Damian Hayes, defending, said his client was 'ashamed' and added: 'He's sorry for what he did during that week in November 2019, and acutely sorry for the distress he caused the children and the parents at that school. … [Read more...] about Paedophile teacher, 24, who secretly filmed children in school toilets using hidden iPhone is spared jail as parents say crimes left them ‘physically sick’
Parents of children with autism
A brutal Covid legacy awaits our children. We need the will and ambition to tackle it
The immediate food issue crystallised around school meals because we have increasingly turned to teachers to plug more and more of the gaps in our degraded social sphere. Teachers are now front-line social workers as much as they are educators. Everywhere, they rise to that challenge with a humbling commitment, creativity and ambition. I’ve witnessed this on Zoom “visit” after Zoom “visit” throughout lockdown. Just last week I saw a dazzling online nativity play from a school in Knowsley on Merseyside. … [Read more...] about A brutal Covid legacy awaits our children. We need the will and ambition to tackle it
A third of all children in Britain will be in poverty by 2020
In 1999 Labour promised tax and benefit reforms to halve child poverty by 2012 and eradicate it entirely by 2020. Its policies saw the number of children living in poverty – defined as those in households with 60 per cent or less of the typical income – fall from 4.3million in 1999 to 3.5million this year. … [Read more...] about A third of all children in Britain will be in poverty by 2020
Welcome to nature 2.0 for a new generation of Ladybird readers
On the upside, species featured in the new volumes include the osprey, bottlenose dolphin and grey seal, all of which have increased dramatically during the intervening years. And some decreasing species still have their place: the house sparrow, which has declined more than any other common British bird, is on the cover of the new Summer volume. … [Read more...] about Welcome to nature 2.0 for a new generation of Ladybird readers
Our kids were left unable to eat or walk by Long Covid and treatment was ‘torture’ – but docs don’t know how to help
His pain grew so severe he was hospitalised for three nights, but self-employed Nichola, 44, said: “We were told he was exaggerating his symptoms, that it was probably related to anxiety and he was making it all up. … [Read more...] about Our kids were left unable to eat or walk by Long Covid and treatment was ‘torture’ – but docs don’t know how to help
