Daily roundup 7 December: 'Bucket list', early years funding, and adoption battle

Children and young people who are dying should be asked if they have a "bucket list" of wishes that they want to accomplish, health officials have said. The Telegraph reports that guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said medics or care workers developing care plans for terminally-ill children should ask about their "life ambitions and wishes".


The Pre-School Learning Alliance has voiced concern after the government confirmed there is no plan to review early years funding. Speaking in the House of Lords earlier this week, education minister Lord Nash stated that although the government plans to monitor the implementation of the 30 hours scheme, there are no plans to conduct a formal annual review. Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, described the announcement as "disappointing".  ?


A couple have lost their fight to adopt a granddaughter who they did not know existed until she was 12 months old. The BBC reports that the child - now two - had been placed with foster carers but a High Court judge ruled the youngster should be cared for by the grandparents. The foster couple challenged that decision and the Family Division of the High Court in Newcastle has now ruled in their favour.


A 19-year-old who stabbed a schoolboy to death a month after he was sent on a "knife awareness course" has been jailed for 13 years. The Daily Mail reports that Walker Sesay was sentenced for stabbing 17-year-old Che Labastide-Wellington through the heart outside a birthday party on 7 November 2015. The teenager, who had a previous conviction for carrying a blade and undertook an awareness course, was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter.


Zillah Bingley, chief executive of Research Autism, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. She will succeed current chief Heather Wood who is retiring after 17 years in the role and 28 years working at the charity.?


The Prince's Trust and Samsung have called for greater digital inclusion for the most disadvantaged young people in the UK. Research by the organisations found that 53 per cent of the UK's disadvantaged young people believe information found on the internet is "generally reliable", but 50 per cent say that no one or almost no one can be trusted online.