Being forced to eat dog biscuits off the floor was part of life for young children at an educational referral unit, former pupils have said.

Serious concerns about a suspected paedophile childcare worker were ignored for months by nursery managers, a BBC investigation has been told.

An organisation run by a man awarded an MBE in 2000 has been accused of organising events celebrating the Beijing government and promoting party views.

Families of the victims of former Bright Horizons nursery worker Vincent Chan have taken steps towards a legal challenge against Camden Council over claims it has refused to investigate whether the nursery group breached health and safety legislation.

The Conservatives has taken aim at the Education Secretary over a “day of welcome” initiative being promoted by a network of primary and secondary schools ahead of "Refugee Week".

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has issued a stark warning, cautioning that online misogyny risks creating "a lost generation of young men", as he intensified his call for a ban on social media for under-16s.

Camden Council is facing legal action over safeguarding failures at a nursery home where a man sexually abused children as young as two years old.

The University of Manchester has launched an investigation after about 20 female medical students complained of receiving anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night from male callers who intimidated and sexually harassed them.