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A Romanian man who worked as an au pair for a family in Wales has become the first male to win an International Au Pair of the Year award, said The Observer. Alex Darziu, who is also a tattoo artist, was presented with the award in Barcelona, Spain. The wages that families pay to nannies have been included in the nation's official shopping basket compiled by the Office of National Statistics for the first time, said the Daily Mail.

The wages that families pay to nannies have been included in the nation's official shopping basket compiled by the Office of National Statistics for the first time, said the Daily Mail.

Specialist instructors will charge 160 a day to teach Scottish children traditional but forgotten playground games in an effort to tackle obesity, reported The Scotsman.

The best-loved children's TV programme of 25- to 45-year-olds responding to a survey in CBeebies Weekly magazine was 'Rainbow', said the Independent.

A US obesity expert has advocated chair-free classrooms as a way for children to burn calories said the Sunday Telegraph.

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