8+ hour, 33+ min ago   (581+ words) To help combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestions Children's vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie Dent Children's vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time,…...

14+ hour, 5+ min ago   (874+ words) Exclusive: Countdown lexicographer urges families to read, talk and play word games to help language development Susie Dent's tips and tricks to add muscle to a child's vocabulary Children's vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, according…...

14+ hour, 51+ min ago   (950+ words) Despite high needs, the Merseyside borough has the most youth work "black holes" of any local authority in England Youth work "black holes" in half of all council areas in England, study finds "I feel like I"m failing because…...

19+ hour, 51+ min ago   (815+ words) Exclusive: First mapping of youth centres in decades shows poorer areas in north worst affected by cuts since 2010 "We're on a cliff edge': the struggle to keep youth services alive in Knowsley Almost half of all council areas in England…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (430+ words) Policy announced in autumn budget freezes threshold at which students start repaying university loans Protesters dressed as sharks and in Rachel Reeves face masks gathered outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to express their anger over changes to their…...

2+ day, 51+ min ago   (557+ words) Children are being "bombarded" with harmful products online, including weight-loss drugs, steroids and skin-whitening chemicals, a study has found. Research conducted for the children's commissioner for England found that teenagers were routinely exposed to harmful products on social media, video…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (484+ words) Special spaces are a key part of government's planned overhaul of special educational needs support Secondary schools in England must provide specially designed areas for neurodiverse children and pupils with special educational needs, ministers have said. Universal "inclusion bases" are…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (293+ words) Dr Michael Symonds and Gavin Greenwood respond to an editorial on graduate loansYour editorial (8 February) is correct to highlight that a graduate levy by stealth is no way to fund the NHS and its potential consequences. This will include resident…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (835+ words) Sensible plans to boost collaboration between councils may not be enough to tilt the balance away from private providersNearly 55,000 children in England live with foster carers, and despite a recent fall in the number of children in care, pressure on…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (410+ words) The former newsreader has caused a stir by complaining about unruly children in a restaurant. We do our offspring no favours by teaching them that they are the centre of the universe Jan Leeming, the 80s newsreader found herself unexpectedly back…...