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Half of six-year-olds in England do not get enough exercise each day, according to a study. Only 53 per cent do the 60 minutes of vigorous exercise recommended by the NHS for the age group — with girls doing less than boys. This can include playing in the park, games in PE at school and sports like football or tennis. Regular exercise is vital for strengthening muscles and bones during children's development and also in fighting off obesity. It comes amid a growing childhood obesity epidemic that means one in five youngsters in England are too fat by the time they start primary school. Childhood obesity reached 'unprecedented levels' during the Covid pandemic, with children sat at home and not able to run around in playgrounds. Primary school children saw their average screen time on tablets and phones boom during the pandemic. Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Southampton found only 53 per cent of six-year-olds got an hour of exercise … [Read more...] about The touch screen generation: Just HALF of six-year-olds get an hour of exercise each day — the minimum recommended amount

THOUSANDS of parents could get up to £200 a year to help with school uniform costs, according to MoneySavingExpert. Depending on where you live, The Sun previously found you could get between £62 and £200 for one child's uniform. As the cost of living soars , households are scraping the barrel for ways to earn free cash and support when paying for essentials. Thankfully, residents up and down the UK could be entitled to free cash grants towards school uniform - and you won't need to pay the money back. How much you get depends on where you live, as each council decides the amount for themselves, but low income families should be able to claim support through their local council website . Here's what we know for each area in the UK. read more in school uniform KITTED OUT Mum-of-22 Sue Radford reveals chaos of buying new school uniforms for huge brood BARGAIN HUNT Poundland is selling school uniform for £1 - and … [Read more...] about MoneySavingExpert reveals parents can get up to £200 a year FREE towards school uniform costs

A DAD was shot dead as he heroically tried stopping a gunman who stabbed his sister and blasted two others in a terrifying rampage. John MacKinnon, 47, was gunned down and killed at a home on the Isle of Skye yesterday. Three other people including John's sister, Rowena MacDonald, 32, were rushed to hospital with serious injuries following the horror. A 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the bloodbath. Police raced to the village of Teangue at around 9.30am after John was shot. Sadly the dad-of-four couldn't be saved and was declared dead at the scene. Read more news GUNNED DOWN Uber driver charged with murder after 'shooting pastor in road rage attack' BRIDE KILLER Husband GUILTY of murdering bride after wedding and stuffing body in suitcase According to heartbroken pals, John was heroically attempting to grab the gun in a bid to save others when he was shot. Paying tribute, one old … [Read more...] about Isle of Skye shooting: Dad-of-4, 47, shot dead while trying to stop gunman who ‘stabbed sister and 2 others in rampage’

For the last seven months or so, I have written this mental-health column while doing battle with my old enemy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It’s walloped me round the head with the same force it delivered back when I first experienced it, aged 12. Now well into my forties, I thought that therapy and sobriety, not to mention antidepressants, had got it under control. But in January, it reappeared with a ferocity that left me unable to get out of bed some days. I haven’t been able to understand how I could be back here again, locked in my brain, with thoughts so awful I have, at times, wanted to disappear off the face of the earth entirely. OCD is often thought of as obsessive cleanliness, but it can also centre on terrible intrusive thoughts that leave the sufferer stuck in a pattern of rumination in an effort to quieten them. It is distressing and debilitating, and it is what I have been suffering from this year. Was it the isolation of the pandemic? I had been depressed for a … [Read more...] about Oestrogen has given me back my sanity