports of US children under six ingesting nicotine pouches – the small rectangles containing flavored nicotine that have exploded in popularit…
Energy secretary says it is not clear if opposition have any net zero policy As Rowena Mason revealed recently, No 10 has issued guidance that in effect bans civil servants from any level of speaking at events where journalists are present.Today the Ti…
Funding for social impact bonds to help children facing mental health difficulties, school exclusion or crimeRachel Reeves will announce £500m for charities and civil society organisations to invest in youth services on Monday as the government seeks t…
Two fathers tell education secretary they will seek judicial review in bid for statutory ban to safeguard childrenTwo fathers plan to take legal action against the government in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England.Will Orr-Ewing …
Melanie Dawes says rules will protect children from harmful content but campaigners are unconvincedThe UK’s chief media regulator has promised age verification checks will prove a “really big moment” in the battle to keep children safe online, even as …
Mark Rowley says historically ‘policing has got a lot wrong’ in black communities but ‘we get a lot more right today’The head of the Metropolitan police has said it is “shameful” that black boys in London are more likely to be dead by 18 than white boy…
Preschool establishment asked for extra compulsory fee for ‘consumables’ – but it should have been freeA nursery has refunded a father almost £1,200 after an investigation found he had been charged mandatory “top-up” fees for hours of childcare that sh…
Study shows such young people have higher risk of arriving at paediatric ICU severely ill and have worse outcomesMinority ethnic children and children from deprived backgrounds across the UK are more likely to die following admission to intensive care …
Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos in first half of year, mostly in worst category of abuseThe number of videos online of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence has surged as paedophiles have pounced on development…
Teenagers increasingly taking breaks as they control own use of devices rather than relying on parents to enforce limits, experts sayChildren are increasingly taking breaks from their smartphones to better manage their mental health, personal safety an…