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Children at Bryniago Bach nursery school in Wales were sent home last week because their classrooms were too hot, said BBCNews. Temperatures in the 50-year-old tin and glass building became unbearable and Swansea LEA has promised a new early years centre will be built by February 2006. Pupils at Holt Primary School in Lincolnshire were upset to find their Harry Potter party cancelled at the last minute, The Guardian said. A local rector said the event would 'lead children into areas of evil' and parents were worried about links with witchcraft.

Pupils at Holt Primary School in Lincolnshire were upset to find their Harry Potter party cancelled at the last minute, The Guardian said. A local rector said the event would 'lead children into areas of evil' and parents were worried about links with witchcraft.

Children as young as nursery age could be influenced to smoke, BBCNews reported. Researchers from Liverpool John Moores University interviewed 250 children and found a quarter had tried smoking by the end of primary school.

Mobile phones could soon be ringing to the tune of 'Schni-Schna-Schnappi', composed and sung by four-year-old Joy Gruttman of Germany. The song about a teething crocodile will be released in the UK on 22 August. The Metro said the 'annoying' song has reached Number 1 in seven European countries.

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