In 2001 there were 1,602 pupils in Irish-medium education, compared to 7,811 in 2025 but there are only two Irish-medium post-primary schools in NI. Source link

A new BBC documentary charts how the murders of 16 children and their teacher in March 1996 led to a handgun ban in the UK. Source link

Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome. Source link

School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils. Source link

The Children's Commissioner suggested social media advertising for children should be banned. Source link

The government sets aside £10 million a year to help families and young people under 24 access cancer treatment. Source link

Michelle RobertsDigital health editorDiabetes UKThanks to the study, Imogen, who is 12, is now receiving medication to help delay her diabetesAll UK children could be offered screening for type ...

Joanna MorrisBBC Shared Data UnitGetty ImagesThe number of children in drug and alcohol treatment has been rising since the coronavirus pandemicThree women whose teenage sons died after becoming addicted ...

Ofcom has made "urgent contact" with Elon Musk's company xAI following reports its AI tool Grok can be used to make "sexualised images of children" and undress women.A spokesperson ...

Philippa Roxby and Smitha MundasadHealth reportersGetty ImagesAll young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS.The vaccine will be ...

Cemlyn Davies,Wales political correspondentandAngela Ferguson,BBC WalesMari Ellis DunningMum-of-two Mari Ellis Dunning says the fact that smacking was ever legal "baffles" herA mother-of-two says she is "baffled" that smacking a ...

James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentandCatherine Snowdon,Health reporterGettySome men are having vast numbers of children through sperm donation. This week the BBC reported on a man whose sperm contained a ...