Browsing: Childrens

Alison HoltSocial affairs editor andJames Melley and Judith BurnsBBCThe cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly doubled in five years but many…

Hugo Keane’s investigation into polyester began at home. He had just started year 7 but, thanks to Covid, he was stuck knocking about at home in…

Disadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed. Data showing…

Under-16s in England will be banned from buying energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster because they fuel obesity, cause sleep problems and leave them…

Doctors have raised the alarm about high levels of vaping among children worldwide, saying they are convinced e-cigarettes are causing irreversible harm to their health.Cardiologists, researchers…

A simple cheek-swab test can identify children with a potentially deadly heart condition, five years before they would normally be diagnosed, research has found.Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM),…

Public sector workers have voiced “deep concern” after Coventry city council signed a £500,000-a-year artificial intelligence contract with the US data technology company Palantir.The deal is…

Baby food manufacturers have been given 18 months to improve the quality of their products in England, amid mounting concerns that leading brands are nutritionally poor.The…

The World Health Organization has declared corporal punishment a global public health concern that causes serious harm to children’s physical and mental wellbeing, and can lead…

Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NIBBCHannah Farrell was a nurse at the Children’s Cancer Unit until she resigned in 2019A whistleblower who resigned from the Royal…