All news by author: Saskia Rowlands

While two-thirds of parents with kids under five have cut working hours to afford surging childcare costs, politicians pay twenty percent less for Commons daycare

A former friend of 23-year-old Alice Wood who mowed down her boyfriend with a car at a party says the killer was a highly intelligent school swot with three A-stars

In 1991 Kerry Needham's son Ben vanished when he was just two-years-old but the miraculous return of missing teen Alex Batty earlier this year is giving her fresh hope of seeing her boy again

Cowboys are pushing potentially dangerous pills on social media, some of which contain banned drug phentermine hydrochloride, linked to high blood pressure and heart disorder

Last night there were calls for urgent action as the Tories were accused of neglecting the nation’s most vulnerable young people as thousands of children moved home over Christmas

Over half of the British public polled in a recent survey admitted feeling anxious about affording Christmas gifts and food while more than 1.8 million are relying on loan sharks to get by

A celebrity Michelin-starred chef who grow up on a council estate has called on the Government to tackle the equivalent of seven billion meals wasted every year as families face hunger this Christmas

The ex-detective who helped bring to justice the men responsible for Stephen Lawrence's murder is now helping vulnerable kids stay away from knife crime with football kickabouts

Colin and Denise Turton’s lives were shattered when son Lee contracted HIV and hepatitis C in one of the worst scandals in NHS history but they have been excluded from any compensation

The TV judge wants more to be done to help those who rely on handouts

A hero who confronted a knife-wielding maniac with a narwhal tusk to protect the public says Tories have failed to live up to their promise of looking after victims of terrorism

Though not the first celeb to get into the business, Gary Barlow's wine may be failing to shine after punters caught bottles of his bubbly being sold in a discount store

Shocking figures have emerged showing more than seventy percent of teachers in UK schools face serious mental health issues when their schools are inspected by Ofsted

Pride of Britain award winner and brain tumour survivor Ravi Adelekan has proved that he is courageous as well as cool with a chic fundraising fashion to show to advance research

Soap and Strictly star Molly Rainford is joining in a campaign to educate young people and tackle taboos about menstruation with the hope of ending stigma around periods

By law bosses must provide clean and easily accessible bathrooms for their staff, but a survey has revealed thousands of women workers who have no loos to use at work

A wooden barrier will be erected around Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Grade II listed mansion in Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire, against the objections of some locals

The grief-stricken parents of tragic eight-month-old Indi Gregory have revealed their baby's touching final moments after the heartbreaking decision to turn off her life support

Nadine Dorries' supposedly tell-all book about the inner workings of No 10 Downing Street failed to sell as many copies as the ex-Tory minister's own romance novel

The grandmother of six kids slain in a house fire believes Paul Mosley, who helped set the blaze, should not be released into the public again, saying prison is 'where he belongs'

Bake Off judge and ­celebrity chef Prue Leith said no youngster should be forced to skip breakfast - and she branded the Government's lack of action 'a disgrace'

Court of Appeal judges have dismissed the baby's parents bid to allow the critically ill tot to travel to Italy for treatment for incurable mitochondrial disease

Till operators and shelf stackers at the discount chain report being bombarded with verbal abuse, physically threatened and even spat at, so bosses have stepped into help

The Prime Minister wants to build a 165ft long fence after eco protestors gained access to his £1.5m home through an unlocked gate to the fury of villagers

David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape