Education

rewrite this title How working parents can get 15 and 30 hours free childcare

Summarize this content to 1000 words The government is offering a cash incentive of £600 to those who become childminders (or £1,200 for those joining via an agency). The Department for Education does not yet have figures for the numbers who have signed up, but says childcare staffing rose by 4% across 2023 as a whole., external However, the number of childminders - those providing early years care in homes
Science/Nature

rewrite this title Environmental Factor – April 2020: Good cholesterol is transported by novel proteins

Summarize this content to 1000 words Lipids play vital roles in the body, helping to store energy, produce hormones, and make cell membranes. Surprisingly, scientists are still trying to learn how the body maintains appropriate levels of lipids, such as cholesterol, according to Peter Tontonoz, M.D., Ph.D. He spoke Mar. 10 as part of the NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series. Tontonoz credited many of the findings he presented to the
Health

rewrite this title NHS apology after baby given wrong breast milk

Summarize this content to 1000 words SuppliedMilo weighed just less than 2lb (0.9kg) when he was bornA hospital trust has apologised to the parents of a baby who was given another mother's breast milk after being born prematurely.Melissa and Callum say they were "let down repeatedly" during their son Milo's treatment at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) and Leicester General Hospital (LGH).Milo, who was born at 26 weeks in March, was
Entertainment

rewrite this title Peaches, Marie Losier Talk Venice Doc

Summarize this content to 100 words The journey towards this year’s Venice Film Festival began nearly two decades ago for documentarian Marie Losier and pop icon Merrill Nisker – better known to the world as Peaches. Upon meeting backstage at a show, Losier instinctively turned her Bolex camera on the musician — and then didn’t stop filming for 17 years. The result is “Peaches Goes Bananas,” an intimate and unconventional
Health

rewrite this title Winter virus jab rolled out for pregnant women and elderly

Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesA vaccination programme to protect newborn babies and older people against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is being rolled out in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Monday, following a similar scheme in Scotland.RSV is one of the common viruses that causes coughs and colds in winter, but it can cause severe and sometimes life-threatening breathing difficulties.For the first time, women who are at
US & World

Russia launches a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine’s military says

Summarize this content to 1000 words KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and possibly other cities, Ukraine’s air force said early Monday.Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday, sending residents into bomb shelters.Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said emergency services were called to the Holosiivskyi and Solomianskyi districts of Kyiv. One person was reportedly injured
UK News

rewrite this title One-word grades for schools to be scrapped

Summarize this content to 1000 words Ofsted decision feels like vindication, says Ruth Perry's sisterOne or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England's schools are being scrapped immediately.Overall grade categories of Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement and Inadequate will no longer be issued. The government said the change, which follows the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023, was needed to reduce the high stakes for schools and give parents a better
Science/Nature

rewrite this title Environmental Factor – April 2020: Botanical safety taken on by new consortium

Summarize this content to 1000 words Looking to address concerns about the safety of botanicals, NIEHS joined forces with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the nonprofit Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) to form the Botanical Safety Consortium. The new consortium aims to address the lack of data on the safety of botanicals. The consortium, which launched a website in March, will serve as a collaborative forum