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Pippa Waller, Debbie Sands, Rachel Harrison and Sher Green, have raised over £400 through an annual charity event, held at Derriford Health and Leisure Centre, which they have kindly donated to the Plymouth Hospital Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Trust Fund.

The fitness event was called ‘Sh’bat’, a combination of Sh’bam and Body Combat and was held on 31st May. Around 200 people attended,...

Children’s Christmas wishes are evolving as today’s kids show awareness of the less fortunate and consider what they could give to a disadvantaged child, according to new research released today.

Rather than seeing other children go without toys in the festive season, the research from Argos and Barnardo’s shows that 95 per cent of children would happily give up some of their Christmas...

As you look forward to heading home for the weekend, here's a survey that may ring true.

For a new study has revealed that in the South West, parents have a staggering 91 battles a week with their children – and win 73 of them.

· The most common battles take place around bedtime when mums and dads desperately try to get their children to go to sleep without a fight.

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Do your family need some help? Have you tried everything you can?

If so, you'll be glad to hear that the UK's favourite nanny since Mary Poppins is back in business!

Supernanny Jo Frost is holding the ultimate parenting countryhouse retreat this summer, and you could join her!

All you need to do is visit http://www.shortaudition.com/application.php?jid=13180 , email...

Wild Tribe Children’s Festival 11-13 July Plymouth

Plans are coming together nicely for Plymouth’s first ever festival for children.

There's a great line up; four different family performances every day plus workshops in animation, dance, storytelling, circus skills, illustration and crafts.

There’ll be live music plus lots of activities including forest school,...

Scientists have found that a simple blood test, which can read DNA, could be used to predict obesity levels in children.

Researchers at the Universities of Southampton, Plymouth and Exeter used the test to assess the levels of epigenetic switches in the PGC1a gene – a gene that regulates fat storage in the body.

Epigenetic switches take place through a chemical change called...

Plymouth is set to invest just over £11 million into six new contracts to provide much-loved community-based services for 0-five year olds from children’s centres across the city.

A report to Cabinet yeseterday explained how this investment will prompt new working arrangements that will mean more joined up services with health and other providers so that families with young children...

A third (33%) of parents in the South West now see it as their ‘parental duty’ to contribute to their child’s first property purchase, with nearly half (49%) gifting over £10,000 to their child and one in eight (12%) over £50,000, according to new research from QualitySolicitors.

In the process, parents in the region are making major sacrifices, with one in five (20%) of parents in...