Articles Tagged: playgrounds

Five-year-old's fear of playgrounds was caused by brain tumour

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jul 19, 2011

A little girl who was terrified of going on playground equipment like slides and swings was found to have a brain tumour.

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Kids to be CHARGED to play in the park

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 13, 2011

PA Can you put a price on the fun kids get from bombing around the park and hurtling head first down the slides? ...

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Patsy Kensit: A very fit mum

By Marianne Kavanagh, Feb 15, 2011

Patsy Kensit looks lovely on screen. We've been admiring her since she was five, when she played Daisy's daughter in The ...

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101 Uses for a Dedicated Dad: The playground

By Marc Beishon, Aug 24, 2010

Taking the kids to the playground is a time honoured dad tradition, especially as they get a bit older (the kids I mean ...

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Playground has pretend 'jail' for kids

By Joanne Mallon, Mar 30, 2010

Children play all sorts of games when they're out in the local playground – but criminal and prison warder? Is that ...

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Parents banned from playgrounds - has the world gone mad?

By Jenny Cornish, Oct 29, 2009

A council has banned parents from two playgrounds because they have not had Criminal Records Bureau checks, it has been ...

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Playgrounds of the future are here today

By Sally Fort, Jul 27, 2009

Glowing Pathfinder Bugs from squidie on Vimeo. Last year the government said it wanted 3500 more children to have outside ...

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