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I don't think of myself as a pushy parent, but then who does? My five-year-old daughter, Athena, does one half-hour ballet class after school each week. The rest of the [...]

THAILAND'S NEW Prime Minister, the business tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra, said yesterday that an explosion which destroyed a Thai Airways jet he had been about to board was caused by a [...]

It should have been an easy ride: a film adaptation of a gripping international bestseller starring Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio, displaying his sun-kissed torso on an idyllic, palm-fringed tropical island. [...]

UK Dept. of Social Security (DSS) officials are under orders from Secretary of State for Social Security Peter Lilley to demand more evidence of estrangement from 16- and 17-year-olds claiming welfare payments, including confirming the children's stories with their parents. This benefits crack-down could deprive thousands of teenagers of their life-support. Centrepoint Chief Exec. Nick Hardwick points out that not only do DSS officials lack the necessary skills to assess complex family breakdowns, but that no parent is going to admit that they have thrown their child out of the house.