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A seasonal crop of 'political correctness gone mad' stories appeared in the press before Christmas, including one in the Daily Express reporting that Timber Green nursery school in Angus, Scotland, had banned parents from taking pictures of their offspring at its pantomime after one parent refused to give permission for a child to be photographed or videoed. A child who jumped out of a first-floor window believing that he could fly like Batman escaped with a bruised bottom, The Daily Telegraph said.

A child who jumped out of a first-floor window believing that he could fly like Batman escaped with a bruised bottom, The Daily Telegraph said.

Three-year-old Bryon Trimmer fell 15 feet and landed on a wooden deck outside his home in Essex.

'Barbarism begins with Barbie, the doll children love to hate', The Times said, as a study found Barbie is routinely scalped, burnt, decapitated or microwaved. No other toy provoked such a negative response.

'Lotto Lady' Irene Cameron, who won 2.5m in the lottery, wants to work in a nursery. She told The Mirror, 'What I plan to do in the New Year is take a childcare course. It's something I've always wanted to do.'

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