50,000 families across the country have been chosen to trial a new parenting programme devised by the government in a bid to make society more responsible. The classes have been designed for parents with children under the age of 5 and will provide training in communication, managing conflict, creating routine, stating boundaries and enforcing discipline. read more »

A survey of ten European developed countries has ranked the UK as the worst place to live in Europe whilst France reigns supreme on the top spot. According to the uSwitch quality of life index, the UK has the second lowest hours of sunshine per year, the forth highest retirement age, the third lowest spend read more »

Worrying statistics from the Office for National Statistics show a sharp rise in UK unemployment rates at the beginning of 2011. Recent figures revealed that the number of unemployed people increased to 2.51 million in the first three months leading up to July this year. This is an overall rise of 80,00, representing an increase read more »

Reports have suggested that Edinburgh University is to start charging tuition fees at a rate which is higher than even top Universities, Oxford and Cambridge. With growing pressure on University budgets, tuition fees are reaching alarming levels which will be likely to have a huge effect on the number of people able to embark in read more »

Recently compiled official government data has shown that as little as one in 13 teenage girls and one in eight teenage boys consume their recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables. The data is taken from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, a poll of more than 2,000 adults and children who were questioned about read more »

We all know that doing something for others boosts our own happiness in the process so why not get involved with ITV Daybreaks ‘Donate-a-day’ scheme and pledge to give some of your time to helping others? Last time we checked 1,715 Daybreak viewers had pledged to give a day of their own time to helping read more »

In a bid to raise awareness of the importance of sleep in school children, the charity Sleep Scotland is to offer a teaching pack to schools as part of the curriculum for excellence. The charity, which already offers a sleep counselling service, has said that excessive use of T.V computers and mobile phones late at read more »

This Wednesday the government are set to publish their tobacco control plan to coincide with national No Smoking Day. At the end of last year the government announced proposals to strip cigarette packaging of its branding in a bid to make smoking less attractive to consumers. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is expected to publish the read more »

Each year, sexual health charity Brook holds its annual awards dinner in celebration of the positive work going on all over the UK to improve the lives of young people. This years the event will be hosted by Marc Elliot and Johnny Partridge who play Syed and Christian from EastEnders and will explore many of read more »

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced the government is planning to overhaul ‘Edwardian’ childcare routes to grant fathers up to ten months off work following the birth of a child. The new rules would entitle fathers to be offered additional blocks of leave which is not transferable to their wives or partners in a read more »