Schools are turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger

The sun had just risen over Musa Primary as we arrived for our early morning visit to the school in northern Zambia. A small group of women – carrying pots and buckets of water – appeared in the dista

It’s generally accepted that provision for music in the UK’s state schools is patchy, varying hugely from one local borough to another and one school to another, according to the importance placed on

At the age of five, the celebrated children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson attended London’s Festival of Britain – a summer of activities and exhibitions around the South Bank to throw off the postwa

My cat Betty meowed impatiently as I spooned her dinner into a bowl. ‘All right madam, it’s coming,’ I chuckled as she brushed against my legs. Our gorgeous grey tabby cat had no idea how lucky she wa

If Paddington Bear was lost, homeless and roaming around Paddington Station today with nowhere else to go, he wouldn’t be the only one. “After the trains stop running, the underground closes and there