The children’s clothes market is worth £6bn. But should these wares be displayed on the catwalk? Charlotte Philby takes a ringside seat

We continue to believe that children involved in gangs are different from us. In describing them as "vermin", "predators" and "criminals", we negate them as a species apart.

Two children in every school class are going hungry because their parents fail to provide proper meals, according to new research.

They have been described by his most irascible critics as "junk food", created by anonymous helpers and easy to reproduce. Yesterday, a bunch of primary school children had their own go at making Damien Hirst artworks.

Liam O'Brien joins the artist at a workshop for the Kids Company charity in London

Britain’s richest living artist helped a bunch of children muck around with paint in London’s Covent Garden today.

Rebecca Adlington

This, the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals in 100 years, is the ever-smiling face of the athletes who will, we're confident, make us all proud at London 2012.

As toddlers, Taylor, Henry and Adam used to draw pictures of food on pieces of paper and swallow them. Mary, 15, and her 16-year-old brother stole frozen meat and ate it raw. Their stories are less common than they used to be. Shockingly, more and more children are coming to Kids Company for food.

Evidence is mounting that thousands of children in the UK are not getting enough food to eat – and that, as financial hardship spreads, their numbers are increasing rapidly

David Cameron today called for an end to the "tick-box mentality" in adoption services as league tables naming poor performers were unveiled.

School dinners will cost up to 25 per cent more this year compared to last.

Hollywood's first couple are rumoured to be walking down the aisle after pressure from their kids.

Peter Davies of the Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre says more must be done to prevent "localised grooming".