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Children who have television sets in their bedroom perform worse at school than those who don't, according to a new survey reported in The Scotsman. The Daily Express said that parents were 'breaking the bank' for designer babywear, spending a total of 446m on clothes for their infants before their first birthday.

The Daily Express said that parents were 'breaking the bank' for designer babywear, spending a total of 446m on clothes for their infants before their first birthday.

Babies are eight times more likely to suffer cot death if they sleep in their parents' bed, the Daily Mail reported.

JK Rowling's Harry Potter series has 'made reading cool again' for children, the Daily Express concluded from a survey ahead of the publication of the sixth novel about the schoolboy wizard.

The Times reported a 20 per cent rise in visitors and a reduction in crime at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent following the management's ban on youths wearing hooded sweatshirts in May.

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