are avoiding oranges and plums in case children choke or slip on dropped fruit stones. The Scottish shadow education minister warned the move would give children a 'fear of fruit'.
Children who live in unsafe neighbourhoods are four times more likely to be overweight than those who live in safe ones, according to American research. BBCNews said children in unsafe areas stayed indoors and took less physical activity.
TV bosses have created a new sidekick for Noddy, said The Sun. Whizz the robot speaks Urdu, Chinese, Swahili, French and Spanish and is designed to help pre-school children learn the UK's five most common foreign languages.
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