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Pre-school viewers could be left asking what's the story after the hit show 'Balamory' was cancelled by BBCbosses last week. The Scotsman reported one mother saying, 'I just can't imagine life without it'. General secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers David Hart criticised parents for sending their children to school lacking basic social skills. According to the Independent, he said many children were not toilet trained and came to school unable to use a knife and fork.

General secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers David Hart criticised parents for sending their children to school lacking basic social skills. According to the Independent, he said many children were not toilet trained and came to school unable to use a knife and fork.

But bringing packed sandwiches might be a better option, as the Daily Mail reported that Scolarest, the UK's biggest supplier of school meals, has been serving out-of-date eggs, drinks and lard from dirty kitchens.

The Daily Mail also reported how five-year-old Jordan Willett from Shropshire had a fright for breakfast at home when he found a two-foot-long corn snake in his box of cereal. The reptile was thought to be an escaped pet.

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