Family & Education

4 hrs ago

Family of five sitting on a wooden fenced ledge with rice padis in the background and green hills behind . Tom is 38, white, short fair hair. Morgan and George have short fair hair. Dani has long fair hair in a ponytail and Olivia has loose long dark blonde hair. All five wear shorts and sleeveless tshirts in varying shades of grey. Dani and Tom wear sunglasses. They all smile at the camera.

We sold everything and bought a one-way ticket to take our three children travelling

The Woolridge family sold their south Wales home and are travelling the world with no plans to return.

4 hrs ago

74 year old Valerie sits on a dark coloured sofa, wearing a brown checked shirt and bronze necklace. She has a grey, straight-haired bob and is smiling warmly at the camera.

'Taking in my great-grandkids at 74 saved me'

A Somerset great-grandmother talks about becoming a kinship carer after her daughter died.

4 hrs ago

2 days ago

Aaron Huxter (left) with his daughter Olivia-Grace. Aaron has blue eyes, short brown hair and a bushy beard. Olivia wears a yellow jumper, has her brown hair in pigtails and smiles at the camera.

My magical daughter went to school and never came home - I want everyone to remember her

Olivia-Grace's father says his world crumbled when his daughter died after falling in school.

2 days ago

3 days ago

Four women stand in a dining room with their arms around each other. Two of the women are wearing green polo tops. The woman on the left is wearing a white hoodie, and the woman second from the right is wearing a black dress.

'A lot of military wives give up their dreams'

Meet the women who set up networks to cope with their families being repeatedly moved around.

3 days ago

6 days ago

Badenoch unveils plan to end £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge' ahead of Tory conference

The Conservative leader tells the BBC the earnings threshold for government support stops people "working harder".

6 days ago

A silhouetted image of a parent shushing a child. The child is to the left of the image with their mouth open and the parent higher up to the right

When parenting advice becomes too much

Many parents feel overwhelmed by the amount of parenting information available

6 days ago

7 days ago

A low view of the Royal Court of Justice in London, the sky above it is blue and the sun is shining.

Woman deceived ex-partner that she had given birth to his babies, judge rules

The man paid his ex-partner around £30,000 over two years believing she had given birth to his children.

7 days ago

30 Sept 2026

Laura Anderson has long blonde hear and is wearing a brown top with a pink bag on her shoulder.

Would you go on holiday with your ex's ex

TV personality and radio presenter Laura Anderson shares her experience of going on holiday with her ex’s ex, and the bonds it helped her daughter form.

30 Sept 2026

29 Sept 2026

Chris sat with his son Hugo, Eliza, Flick and Georgina on a bench. They are all smiling.

Family appears on DIY SOS after dad's sudden death

Chris, who was a carpenter, was halfway through renovating the family home when he passed away aged 43.

29 Sept 2026