Recent independent national enquiries into maternity care in the UK have invited patients to submit accounts of their experiences via public self-reporting systems and it is clear that mothers and families mostly blame the actions or inactions of frontline workers for their plight: midwives who did not listen or take their concerns seriously; staff who pre-judged them or treated them dif…

After the amazing response to the recent children's art competition, I didn't envy the judges’ job of picking a few winners and runners-up. There was an array of styles and mediums from ages four to eighteen. I wanted to show the world all the talented artists, but it would take a whole newspaper to include everyone.

This August, disabled or seriously ill children and their families can learn to code, animate and create their way through summer with national disability charity Family Fund’s Discover Digital summer festival.

A Leeds-based young people's counsellor is sharing advice for parents worried about how their children will cope with the proposed under-16 social media ban.

Sara Pascoe has helped LNER launch a new campaign encouraging families to turn their train journeys into reading time this summer. The comedian and host of the Weirdos Book Club podcast, a book review podcast now in its fifth season, kicked off the campaign today by treating schoolchildren to pop-up reading sessions on trains travelling between London, York and Leeds.

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is inviting visitors to discover one of Yorkshire's most unusual dining experiences this summer, combining heritage steam travel with great food and spectacular scenery.

There are very few contemporary children's characters as iconic as the Gruffalo; however, ask my 5-year-old and any others, and I am certain they would also list an array of characters created by the duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Unsurprisingly, therefore, their key characters are all celebrated in a soft play setting.

Visitors to Chester Zoo will be able to spend the whole day and evening at the attraction this summer, with the zoo’s popular Afterglow event included in standard daytime admission for the first time.

Our visit to Tutankhamun: The Immersive Experience at the NEC was nothing short of extraordinary. My son, Calum, aged 9, has been studying Ancient Egypt at school and is absolutely fascinated by the subject, so this exhibition was already high on our list of family days out.

A debt recovery expert has outlined the key steps universities and independent schools should take when recovering unpaid student debts. The issue has come under renewed focus following recent reports that nearly £500 million in unpaid or hidden debts is owed to UK universities, much of it linked to accommodation and other institutional costs.

If there is one thing every outdoor artist in Manchester learns quickly, it is never to trust the weather forecast. In the days leading up to Didsbury Festival 2026, the prediction was fairly bleak. Rain seemed inevitable.

As the daddy of a nine-year-old and a five-year-old, I've experienced Blippi fever not once, but twice. Over the years, a much-loved Blippi doll has made the journey from older brother to younger sister, surviving countless adventures along the way.

Perceptive children’s writing demands a counter-intuitive rigour: created to serve the freeform juvenile imagination, text and illustrations have to be crafted to tease sparks into lucent flames, metaphors into new and enticing forms.

A significant number of people looking after a family member or friend do not feel that their role as an unpaid carer is understood or valued by their community.

My last visit to Warwick Castle had been for a very different experience entirely — watching Mika perform live against the stunning backdrop of the castle itself. While the venue had proven spectacular for a concert, there had been little opportunity to properly explore everything the castle and grounds had to offer.

Going into residential care is far from inevitable – statistics show that only 10.8% of those aged 85 or over live in a residential care setting*. For some it is a freely made choice to enter a residential care setting, bringing peace of mind and a respite from housebound isolation. For others it will be a traumatic experience, imposed upon them through the lack of any viable alternative.

The welcome days of floor-to-ceiling sunshine have also come with its downfalls. The soaring temperatures brought families outdoors, and who could blame them? But there were consequences with the dangers of sunburn and the temptations of the refreshing cold waters of lakes and other waterways.

Most people who represent themselves at financial remedy hearings do so not because they want to, but because they have looked at solicitors' fees and decided they have no choice. Under the direct access scheme, you can instruct a barrister to advise you, prepare your case, or represent you in court without a solicitor acting as an intermediary.

Schoolchildren from across the Harrogate district had the chance to explore South Asian music and move to a different beat this week, thanks to a series of exciting new workshops. Youngsters from six schools took part in the Global Villages workshops with Punjabi Roots Academy, learning all about Dhol drumming and Punjabi culture.

Six emergency and rescue organisations will gather under one roof in Hull this May half-term as the popular H2O Heroes event returns to The Deep for a fourth consecutive year.

With exam season in full swing, millions of children and young people across the UK will be beginning to feel the stress of upcoming tests. Students are often under pressure from an early age to succeed, with the repercussions of under-achieving feeling incredibly significant.

Thomas Alexander Homes has shown its support for Sharow CE Primary School and Nursery with the creation of a new, construction-themed active learning area for early years children, reinforcing the company’s commitment to supporting the communities in which it builds.

Niche family law firm, Jones Myers, is enhancing comfort and wellbeing for cancer patients with a vital Airglove unit which warms and raises veins in patients’ arms. Patients at the Sir Robert Ogden MacMillan Centre in Harrogate will benefit from the air warming system which also reduces discomfort and stress for the nursing staff treating them.

Two years on from our last visit, I found myself returning to Cadbury World—this time with slightly older children, sharper questions, longer attention spans, and, as it turns out, an even deeper capacity for joy. When I first visited with my children, Calum was 7 and Skye just 3—wide-eyed, excitable, and happy to be swept along by the spectacle.