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The Mayor of London is inviting proposals from early years providers to run hubs to help the most disadvantaged families.
Schools and nurseries should be put at the centre of a new updated model for Sure Start, according to a new report by think tank Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives.
The UK's child immunisation programme has added a new vaccine against pneumococcal meningitis, the Department of Health announced last week. Babies will receive the vaccine in three stages at two,...
Close to half of local authorities do not routinely share live birth data with children’s centres, finds charity.
The acting chair of Hackney Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (EYDCP) has urged councillors in the troubled London borough to save a local nursery facing closure. The Oranges and...
Good oral hygiene is the message of educational packs being distributed to 4,000 young children across Belfast. Handel's Fun Pack for Healthy Teeth, featuring a character called Handel, includes three...
Proposed national standards for the regulation of childcare agencies in Scotland could prove a costly and bureaucratic public relations exercise and may not ensure child protection, according to one...
A new report by MPs says that it's time for supermarkets to 'drive the solution to the obesity epidemic'.
When parents split up, children suffer emotional turmoil which can be extremely damaging. Annette Rawstrone reports on a project to improve support for such families Between 150,000 and 200,000 sets...
I was appalled to read 'A problem shared' (8 May, page 23). In an industry still feeling the effects of the death of a baby who was allergic to cow's milk (News, 30 January and 6 February), is it...