A nursery manager and nursery assistant are on trial for health and safety failings at an Essex nursery that led to the death of two-year-old Rhiya Malin at Eton Manor Children's Day Nursery in...
Henry Dimbleby is urging ministers to introduce a new tax on sugar and salt to improve the nation's health, and fund the expansion of free school meals for an extra 1.1 million children.
* Derek Mapp, founder of Leapfrog nurseries, has been appointed as chairman of Sport England, the organisation devoted to increasing participation in sport. He said, 'I am very pleased to take up the...
Opportunities for working in childcare will be among topics for discussion between parents and local voluntary and council-run organisations in Perth city hall on 19 January, at an event organised by...
The second I CAN early years centre in Northern Ireland has been officially opened in Omagh. The centre at Gibson Primary School provides care for 20 pre-school children with speech, language and...
(Photograph) - Three-year-olds Katie Renwick and Alan Dunlop brushed up their teeth-cleaning skills at the launch of the Health Promoting Nursery project at Whitehill Parent and Child Centre in...
Both England and Scotland's inspection bodies have got themselves into hot water - or lack of hot water, in the case of the Care Commission - over health and safety regulations in the past week (see...
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Children's services in England are set for reform with the Government's creation of 35 Children's Trusts. The Trusts, which vary in size and scope, will bring together children's social services,...
Is it possible to break the cycle of poverty through intervention in young children's health and well-being? Pat Gordon-Smith weighs up the potential of different initiatives in England, Wales and...