Air travel with under-twos can be fraught. But most airlines allow non-seated passengers without charge, or ask for a nominal fee, which is one less thing for families to worry about.

The number of prep schools has increased in recent years but few private schools have opened, meaning children have had to sit numerous exams at different institutions to make the cut.

Belief in black magic is still strong in rural parts of Pakistan (Picture: AFP) A father-of-six is on the run after allegedly strangling five of his children to death in the hope the sacrifice would grant him magical powers, including alchemy. Ali Nawaz Leghari, 40, is said to have killed the two girls and three boys, […]

David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have repeatedly called for end to money being sent abroad by EU migrants working in the UK who leave their children in their home country.

Alun Jones, the new president of the Girls’ Schools Association has said that referring to independent schools as bastions of ‘elite and privilege’ is outdated these days.

The man, thought to be Phu Lam, 53, was found dead after an alleged rampage in which he attacked victims in two parts of Edmonton, Canada, before fleeing and taking his own life.

Lunarness Mendoza is accused of going on a rampage (Picture: Police) A man went on an unusual pre-Christmas rampage that allegedly involved him exposing himself to children, stealing an officer’s Taser and then attempting to get into a police car. Lunarness Mendoza, 32, was eventually caught and arrested on charges of assaulting an officer, indecent […]

The fatal blaze broke out at a site reserved for travelling fairground families in Newchapel, Surrey, at 1.45am today and the three victims were declared dead at the scene.

A mother and her two young children, aged one and six, are killed in a fire at a mobile home park near Lingfield, Surrey.