(Photograph) - Claire Palmer has become the first childminder in Torbay, Devon, to provide free education places for three-and four-year-olds under the Government's national childcare strategy. Claire, who began childminding five years ago, looks after three three-year-olds, (left to right) Claire, Lauren and Tilly. Claire is a member of Torbay's Childminding Network, established and run by the Devon Childminding Association, which has been accredited to offer Government-funded early education places. Photograph by Photo Colin Higgs
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