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Asquith Court and Kidsunlimited, two of the UK's largest chains, are to merge and form a new company, the Nursery Years Group, making them the second-largest group in the UK in terms of number of...
Childcare settings need to know about the risks of this potentially dangerous infection and how to prevent it, says Annette Rawstrone Recent outbreaks of the deadly bug E. coli 0157 in day nurseries...
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says that lazy respect for religion and culture can blind us to children's suffering. There is something about faith that makes people lose their minds. In the...
This feature can be photocopied for early years practitioners and parents of under-threes
A flexible childcare programme is being rolled out for families across Glasgow with the help of 5m in funding from the Scottish Executive. The programme, part of the Executive's Working for Families...
* Children are portrayed as victims in nearly one in three news stories, claims a global study of newspaper coverage. The study, conducted in 24 countries by the World Association of Newspapers, found...
Single mothers who use informal childcare after their child's first birthday risk delaying their child's intellectual development, a new study has revealed. The American study, presented last week at...
Get it in writing before you're faced with the question of whether to give medicine to a child in your care, says Mairi Maciver Clark Mary Poppins would find her policy for administering medicine...
The national minimum wage rates are set to increase again from 1 April, rising to £7.83 an hour for the highest paid.