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A lack of cash could be responsible for falling birth rates, aYouGov poll suggests. The survey, reported in the Daily Express, found that almost half of adults wanted three or more children - and just 6 per cent wanted only one. Yet 40 per cent of parents were resigned to having smaller families because of the cost. Money worries even led Observer columnist Viv Groskop to pose the question, 'Can you afford to have a family?' after she discovered a local London-based nursery was charging 95 a day. Busy Scottish parents who are cash-rich but time-poor are turning to speed-nannying. Scotland on Sunday said speed-nanny events, based on the speed-dating concept, would help parents 'find a child carer in the shortest possible time'.

Busy Scottish parents who are cash-rich but time-poor are turning to speed-nannying. Scotland on Sunday said speed-nanny events, based on the speed-dating concept, would help parents 'find a child carer in the shortest possible time'.

A nursery teacher in California has become an overnight multi-millionaire - after recognising himself on a jar of Nescafe. According to The Times, the teacher discovered the company had used his face for 18 years without his knowledge and he was entitled to claim $15m (8m) in unpaid fees.

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