Children

What food-insecure children want you to know about hunger 0
- BUSINESS
- September 14, 2020
Footballer and food poverty campaigner Marcus Rashford has rebuked Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake on Twitter for suggesting that parents who need help to feed their children are failing in their responsibilities. Children growing up in poverty today recognise it is their parents’ duty to make sure they are fed adequately. But, like Rashford, whose family
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Why grandparents should talk to children about the natural world of their youth 0
- BUSINESS
- September 2, 2020
How often do you strike up a conversation with an older relative about the past? You might switch off when someone begins a sentence with “back in my day…”, but that story could provide some very valuable information – particularly if you’re interested in ecology. It’s hard to fathom how much the natural world has
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Children with cancer and mental health 0
- HEALTH
- September 1, 2020
Almost half of childhood cancer patients suffer mental health problems due to harsh treatments. Latest research from Children with Cancer UK reveals the widespread impact on mental health that childhood cancer treatments can have. Almost half (45%) of families say that their child’s mental health has been impacted by their cancer treatment in the short-term,
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cutting car use will take much more than educating children and parents 0
- BUSINESS
- August 26, 2020
As the summer holidays come to an end and children return to school following lockdown, there couldn’t be a better time for us to consider the school commute. Nowadays, many children in the UK commute to school by car. But getting more parents to ditch the car for school journeys and switch to more active
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Teachers are far more likely to spread Covid than children says leading scientist 0
- BUSINESS
- August 24, 2020
Teachers are far more likely to spread Covid-19 than children, according to a leading scientist. Shamez Ladhani, a paediatric infectious diseases specialist at Public Health England (PHE), said that school staff will maintain social distancing rules during work but are more likely to break them outside the classroom. It comes as data shows just one
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Coronavirus news – live: Children should wear face masks, says WHO as India cases top 3 million 0
- BUSINESS
- August 23, 2020
Seventy children infected in English schools that reopened in June Reopening of schools in June was linked to 70 cases of coronavirus in children, according to a Public Health England (PHE) report. Infections were found to be uncommon among students and staff after schools reopened on 1 June. Among both students and staff, there were 67 single infections
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