Daily roundup 30 September: Childcare, crime gangs, and mental health

Childcare costs in parts of England could "sky-rocket" as a result of government plans to expand free childcare, a charity has warned. The BBC reports that the Pre-school Learning Alliance said a quarter of councils are set to see falls in government funding when the free 30 hours scheme starts next year.


Children as young as 12 are being groomed and exploited by organised crime groups who send them across the country to carry drugs and money, it has been revealed. A Home Office document seen by ITV News describes the move as a "new type of organised crime" that is "unreported" and suggests the number of children involved is "unrecorded". ?


Young women are the highest risk group for mental health problems, data has shown. The BBC reports that NHS figures show that in 2014 one in five young women reported a common mental disorder such as depression compared with one in eight young men. ?


A Muslim school that is taking legal action following a damning Ofsted report cannot be named by the media, a judge has ruled. The Express reports the school was rated "inadequate" by inspectors and has now mounted a legal challenge against the judgment in the High Court. Mr Justice Stuart-Smith has ruled that the media must not name the school as it could generate a "media storm" and "tensions".?


A 27-year-old woman and 52-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a three-month-old girl was found unresponsive on a London bus. The Telegraph reports the child was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead after being found on the bus, in Stratford, east London, at 10.20am on Wednesday.


A study has labelled young people as "generation fast-food" after it found one in six teenagers eat it at least twice a day. The Daily Mail reports that the annual BBC Good Food Nation Survey found that adults eat fast good twice a week compared with 14 times or more for 16- to 20-year-olds.?