Daily roundup 11 March: Cameron's mum, premature babies, and academy pay

The Prime Minister David Cameron's mother has said she is "very sad" that the children's centre where she volunteers will close. The Independent reports that Mrs Cameron, who signed a petition against closures to children's centres in her son's constituency in Witney, Oxfordshire, said she had not asked Cameron about the closures because she "doesn't interfere".


Premature babies should be treated as children with special needs and monitored throughout their primary school years, health experts have said. The Telegraph reports that a study by the Nuffield Foundation warns that eight out of 10 teachers have had no training in dealing with premature children and mostly treat them as just another member of the class.


The salary levels of some chief executives of multi-academy trusts do not reflect their performance, Ofsted's chief inspector Michael Wilshaw has said. The BBC reports that Wilshaw said there too many pupils, particularly disadvantaged ones, from multi-academy trusts that are underperforming.


A nursery has been forced to close after an inspection revealed child safety fears and failures by bosses to report allegations against staff. The Bucks Free Press reports that the children at the nursery in High Wycombe have been relocated, and staff will lose their jobs following an "inadequate" Ofsted inspection.


South Yorkshire Police has been criticised for its efforts to tackle child sexual exploitation in the wake of the Rotherham scandal. The BBC reports that figures from the Crown Prosecution Service show  it was among forces prosecuting the fewest number of child abusers over the last three years. Former children's minister Tim Loughton said charges and prosecutions by the police force were "completely out of sync" with other forces.


A Christian judge has been sacked after he said a child adopted by a gay couple would have been better placed with "a man and a woman". The Daily Mail reports that Richard Page made the comments on national television. The Judiciary Conduct Investigations Office said he was removed from his position for showing prejudice against single-sex adopters.