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To celebrate the launch of its new Kids Menu, Fridays is offering free kids meals when an adult main meal is purchased at all of its UK restaurants.

The offer will run between Monday 7th February and Friday 11th February until 5pm.

Kids will be able to choose from Fridays’ Little League, a range of smaller dishes from £5.25 or Fridays’ Major League, mini versions of all your...

NEW EXHIBITION - Project What If

When: Ongoing. FREE with general admission. Target audience: All ages Web link: https://www.wethecurious.org/event/project-what-if

Have you ever wished you could slow time down or wondered whether there is such a thing as the soul?

Inspired by real questions from the people of Bristol, Project What If is an invitation to escape into a...

Luxury Family Hotels is delighted to announce a further programme of investment for Moonfleet Manor, the group’s Dorset-based hotel located on the Jurassic Coast. The refurbishments are now underway, with the property set to reopen in March 2022.

The multi-million-pound investment project will see the refurbishment of the guest bedrooms located within the classic Georgian manor house...

Plans confirmed for register of children not in school so no child can ‘fall through the cracks’

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP

Published 3 February 2022

New measures to make sure children are getting the quality of education they deserve are being announced today, as the government continues its drive to level up opportunities for every child...

There is a chance to see some real-life heroes at Bristol Zoo Gardens this half-term.

They are the Conservation Heroes who are part of Bristol Zoological Society’s work to save wildlife both in the country and across the world.

Starting on February 19 to 27 the Zoo is celebrating seven of them and they are each featured on life-size boards all around the site.

They...

Global publishers Bloomsbury and Twinkl to take children on a magical journey of reading for the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

With this year’s Harry Potter Book Night taking place on Thursday 3rd February 2022, Bloomsbury has teamed up with Twinkl to take children on a truly magical journey of reading. As 2022 marks 25 years since Harry Potter and the...

As a quick disclaimer, I should say that I am not a professional, a doctor or a psychiatrist., I am just a regular person, except I have accidently spent my entire life masking out of fear. I am now an adult (or 42-year-old child, whichever you prefer), and have only recently resurfaced from my lifelong personality projection.

It’s only since my four children, a nine-year-old, a...

Government commits to National Youth Guarantee backed by £560 million funding

From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport , The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP , Nigel Huddleston MP , and The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Published 1 February 2022

• Youth Investment Fund will deliver up to 300 new and refurbished youth facilities in the most deprived parts of England
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Revealed: British attitudes towards paid parental leave and childcare

Parental leave and childcare considerations have a massive impact on parents, carers, employers, communities and most importantly, children's lives.

For that reason, Easy Offices surveyed 2,000 people across the UK asking how they felt about topics related to parental leave and childcare to ascertain what impacts...

Internet Matters today releases its first ever index to track children’s wellbeing in a digital world – and it reveals the vital role that parents’ own habits play in their child’s growth and experiences.

The Index is the result of 12-month project that studied children and parents from the same household about young people’s behaviours, experiences and impacts of their online lives....