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HOAX! It would appear a story circulating at the moment is actually a racist circular email.

"Last night at ASDA Manchester a little girl of 3 went missing, ASDA’s policy is to lock all doors the girl was found in the toilet with 2 Romanian women, one was shaving her head and the other was putting her in boys clothes. This has been told to me by an employee of ASDA, be extra vigilant when out and about. Pass on to anyone who may need to know this information."

The playground only just opened on the Hurdsfield Estate days ago has been vandalised. It was my first trip to see the shiny new facility the council had built. I was gutted to see that one of the swings had chunks removed, huge amount of grafitti, safety matting intentionally damaged.

The playground is one of the best equipped in the area with some superb modern climbing frames, swings amd flush to the floor roundabouts.

I am apauled that in such a small time a brilliant resource has been ruined.

Away with the kids is a superb web site with high quality accommodation providers who specialise in meeting the needs of both parents and children. Ranging from providing safe child friendly accommodation to toys, cots, inspiring play areas and much more.

Visit Away with the kids site

We have an 18 month old girl and live in east Cheshire. We are always trying to think of more places to try out at weekend but searching the web always returns the same old usual suspects like Gullivers World and The Blue Planet.

This page is my effort to collate as many great places in the region to take kids as possible. Part to do list and part places we know and love!

Please contribute your suggestions by making a comment at the bottom of the page. Make sure you say what's great about them and where they are.

Just discovered a really useful tool for charting your child's development against percentiles. When a baby is young this is of particular interest to ensure a healthy future.

Mums sometimes really do know best. It has been driving us insane that bought pots of bubbles thee days just don't work. My mum suggested adding baby shampoo to the mix, we thought she was mad, but it only worked. Perfect bubbles blowing every time.

Better still if you use baby shampoo to make the bubbles pure, if it gets in a childs eye it is less likely to cause harm.

We have just bought a Maxi Cosi Priori XP Car Seat from Halfords. Positive reviews for the Maxi Cosi Priori XP on the net, it has also won a Mother and Baby Gold Best Buy Award. These days all car seats meet the stringent safety requirements so you can be sure they are going to protect your baby. The most likely reason your child will be at risk of harm in your car is a badly fitted car seat. Modern child car seats are so sophisticated that it is easy to fit them incorrectly.

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Selecting the right car seat for your child is an important descision. The choice is not as simple as you might assume as a new parent. There are in fact 5 groups of seat, some which overlap child weights so you need to be careful what you buy.

Your choice will be influenced partly by your child and also cost.

If you register for an online account with The Early Learning Centre they will send you a 20% off voucher just before your nomiated child's birthday. This works for not only the parent, but Grandparents and relatives can also register and get a voucher too.

We have just been on a holiday to Cornwall with our 9 month old baby. A great deal of thought had gone into when we should travel, where we should stay and what equipment we should take. We were keen to avoid the temptation to take too much, but still ended up in a tight squeeze for space travelling down. Yes, we were one of those comical overpacked cars you see on the motorway.