Will Dean: ‘My parents never read, I was the black sheep of the family’
EXCLUSIVE: Despite never having been on a cruise ship, and writing from his remote home in a Swedish forest, author Will Dean has conjured up a thrilling contemporary mystery for his latest book… set on a deserted liner steaming across the Atlantic. Daily Express :: Books Feed
Parents protest after girl, 6, ‘forced into sex act’ by boy classmates at Texas school
Sickening attack filmed on school iPad is not an isolated incident, say protesters, as school says it will close on Monday because of threats to staff Daily Express :: World Feed
App will help parents to monitor their children’s safety from stranger danger
An app has been created to track the movements of children, after one in five parents have said their children have been approached by a stranger. Daily Express :: Tech Feed
Nearly half of parents always take children to same holiday destinations
Nearly half of mums and dads say they believe this is what their children want – but half of kids are getting bored of the “same-old”, and want a change. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Children’s cancer centres funding trebled to fight parents’ agony
EXCLUSIVE: Young patients can access promising new therapies close to home if there are no approved treatments available. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Parents livid after church lured their 13-year-old boy to be baptised with ‘burgers’
The event organisers had to apologise to the parents, but denied “luring” kids to be baptised with treats like burgers and lollies. Daily Express :: World Feed
Jamie Lee Curtis: The truth behind film star family agony ‘My parents hated each other’
Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to her famous parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in her Oscars acceptance speech but has admitted she “barely survived” a childhood “raised in a house of hatred” and was left nothing in her father’s $ 60million will. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Heartbreak of grieving parents who still don’t know how their children died
There are more unexplained childhood deaths in one to nine-year-olds than those caused by traffic accidents, fires or drowning. Eimear O’Hagan meets the families calling for answers. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Natalie McNally’s parents fear pregnant daughter’s killer may have fled Northern Ireland
Natalie McNally, 32, was found dead in her home at Lurgan, County Armagh just a few days before Christmas. Daily Express :: News Feed
Strep A patient’s mum issues ‘haunting’ warning to other parents over horrific experience
George Higham, aged five, survived the potentially deadly illness. Daily Express :: News Feed