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New fathers are given advice such as 'make a picnic' and 'don't have an affair' in the Fathers Direct 'Dad Pack' from the DfES, said the Daily Mail. The guide reportedly cost '50,000 of taxpayers' money'. Two brothers, aged ten and six, clocked up 60 miles driving on a highway in New South Wales, Australia, before being flagged down, reported the Guardian.

Two brothers, aged ten and six, clocked up 60 miles driving on a highway in New South Wales, Australia, before being flagged down, reported the Guardian.

The Sunday Times said that adverts for 'clever milk' fronted by the broadcaster and fertility expert Lord Winston are to be withdrawn, after the Advertising Standards Association ruled that their claims that St Ivel Advance omega-3 milk would boost children's intelligence were 'unsubstantiated'.

A girl of six from Plymouth, Devon, was forced to register her Bugs Bunny water pistol as a firearm after an hour-long grilling at Cape Town airport by security personnel, said The Sun. The paper also told how a two-year-old girl from Stockton-on-Tees found an old, yellow, tooth in her Wagon Wheel and received just 89p compensation.

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