1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (622+ words) Families who earn just above the threshold to miss out on benefits are struggling with the cost of living and need more help from the government, a charity in the chancellor of the exchequer's constituency has said. Chancellor John Healey's…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (912+ words) As thousands of young people prepare to leave home for university, students say the biggest challenges are often the ones that happen outside the lecture theatre. For Grace Williamson, who has just completed her first year at university in Edinburgh,…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (442+ words) The entire community needs to get involved if moves to minimise children's use of smartphones are to be a success, a senior Guernsey politician has said. Education President Paul Montague said: "Society needs to get behind our schools. It's a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1091+ words) A disabled mum from Greater Manchester has joined a campaign for better paternity leave after being "stopped in her tracks" by the challenges of adapting to motherhood alone. Melissa Johns, 36, from Ashton-under-Lyne, welcomed her first child in October. Despite requiring…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (23+ words) 'I didn't give him up for adoption - he was taken from me' BBC 'I didn't give him up for adoption - he was taken'...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (519+ words) A record-breaking number of choughs have made their nests around the Cornish coastline this summer proving the breed is in "robust health", a bird conservation charity has said. RSPB England said 161 choughs had been counted in Cornwall - 32 more than the…...