The report by Which? on the use of cartoon characters in food marketing and packaging releases a cry for help from parents trying to feed their children a healthy diet (see News, page 6).
While the number of total childcare places has been rising in recent years, the sharp decline in the ranks of childminders has gone almost unnoticed (see News, page 4).
- My Animals by Xavier Deneux. Bloomsbury Children's Books, boardbook, 6.99
Aleading nursery chain will have to pay nearly Pounds 80,000 over the death of a baby in its care. Jigsaw Day Nurseries was fined 60,000 and ordered to pay 19,000 costs by a judge at Aylesbury Crown...
Daycare and childminding services in England have received a broadly positive appraisal in Ofsted's first-ever national analysis of the standard of provision.
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