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Both at home and abroad, prices rise sharply for family breaks starting on May 24 compared with those beginning a week earlier, despite a government demand for “voluntary narrowing” of such price differences four years ago.
Family groups and parents reacted angrily to the increases, accusing tour operators of taking advantage of those who cannot take [...]

Children who lose a parent suddenly may suffer a “double whammy” to their mental and physical health – from the shock of the loss and because of inherited risks, researchers have reported.
They said the risk factors that contribute to many early deaths of parents – such as mental illness or alcoholism – can be passed [...]

Fear of a virus that has infected thousands of children gripped parents in China’s capital and financial hub, as the number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease mounted across the country.
Some 11,905 cases of the virus have been reported in China this year, the official Xinhua news agency said. The virus has caused [...]

Laura Casey is facing the reality of turning off life-support for her husband, Seamus Casey, after the celebrated young Christchurch opera singer was hit by a car, leaving him in a coma in Sydney.
Casey, 27, attended Burnside High School and did a Diploma of Performing Arts at the Hagley Theatre Company before moving offshore to [...]

It was a family affair for the Knowles on Thursday night with both Craig and Alice graduating as modern apprentices at the Agriculture ITO Agri awards in Stratford.
But it wasn’t just a pass for Craig - the 23-year-old took out the top award, winning Outstanding Modern Apprentice and gaining his Level Four Production Management certificate.
To [...]

After 75 years of separation, Chester Wasiuk and Isabelle Metty’s broken family circle is complete again.”Oh, wow. This is my sister,” Wasiuk, 78, said softly as Metty walked up the driveway of their brother’s Grandville home on a recent morning.
“You’re my brother!” Metty said as they hugged, ending a separation that began in 1932, when [...]

Earth Day is a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy some Earth Day events, or muck about greening your own patch of earth. Plant a tree or some flowers, put up a bird feeder, or set up your own backyard compost. Kids love to get dirty, and you’ll all feel good knowing you’re doing [...]

Nancy Sampson peered nervously into the camera and described the terror of having a 15-year-old addicted to street drugs.%26quot;I spent a year while waiting to find treatment for my daughter, waiting for a call that she was dead in a dumpster,%26quot; she told a news conference yesterday.Dona Eull-Schultz clutched a framed baby picture of her [...]

Megan’s parents were puttering at home on a frigid February evening when they got the call. They were told to come immediately and pick up their 16-year-old. She had been caught stealing cash from the store where she worked part-time. Police were involved. It had been clear Megan was lurching out of control. Once [...]

Fifteen years ago, you almost couldn’t give a condo away. Now some people line up overnight to buy them. Partly that’s because of a housing market so hot that getting your foot in the proverbial door no longer means a derelict semi, but a pint-sized condo. But another reason is the condo lifestyle, which [...]