Childcare cost: British parents pay three times more than families in Europe
21 May 2012, 6:44 am
Childcare costs swallow up 27 per cent of UK parents' net income on average, according to a report by Tory MP Elizabeth Truss. In contrast, the average family in the Netherlands pays only 10 per cent of its net income to childminders

UK childcare 'needs an overhaul'
20 May 2012, 9:45 pm
Childcare in the UK needs to be overhauled to make it more affordable, a report by MP Elizabeth Truss, for the CentreForum think tank, suggests.

Childcare 'needs to be overhauled'
20 May 2012, 6:24 pm
Childcare in the UK needs to be overhauled to make it more affordable and of a good quality for families, a report suggests.

childminder launches campaign to save pub
19 May 2012, 12:05 pm
A childminder and DJ has launched a campaign to save a pub, which she claims is a lifeline for the community in Worcester Park.

A grandmother died of lung cancer after doctors miss tumour in scan four years earlier
18 May 2012, 5:15 am
Retired childminder Rona O'Brien, aged 72, underwent scans back in 2008 that showed a treatable early stage tumour measuring just one centimetre that was missed by doctors.

Fears over play safety
10 May 2012, 7:30 am
With reference to the letter ‘Criticism of playground’ (Bury Free Press, April 6).

Parents weep as childminder jailed over porn images
5 May 2012, 5:41 am
PARENTS wept with relief as a childminder who downloaded and stored thousands of images of depraved child abuse was jailed.

Middlesbrough childminder jailed over extreme porn
5 May 2012, 2:09 am
A REGISTERED childminder caught with thousands of indecent images of youngsters and animal pornography was jailed yesterday after a judge told him he had left families devastated.

childminder wins Inspiring People award
23 April 2012, 8:51 am
A childminder from Sandridge who has continued to work throughout her battle with cancer has been named the winner of this month’s Inspiring People Award.

childminder hours cut, survey shows
22 April 2012, 7:30 pm
THE RECESSION has resulted in fewer hours for childminders and more vacancies, a new survey has found. The number of those working for 40 hours or more per week is 6 per cent down on 2010, according to a survey of the members of Childminding Ireland.