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Essex nursery 'closes because of universal free hours scheme'
Fidgety Fingers is one of many nurseries which say they cannot make government funding rates stretch.
Food banks warn of school holiday hunger
Many children risk going hungry over the summer, warns the Trussell Trust, which runs 420 UK food banks.
Action urged to teach children to swim
Almost a third of 11-year-olds in England leave primary school unable to swim, a survey suggests.
Children in temporary housing up a third since 2014
Councils say child homelessness has reached unsustainable levels with the numbers rising sharply.
Newcastle University students targeted by cyber-scam
Fraudulent site takes personal details and course payments for fake university.