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Plastic straws, stirrers and cotton bud ban delayed six months

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A ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds in England has been pushed back six months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The throwaway items were due to be banned from April to help fight pollution and protect the environment, after a consultation revealed ‘overwhelming’ public support for the move.  The ban has exemptions allowing … Read more

How to STOP raising cotton wool kids, expert reveals

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There’s a fine line between being a protective parent and wrapping kids up in cotton wool. And now an expert has claimed the latter can actually be detrimental to a child’s development because it ‘suffocates’ their growth. Dr Zoi Nikiforidou, a senior lecturer in early childhood studies at Liverpool Hope University and mother to a … Read more