Childcare

Parents in the Borders say they are "disheartened" that plans to shut six sites were not put on hold.

Childcare costs for parents of under-twos in Wales are more expensive than anywhere else in Britain.

The local authority in the Scottish Borders says another six sites could close in the summer.

Parents in England are now entitled to 15 hours a week of free childcare for their two-year-olds.

Parents of nine-month-old who died at a nursery call for stronger safeguarding measures.

A childminder says the Department for Education's subsidy scheme does not go far enough.

There will be roughly 460 new childcare places created across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

Charities and childcare centres say they are being hit by the tax increase but cannot raise prices.