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Promotional samples dodge rules forbidding sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s, who are vaping in rapidly increasing numbersRetailers will no longer be able to hand out free samples of vapes to children after ministers announced plans to close a legal lo…
Justice advocates say state’s overreliance on incarceration is harmful, expensive and fails to make the community saferFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTh…
In Lewes, a catholic primary may shut as parents are driven out by lack of affordable housing while parents of London school face ‘terrible decision’More than 90 English primary schools to close or face closure for lack of pupilsSonia Tann says she has…
State ombudsman criticises government’s lack of knowledge about unaccompanied homeless children, failure to improve monitoringGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAt least 483 children who asked New South Wales speci…
Naomi Eisenstadt, first programme lead, says there is lack of attention on what childcare is actually forNaomi Eisenstadt remembers her excitement as she started as the first director of the government’s Sure Start unit in 1999.“I felt like Lyndon John…
As many as 15% of 11- to 15-year-olds use vapes, experts suggest, with products often packaged in bright coloursMinisters are facing mounting pressure to impose an outright ban on single-use vapes, amid concern about their rising popularity among child…
Finley Boden’s father imprisoned for minimum of 29 years and his mother for minimum of 27A couple found guilty of the “savage and brutal” Christmas Day murder of their 10-month-old son have been sentenced to life imprisonment.Finley Boden died 39 days …
Exclusive: Joint letter from organisations and experts says singling out British-Pakistani men draws attention away from other sources of sexual abusePoliticians who make “inaccurate or divisive claims” about child sexual abuse and grooming gangs under…
Philippines is in educational crisis, says Sam Verzosa, with pupils spending hours studying but underperforming in testsA lawmaker in the Philippines has proposed banning schools from setting homework at weekends, saying students are overworked and nee…
Ibrahim Faraj, seven, was abducted and taken to Saudi Arabia in NovemberA woman whose seven-year-old son was kidnapped by his father and taken to Saudi Arabia has said she repeatedly warned authorities it would happen but “no one listened”.Ranem Elkhal…