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'I'm not having children to help fight climate change'
Environmentalist Jason MacGregor and his partner aren't having children because they don't want to add to human-made climate change pressures.
bbc
Published: 21 December 2018
St Patrick's High School, Keady: Arrest over 'harassment' letters
A man has been questioned over "letters of harassment" sent to staff at a County Armagh school.
bbc
Published: 21 December 2018
Down's syndrome no bar to bilingualism, study suggests
Raising children with Down's syndrome in Welsh and English does not disadvantage them, a study suggests.
bbc
Published: 21 December 2018
US boy meets scientist Martyn Poliakoff in Nottingham
Ajay Sawant's mum said it was "a dream come true" for her son to meet Sir Martyn Poliakoff.
bbc
Published: 20 December 2018
Ofsted raises caseload concerns at mutual-run children's services
<img alt="Ofsted raises caseload concerns at mutual-run children&#39;s services" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/741ff19a-965c-44ed-b38d-88f63eb75078/3/ScreenShot20170411at125121-320x198.png" /> <p> Windsor and Maidenhead children's services was taken over by mutual Achieving for Children - which also runs children's services in the London boroughs of Kingston and Richmond - in August last year. ... </p>
cypn
Published: 20 December 2018
School's out for slumber: Website shows 'tired' schools
The reason was accidently given on a council's website used by parents and pupils to check if their school is shut.
bbc
Published: 20 December 2018
Awareness of 30-hour offer lower among poorer families, DfE survey finds
<img alt="Awareness of 30-hour offer lower among poorer families, DfE survey finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9567983f-e550-4f61-9039-f00a1be5b29d/1/nurserywellbeing-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The government's flagship childcare policy, for working parents of three- and four-year-olds, was launched in September 2017. However, a DfE survey of parents has found that those on low incomes are... </p>
cypn
Published: 20 December 2018
Zahawi dismisses calls for national allowance for Staying Put carers
<img alt="Zahawi dismisses calls for national allowance for Staying Put carers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6fdd2bf4-3450-42b6-a604-29fbbfd0a377/3/zahawi-320x198.png" /> <p> Speaking in Parliament this week, Zahawi said the government had no plans to look at introducing a national minimum allowance, despite figures earlier this year showing a fall in the proportion of young... </p>
cypn
Published: 20 December 2018
Will Brexit result in more 'Skype families'?
Thousands of Britons will spend Christmas apart from a loved one. Will Brexit make more Skype families?
bbc
Published: 20 December 2018