Belarus sent a group of children recently arrived in the country from occupied Ukraine to train with the Belarusian military, the country’s state television said. The training received by the 35 children included how to evacuate a building in the event of
For Kirsty Shepherd, free school meals can be an “incredible lifeline” for parents of disabled child (Image: Contact) For Kirsty Shepherd, free school meals can be an “incredible lifeline” for parents of disabled children, especially with the rising cost-of-living. The mother-of-three is
More than 100,000 youngsters with conditions like diabetes, epilepsy and autism are entitled to the meals. But they miss out because they are not educated in a formal setting or have severely restrictive diets. Their families, among the hardest hit by the
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a “mark of disrespect” to miss class for no good reason as it harms the education of pupils. She insisted that parents must be fined if children skip school. Ms Phillipson said: “Cheaper holidays,
Smartphones and violent porn are linked to a rise in children committing sex offences, a police chief has said. Half of the 106,984 child abuse cases reported in England and Wales in 2022 involved a 10 to 17-year-old as a suspect or
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree making it possible to confer Russian citizenship on Ukrainian children taken to Russia. The Ukrainian authorities have identified more than 19,000 children who have been deported since February 2022. Only 387 children have been brought back,
Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to bask in the glory of Russian servicemen and their families during a meeting at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, even as news emerged of a devastating missile strike in eastern Ukraine that claimed the lives of 11
Ministers launch attendance crusade to get all children back in school (Image: Getty) In the 2022-23 academic year, figures from the Department for Education (DfE) suggest 22.3 per cent of pupils in England were persistently absent – 17.2 per cent in primary
Gill Catchpole, who is mother to the couple’s two daughters was found dead at the family home in Whitminster, Gloucestershire on Friday
Prince Harry’s children will not come back to the UK for “a long time”, according to a royal commentator. Despite their father making multiple trips, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet did not visit England in 2023. The Duchess of Sussex also avoided