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18 October 2001, Nursery World

We're delighted this week to be publishing our first ever supplement on out-of-school care, free with Nursery World. This dynamic area of childcare is growing fast, with New Opportunities Fund...

Strike threat over schools' pay plans

18 October 2001, Nursery World

Apublic services union representing nursery nurses has given a London local education authority until the end of the month to abandon its plans to axe uniform pay and conditions for...

Firework destroys nursery

18 October 2001, Nursery World

(Photograph) - A Merseyside nursery has lost all its records and equipment after being set ablaze by fireworks. Mary Valle Nursery in Tower Hill, Kirkby, went up in flames on...

Catherine Barnes (left), a second-year CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing student

18 October 2001, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Catherine Barnes (left), a second-year CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing student at Derby Tertiary College, has won the second Heinemann Childcare Student of the Year Award. Mrs Barnes...

Refuse unvaccinated children admission to nursery, say GPs

18 October 2001, Nursery World

Pressure on general practitioners to meet Government immunisation targets has led some to suggest that unvaccinated children should be banned from going to a day nursery. Doctors who are struggling...

In brief...Childcare for lone fathers

18 October 2001, Nursery World

Childcare for lone fathers was addressed by delegates at a conference in London last week by the single parents group Gingerbread. The charity's Margaret Creear called on employers to help...

In brief...The lack of good-quality

18 October 2001, Nursery World

The lack of good-quality, affordable childcare was pinpointed as the biggest barrier preventing lone parents from working in a report by Ireland's National Economic and Social Forum. The report said,...

Quote of the week

18 October 2001, Nursery World

'One moment I was an acceptable member of society, the next I was a stigmatised lone parent.' A man whose wife died when his child was aged 17 months, speaking...

Parishioners from St Andrew's Anglican Church in Kirkby, Merseyside

18 October 2001, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Parishioners from St Andrew's Anglican Church in Kirkby, Merseyside, hold a prayer meeting outside the building, where premises for the Mary Valle Nursery were destroyed on 2 October...

MSPs' childcare perks draw envy

18 October 2001, Nursery World

The Scottish Parliament's move to introduce childcare vouchers for MSPs and staff has been praised for setting a good example - but it has also drawn fire because many businesses...