Hungry children feel anxious and they don't know why. During the school holidays, children who are entitled to free school meals are going hungry and experiencing social isolation because their parents can't afford to buy food or take them out.

After watching the BBC programme on war on plastic and working in a school myself, I see plastic water bottles thrown around the school premises. We need to stop the demand for these bottles to be made in the first place, where better to start than in education.

Because of the alarming damage UK public waste is having on the environment.

Over the last 4.5years my eldest son has received some fantastic books from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. This has not only enhanced his love of books and stories but has encouraged him to begin to learn to read before starting school. As a parent, I think it is a great shame that such a wonderful scheme that has enabled many children to access literature, is set to close in September. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of United Kingdom is a free book gifting organisation devoted to inspiring a love of reading in the hearts of children everywhere. Each month, enrolled children receive a high quality, age appropriate book in the post, free of charge. Children receive books from birth to age five. This means my other children will never know the joy of these free monthly books, or get to share the joy of reading future wonderful stories with parents and grandparents alike. This will mean families across Doncaster will not have future access to books that land on their door step every month.

The boundary ends at Howards Grove – see a full list of road names listed below. There are already weekday parking concerns, and overrun from Shirley workers and shoppers. Plus with the pending Lidl being built it will only get worse. First port of call will be Howards Grove (I work at UHSFT and know dozen’s that park in the surrounding roads near the church and Upper Shirley). It doesn’t help Church St being one way and Howards Grove being two ways as it’s the rat-run to miss out Shirley High St, or get to Sainsbury’s. Details Southampton General Hospital employs over 10,550 staff, many of whom travel to the site from across a wide area. Although the General Hospital provides parking and park & ride facilities, together with promoting travel by bus or cycle, some staff continues to commute by car and park in residential areas beyond the existing Residents Parking Zone 7. Residents raised the issues caused by staff and periodic visitor parking in their roads with Ward Councillors and in response a consultation event was held at the General Hospital in November 2017 attended by around 300 people. In the response to community concerns, a survey was then undertaken in 2018 of residents in localities agreed with Ward Councillors, to see whether they would support permit parking schemes where they live. Where the survey responses indicated community support, permit parking schemes are now being proposed. The formal 21-day public consultation will commence on 14 June 2019. The schemes would introduce parking restrictions in the following localities: • West of Warren Crescent (Zone 7 extension) locality: (Bindon Close, Bindon Road, Coxford Close, Ross Gardens, Warren Close, and Warren Crescent (36-66). • Dunkirk Road/Coxford Road locality: (Arnheim Close, Arnheim Road, Dunkirk Close, Dunkirk Road, Falaise Close, Salerno Road and Taranto Road). • Hollybrook locality: (Hunton Close, Linford Crescent, Malvern Road, Malwood Avenue, Seagarth Close, Seagarth Lane (from 21 Seagarth Lane northwards), Seymour Close and Seymour Road. • St James Park & Wilton Road locality: (Queens Road, Wilton Road (2-92 & 1-107), St. James Close, Bellemoor Road, Church Street (133-161 & 132-142), Morland Road, Shayer Road, St. James’s Road (as far south as Salem Street) and Twyford Avenue. • Maybush, Coxford & Aldermoor locality: (Alder Road (1-37, 2-26), Aldermoor Avenue, Aldermoor Road, Brightside Road, Conifer Road, Coxford Drove, Hardwicke Close, Holly Oak Court, Holly Oak Road, Larch Road, Linden Road, Myrtle Road, Olive Road, Outer Circle, Palm Road, Peach Road, Rowan Close, Thorndike Close and Thorndike Road). (Please note that if a scheme proceeds in this locality (including Olive Road), it is also proposed to change the zone for the permit parking restrictions outside 26-38 and 27-48 Olive Road to the new zone). Housing car parks within these localities are also included in the proposed permit parking schemes. All the workers that parked on roads near St James, Church St or Upper Shirley will encroach on Howards Grove. This will cause even further congestion.

An Appeal should be heard at the original penalty fee and not a penny more. I could also add that the Appeals process ( in my experience ) is far from fair! Citizens need to feel that even petty laws are fair and evenhanded and not weapons for jumped up officials.

Plastic waste that escapes into the open environment is threatening all life on our planet. Here is an easy way to enable future UK plastics to be safe.

The farm is an inner city oasis where children learn about animal welfare, healthy food production and care in the community. Children with disabilities can ride horses under fantastic supervision; donkey rides are also available; the rare breed pigs are a delight; the geese and chickens roam free; the sheep are shorn yearly teaching children where wool comes from and Al the rescue tortoise is a popular attraction!

Mark Rylance, the well-respected actor, has resigned as an Associate Artist of the RSC because they have done a spomsorship deal with petrochemical giant, BP. Mark Rylance said: “I do not wish to be associated with BP any more than I would with an arms dealer, a tobacco salesman or anyone who wilfully destroys the lives of others alive and unborn. Nor, I believe, would William Shakespeare.” As a member of the RSC, neither do I in this time of trying to protect the planet want to see this major company who already brings in a substantial amount of money into the UK take 'thirty pieces of silver' off this international polluter. The RSC is our institution and a major contributor to world culture. We need to say that in their position, they need to use their influence to save the planet so that future generations can enjoy their magnificent work. Please sign if you agree.

Child cycle training Children between the age of 11 and 16 years account for over 25 percent of serious and fatal cycle injuries, but we can minimise the risks. Cycle training is a vital part of keeping children safe on our roads. Please sign this petition if you agree that year 6 Auriol Children should take level 2 Bikeability.

This is my dad the first photo was taken just before Christmas last year the other 3 are of my dad today we are in desperate need of help my dad and me have looked after each other for the last 14 years however 6 weeks ago my dad had a stroke its got so bad now i'm having to stay at home to look after him wipe his bum wash is face pull up his trousers etc etc all things that a few months ago my dad would have been able to do himself Now i am prepared to look after my dad but I need help but for some strange reason and the fact that we live in the countryside we are not even going to be assessed by Cornwall Social services for at least 6 to 8 weeks any package that will be put in place will take at least moths double figure to be implemented all my dad want is to stay at home for the last days of his life is this to much to ask apparently it is where is this country's social justice we have worked all our lives payed into the system and when we require the system to help us we are just left hanging because apparently theirs no emergency set up for when old people deteriorate rapidly because we have not asked for help in the last 14 years and sorted out problems ourselves we apparently don't exist please please contact your local MP and Get Social Justice for my Dad so that he can get the care he needs and stay at home for the remainder of his years and share this content far and wide our elderly should not be treated this way

Yesterday, my wife and I received a letter from "Everyone Health" in relation to our son's measurements which were obtained at his school, as part of the National Child Measurement Programme. We were firstly amazed by the fact that our son (Charlie) who is a very healthy, very active five year old, was classed as "Very Overweight". We all like to see the best in our children, but I am pretty sure that anyone who meets Charlie would NOT consider him to be overweight. Our son is very active - attending swimming, football and karate classes. Couple that with the fact that he is always active at home, and that he nearly always chooses the healthy food option (for example preferring fruit instead of biscuits for a snack), I would suggest that Charlie is a very healthy child. The letter we received about Charlie being "very overweight" was very condescending. It explains that "Charlie is in the minority of children across the country who are overweight or very overweight for their age. 3 out of 4 children in Reception year have a healthier weight than Charlie............ It is important to be aware that when a child has excess weight for their age it can lead to health problems............... being overweight can also lead to low self-esteem and poor confidence.............. Your school nurse or doctor can also provide further advice and support on how to help your child achieve and maintain a healthier weight". So, here is the big problem. BMI is a very outdated method of calculating healthy weight. My son isn't the tallest boy in his age group, but he is very strong. He certainly is not carrying an abnormal amount of fat. BMI does not take into account what the weight actually is (for example bone, muscle or fat). This, therefore, makes the whole reading unreliable. So, what do I do....... should I follow the advice in the letter and make an appointment with our already overburdened GP, or do we need to take the time to see how to get things changed. What if everyone who received this letter made appointments with their GP. It would be ridiculous. It is time for the Government to change the methods used in the National Child Measurement Programme. I am massive advocate of ensuring that children have a healthy start to life. Yes, this starts with having a healthy body, but what about a healthy mind too. We have not shared the content of the letter with our son but, if we did, he would be quite upset. Do we really want a nation of children who are being branded as "fat" at the age of 5 years old? This really could cause mental anguish in our young people, and we are well aware of the implications of "fat shaming" people - potentially causing eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia - which are probably more life threatening than being overweight at that age. If Charlies letter was a one-off then I would probably just shut up, and move on. I know, however, that this scheme has been upsetting parents for years. I have two nephews, of Afro-Caribbean heritage who were identified, a few years ago by this scheme, as being obese. This was totally ridiculous. They are both very active and very muscular boys with virtually no fat! I, therefore, appeal to the Minister of State for Health to step-up and make a change. Yes, we should be making sure that our children are healthy, and happy, but let’s do it the right way. Parents do not need a condescending letter, and children do not need branding as fat when the information has been gathered using out dated methods. Thank you for reading!