The music world was shaken when the Bee Gees singer, Robin Gibb, passed away at the age of 62 after a courageous battle against cancer yesterday. Robin was battling ill health for several years. In August 2010, he suffered stomach cramps and underwent an emergency operation for a blocked intestine. However, a tumour was discovered and he was diagnosed with cancer of the colon and of the liver. Last month Robin fell into a…

Despite transformations in childcare provisions in the UK in the last two decades, the average British family spends 27% of their income on childcare, suggests Elizabeth Truss’s report for Centreforum. The Tory MP for South-West Norfolk, Elizabeth Truss in her report said recent studies had shown problems with quality, price and availability of childcare. She wrote that the number of nursery places had surged since 1996, but childminder places had dropped to 245,000 in 2010. In…