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A school in East Sussex has banned egg boxes and toilet roll tubes from craft lessons because it says they could carry traces of salmonella or bacteria. The Daily Mail said the ban was 'absolutely ridiculous', and experts confirmed there were no known cases of salmonella being contracted from egg boxes. The Scotsman said Scottish girls break more bones than boys because they go out to play while boys stay in playing video games.

The Scotsman said Scottish girls break more bones than boys because they go out to play while boys stay in playing video games.

A study at Bristol University has found that 10 per cent of new fathers experience post-natal depression. The Daily Express reported that children whose fathers were depressed were twice as likely to have emotional and behavioural problems by the age of three.

Daily Mail columnist Bel Mooney poured scorn on the reality TV show 'The Baby House' in which six mothers-to-be will enter a Big Brother-style house where viewers can follow their every move through pregnancy and birth.

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