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could become new SEN school</h2> <p>A disused commercial building could be turned into a special educational needs school if plans are approved.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/teens/netflix-s-adolescence-sparks-spike-in-kent-parents-stopping-322023/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">Netflix’s Adolescence sparks spike in Kent parents stopping children having smartphones</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-5 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Netflix’s Adolescence sparks spike in Kent parents stopping children having smartphones" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="YFCRZCPF6YPIEKEH6MHI.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/YFCRZCPF6YPIEKEH6MHI.jpg" alt="Netflix’s Adolescence sparks spike in Kent parents stopping children having smartphones"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <h2 class="hidden-xs">Netflix’s Adolescence sparks spike in Kent parents stopping children having smartphones</h2> <p>The number of parents intending not to give their child a smartphone before the age of 14 is on the rise, as a Netflix show highlights the dangers.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/teens/we-don-t-know-how-dangerous-it-is-fears-over-number-of-sc-321628/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">‘We don’t know how dangerous it is’: Fears over number of school-aged vapers</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-5 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="‘We don’t know how dangerous it is’: Fears over number of school-aged vapers" 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<p>Seven special schools due to be re-designated in council reforms will not go ahead after head teachers threatened legal action.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/primary/boy-7-praised-for-999-call-which-saved-his-mum-s-life-322382/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">Boy, 7, praised for 999 call which saved his mum’s life</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-5 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Boy, 7, praised for 999 call which saved his mum’s life" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="3KTPND7Q633JQ5K0GVRQ.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/3KTPND7Q633JQ5K0GVRQ.jpg" alt="Boy, 7, praised for 999 call which saved his mum’s life"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-12 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under KCC proposals"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <h2 class="hidden-xs">Special school’s residential unit could close under KCC proposals</h2> <p>Residential places at a special school are to close later this year under a proposal by the county’s largest local authority.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div><div class="clearfixNone"></div> <p class="SectionLink"><a href="/primary/">See all Primary stories <i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div><div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <div class="notepaper"> <h1 class="toddler"><a href="/toddler/">Toddler</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/toddler/three-schools-among-first-wave-getting-free-nurseries-for-w-322663/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">Three schools among first 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an outdoors-loving five-year-old boy who required emergency surgery for a serious condition.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div><div class="clearfixNone"></div> <p class="SectionLink"><a href="/toddler/">See all Toddler stories <i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="notepaper"> <h1 class="baby"><a href="/baby/">Baby</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/baby/labour-s-free-childcare-doesn-t-add-up-we-cant-offer-cha-322019/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">‘Labour’s free childcare doesn’t add up - we can't offer champagne service on a lemonade budget'</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-5 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <div class="VideoButton"> <i class="fa fa-play fa-lg"></i> </div> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="‘Labour’s free childcare doesn’t add up - we can't offer champagne service on a lemonade budget'" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="EJOSMW1YN9PZX4CY2ROQ.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/EJOSMW1YN9PZX4CY2ROQ.jpg" alt="‘Labour’s free childcare doesn’t add up - we can't offer champagne service on a lemonade budget'"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <h2 class="hidden-xs">‘Labour’s free childcare doesn’t add up - we can't offer champagne service on a lemonade budget'</h2> <p>Nurseries and childminders across the county say they are being “set up to fail” by “underfunded” changes to the government’s “free” childcare offer.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/baby/i-m-trying-not-to-cry-baby-boutique-to-shut-after-sudden-321621/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">‘I’m trying not to cry’: Baby boutique to shut after sudden parking hike</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-5 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="‘I’m trying not to cry’: Baby boutique to shut after sudden parking hike" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="MDGH5U1DAYI914FOLHFY.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/MDGH5U1DAYI914FOLHFY.jpg" alt="‘I’m trying not to cry’: Baby boutique to shut after sudden parking hike"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <h2 class="hidden-xs">‘I’m trying not to cry’: Baby boutique to shut after sudden parking hike</h2> <p>The owners of a children’s clothing shop have decided to close after more than two decades of trading at a shopping centre.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div 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the ambulance crew that came to their aid.</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div><div class="clearfixNone"></div> <p class="SectionLink"><a href="/baby/">See all Baby stories <i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="notepaper"> <h1><a href="/pregnancy/">Pregnancy</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/pregnancy/urgent-appeal-issued-to-pregnant-women-in-kent-and-medway-308149/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">Urgent appeal issued to pregnant women in Kent and Medway</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-5 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Urgent appeal issued to pregnant women in Kent and Medway" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="MWFXH404KEF64A95S5ZV.jpg" 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alt="Most popular baby names in England as Olivia and Noah remain on top" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="GSO732FBZ1WSW7UP7SP4.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/GSO732FBZ1WSW7UP7SP4.jpg" alt="Most popular baby names in England as Olivia and Noah remain on top"/></noscript> </div> <div class="clearfixNone"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-12 col-md-12"> <h2 class="hidden-xs">Most popular baby names in England as Olivia and Noah remain on top</h2> <p>Olivia and Noah remain in the top spots, says the ONS, for the most popular baby names in England and Wales but which other monikers made the top 10?</p> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> </div> </a> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/pregnancy/baby-loss-certificates-for-parents-who-lose-a-pregnancy-befo-302520/"> <h3 class="visible-xs">Baby loss certificates for parents who lose a pregnancy before 24 weeks</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-5 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