The consultation is expected to include questions about a potential ban on the sale of phones to under-16s and the need for parental approval when teenagers download social media apps such as Facebook and Instagram. However, other more stringent proposals that were expected to feature in the consultation are now …
Read More »Kids have days left to send letters to Santa in order to get a reply
6 December 2022, 11:52 | Updated: 6 December 2022, 12:24 Kids don’t have long to send off their Santa letters. Picture: Getty Images/Alamy Parents have been warned that they’ve got less than a week to get their children to write a letter to Santa if they want a reply. With …
Read More »Dumfries and Galloway Standard launches Christmas Toy Appeal 2022
The region’s longest running Christmas Toy Appeal will run for almost six weeks to help under-privileged children experience the magic of Christmas. Times are tough with the cost of living crisis but more so for our children and young people, especially those disadvantaged by poverty. On the back of two …
Read More »Scots mum’s back ache turns out to be labour as baby born nine weeks early
An expectant mum was left shocked when her lower back ache turned out to be labour and she gave birth to her baby daughter nine weeks early. Lauren McLelland Lambe, from Bellshill, had popped into Wishaw General for a routine check up after she had woken up with back pain …
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Read More »Dumfries and Galloway Toy Appeal helps nearly 900 children receive a Christmas gift
The Standard’s Toy Appeal has brought a huge injection of Christmas community spirit in the toughest of times and, tomorrow morning, will bring delighted smiles to the faces of a record-breaking number of children – more than 870 – needing a gift. Once again the response from our readers and …
Read More »Kids can get a free personalised letter from Santa – here’s how to get one
It’s an age-old tradition in most households – writing a letter to Santa. But just imagine if Santa wrote back? Well, imagine no more as we have the answer just for you Thanks to Royal Mail your child can get their own personalised reply from St Nick himself – and …
Read More »600,000 children submit entries to stamp design contest hailing pandemic heroes
A record number of schoolchildren have submitted entries to a competition to design new Royal Mail stamps to recognise heroes of the pandemic. More than 600,000 designs were sent from almost 7,500 schools, with 120 regional finalists being chosen. A stamp designed by a schoolchild (Royal Mail/PA) The previous highest …
Read More »The Great Depression destroyed the life chances of future generations – the corona crash will do the same for us
Compared to their grandparents, the effects of Covid-19 on our children will be relatively small. But only in the short term. In the longer term, the effects of the pandemic – or more accurately its economic consequences – are likely to resemble those experienced by children who grew up in …
Read More »Uncovering my father’s role in the Great Train Robbery
Fifty six years since the Great Train Robbery, Rosa Silverman hears how one assailant’s son made a shocking discovery Danny Pembroke always knew his father was different. He didn’t look, talk or walk like other fathers. He had no social circle, did not belong to a darts team or a golf …
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