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BBC News | Politics | May 27 2015  Access to free childcare for three-and-four-year-olds in England is to double to 30 hours a week under measures announced in the Queen’s Speech. If passed, the childcare bill will...

leisureopportunities.co.uk | Jak Phillips | 22 May 2015  Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to make addressing the “great scandal” of childhood obesity a top priority of this Parliament has been...

BBC News | Education & Family | Judith Burns | 22 May 2015   Support for vulnerable children in England is at risk as funding ebbs away, according to a charity’s analysis of government figures. Money...

BBC News | Business | Louise Greenwood | 20 May 2015 Families may be left “confused” by changes in the system of childcare support taking place later in the year, a charity has warned. Some 450,000 families in the UK...

BBC News | Technology | 19 May 2015 An app designed to make surfing on YouTube safer for children has come under fire for linking to “inappropriate” content. Two child advocacy groups have flagged up videos that...

BBC News online | Michelle Roberts | Health editor | 20 May 2015 The average age at which people in the UK first become obese is decreasing, figures show. University College London researchers looked at data from more than...

This year’s event celebrates the unique learning and development of young children: their communication and language, physical, personal, social and emotional development. Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), the conference will...

The Guardian | Denis Campbell |  Health correspondent | 12 May 2015  Abstract: In 2012, many food firms, supermarkets and high street chains agreed a series of voluntary pledges with the Department...

The Guardian | Ann Robinson | 11 May 2015 Childhood obesity is a global public health challenge. The alarming rise noted in the 1990s may have levelled off in the past 10 years, but still one in 10 kids in England are obese by...

CBS NEWS | MICHAEL CASEY | May 7, 2015 Tens of thousands of supposedly educational apps aimed at young children are little more than “digital candy” that offer few benefits for youngsters, according to...

Marketing Week | Thomas Hobbs  | 8 May 2015 Abstract: The Tory manifesto was light on anti-advertising rhetoric, suggesting the party would continue with its fairly relaxed approach towards food and drink ad regulation. In...