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Children’s online safety is the issue of our time: David Samuel
Earlier this year, the Government announced its intention to improve online safety for our children and hopefully it will be a policy that stands the test of ti...

Mother-of-three girls Megan Gault fears the closure would affect her seven-year-old's mental health

Yorkshire mother ‘between anger and tears’ over school closure

The school describes itself on its website as sitting "on the hillside above Hebden Bridge, surrounded by beautiful countryside", adding: We are a small rural school with a real family feel".

Parents demand answers over closure of school near Hebden Bridge

New Gen Yoto Player

Yoto Mini 4th Gen vs 2024 Edition: my verdict on which is worth buying

Chancellor John Healey after his speech during the Labour Party Conference. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

How to get young people into employment - Sarah Todd

Home schooling is on the rise in the UK. Photo credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Beyond the schoolgates: Skyrocketing demand for home education in East Yorkshire

Children can use phones safely with this app developed in association with Mumsnet

The free app helping parents manage children’s Android phones

Coun David Noland.

Extra bus added after children as young as 11 left stranded at the side of road

A first phone brings independence, alongside new conversations about what children can access online

The free app helping parents set boundaries on a child’s phone

Martha and Maeve Seales and the school route used by North Yorkshire Council.

Mother’s anger over grouse shooting on council’s school route over moorland

L-R Coun Phillip Lofts, Coun Jo Newing, Ann Bowler on Hope Street

‘It’ll take a child being knocked down’: Residents demand action on parking

A first phone can bring independence, along with new questions for parents about online safety.

Your child’s phone has a safety blind spot. Here’s what parents can do

LEGO DUPLO bricks are designed for little hands and can be used to create colourful models through open-ended play.

6 skills toddlers can learn through LEGO DUPLO play

The Very promotion includes LEGO DUPLO sets featuring Bluey, Disney Frozen, Spidey, vehicles and animals.

The LEGO DUPLO sets designed for different toddler ages

A mother and her baby. (Tetra Images/Alamy)

How to prepare financially for becoming a parent

Selected LEGO DUPLO sets are reduced by up to 25% at Very until September 16

Very cuts up to 25% off LEGO DUPLO sets for little builders

The road between Keld and Kirkby Stephen would not be used as a route to school under the proposed changes.

Changes proposed to council's controversial home-to-school transport policy

The most common method to put money aside for their youngsters is via a children’s savings account

A fifth of parents haven't put money aside to support their kids

Regatta’s back to school sale collection includes fleeces, padded jackets and a waterproof coat with a built-in torch.

Regatta’s £4.80 fleece is a top of the class back-to-school bargain

More young adults are moving back in with parents

Rise of the 'boomerang kids' comes with big financial implications

School WhatsApp groups are an 'essential parenting tool'

Parents rely on WhatsApp groups to stay on top of back-to-school chaos
Parents have named school WhatsApp groups an ‘essential tool’, according to research.
Gemma Francis

MC Grindah brings Bare Expectations to life

Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has been given a Gen Z makeover

A Yoto player can bring screen-free stories into a child's bedtime routine as the autumn evenings get darker.

This simple bedtime addition will help kids on darker autumn nights

Kipling's Back to School collection has launched

Ad Feature Kipling launches durable back-to-school collection for 2026

Regatta’s back to school sale collection includes fleeces, padded jackets and a waterproof coat with a built-in torch.

Regatta’s £4.80 fleece is a top pf the class back-to-school bargain

Ad Feature St Leger 250: Massive family funday to mark 250th festival finale

Picture posed by models

Ad Feature POA and guardianship: What Yorkshire families need to know

A Yoto player can entertain children for years with its ever-expanding collection of stories and music.

The clever kids' gift that grows with them

Leeds-based young people's counsellor Lisa Norfolk. Photo: Lumiere Photographic

Yorkshire counsellor on preparing for under 16s social media ban

AFC is the largest military training establishment for under-18s in the UK

Calls grow for inquiry after reports of abuse and rape at military college

Buying the Yoto Player was the simple switch that helped my son forget about his tablet

How the Yoto Player helped my son swap tablet time for stories

Funeral director Robert Bush has been jailed for 20 years

Campaigner calls for public inquiry into rogue funeral director
A campaigner who entrusted the funerals of her parents to rogue undertaker Robert Bush has called for a public inquiry into what went wrong.
Tom Wilkinson, PA

The average child tucks into three ice creams a week over the summer holidays

Parents will pay nearly £50 for ice creas over the summer holidays

Parents admitted keeping their children engaged throughout the holidays is becoming increasingly challenging

Parents run out of ideas by day 10 of summer holidays

Yoto Daily's Jake Harris shares why curiosity, laughter and storytelling are at the heart of every episode

Meet the voice behind Yoto Daily Jake Harris

Drivers are presenting an opportunity to resolve life’s greatest struggles all from the car seat

Ad Feature Brits use summer road trips to settle life's biggest problems

The Silver Cross Cove 2 Chocolate Travel System Accessory Bundle includes eight coordinated essentials for parents and babies

The Silver Cross bundle new parents will love

Ten toys and games under £10 that will keep kids entertained all summer holidays

Ten toys under £10 to keep kids entertained this summer

Sainsbury's three for £8 picky bits deal includes a wide selection of quick and easy family favourites. Stock image.

Sainsbury's £8 deal is helping families save on summer meals

A stock picture of pupils at a school. PIC: David Jones/PA Wire

Children being held hostage to political fortune - Jayne Dowle

Sainsbury's three for £8 picky bits promotion includes a wide range of quick and easy family favourites. Stock image.

Sainsbury's £8 deal could make summer holidays easier

The Momcozy Portable Bottle Warmer is designed to make warming baby feeds easier while travelling

Momcozy warmer now £64.59

Yoto Daily's Jake Harris shares why curiosity, laughter and storytelling are at the heart of every episode

Inside Yoto Daily with presenter Jake Harris

The Owlet Dream Sock is a wearable smart baby monitor that tracks pulse rate, oxygen levels and sleep through a companion app

Parents can save £100 on the Owlet Dream Sock smart baby monitor

Featuring a six-inch display, remote camera controls and night vision, the HelloBaby video baby monitor has been reduced by 25% on Amazon

Parents can save 25% on this large-screen HelloBaby video monitor

The Tommee Tippee Twist and Click Starter Set includes the nappy bin and 12 refill cassettes to help parents get started

Tommee Tippee nappy bin now £48.99

Hyde Park Picture House. Picture Tony Johnson

Parents allowed to take babies into 18-rated films under relaxed rules

Why parents are choosing Yoto for more stories and less screen time for kids

Screen-free stories, songs and audio adventures with Yoto

Why the Yoto Mini is my must-have travel companion for keeping kids entertained in the summer holidays

The screen-free travel gadget making summer holidays easier

Jamie Kelly died following an altercation with three members of door staff outside a bar in Silver Street, Doncaster, in May 2022

Family pay tribute to 'rockstar' as three men sentenced over his death

One in 14 (seven per cent) parents expect to move to a bigger home so their children can continue living with them into adulthood, according to savings and investments firm M&G.

Why Britain's family homes are getting more crowded

To celebrate Toy Story 5 arriving in cinemas, ODEON is launching the 'Play Them Forward' toy collection campaign this weekend.

Ad Feature UK families are sitting on half a BILLION unused toys, study says

Embsay near Skipton.

Council urged to lower speed limit through North Yorkshire villages

School children in a classroom. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Yorkshire has its own educational divide - Jayne Dowle

More than six in 10 admitted they’re “appalled” fast food giants are advertising around schools

Two thirds of parents think junk food advertising should be banned

Jade Botterill, MP for Ossett and Denby Dale.

Yorkshire MPs welcome plan to ban under 16s from social media

Parents and children have launched a campaign to get a new playground near to their homes in Knottingley.

Parents and kids campaign for new playground in Knottingley

Two thirds of fathers (66 per cent) have delayed seeking medical help

The nation’s favourite ‘dadisms’ phrases

The study was commissioned by Mattel to explore how play is evolving for a new generation of children, following the launch of its Disney and Pixar ‘Toy Story 5’ line

Three quarters of parents are emotionally attached to childhood toys

MP Bridget Phillipson.

Yorkshire has some of the highest school absence rates in England

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