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Dame Rachel de Souza said parenting must not be outsourced to professionals, adding if we are serious about protecting our children, we have to look at our own behaviour..

Pope Francis made a brief appearance to bless the thousands of people in St Peters Square, drawing cheers and applause from the crowd as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia..

Scotlands NHS boards have paid almost £227 million in compensation in the past five years, new figures suggest..

The number of modern languages teachers in Scotland has fallen by more than a fifth since 2008, figures have shown..

Free breakfast clubs are set to launch at 750 schools across England next week as teachers expressed concerns that Government funding behind the flagship scheme will fall short of the cost..

Councils and charities have joined forces to call on the Government to stabilise a childrens social care system at breaking point, and bolster protections in progressively challenging circumstances..

A colossal squid has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time, 100 years after the species was discovered..

More than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday in the highest number of arrivals on a single day so far this year..