4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (301+ words) City leaders are to commit more than £1m towards a programme to tackle "crisis levels" of child poverty. A report to Liverpool City Council warns 40% of children in the city are living in poverty - the highest rate in Merseyside. These youngsters…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (739+ words) The government has said it will introduce a new law to force tech firms to prevent children from taking or sharing nude images on mobile devices. Apple and Google, which develop the operating systems of most smartphones used in the…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (214+ words) Parents and carers who struggle when using the internet will be offered free support with applying for secondary school places online. The free digital drop-in sessions will be held on Thursdays throughout September and October, at the Civic Centre, in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (634+ words) A furniture bank said it has been helping families whose children were sleeping on floors, piles of clothes and other makeshift beds. Peterborough-based Care Zone, which has a warehouse on the edge of the city, plans to spend £80,000 this year…...

2+ week, 4+ 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'...