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Exclusive: Frank Cottrell-Boyce says Conservative funding freeze over 14 years has created ‘enormous’ equality gap

National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time, a sharp drop on last year to the lowest figure yet recorded

Children’s publishing is awash with celebrity authors. So when Frank Cottrell-Boyce was named BookTrust’s Children’s Laureate, some fellow writers may not have been wholly delighted. After all, Cottrell-Boyce is better known by many for his screenwriting work. He has written successful screenplays for a roster of films, including Millions (2004),…

Editorial: His belief in reading as the foundation of happiness ensures that young readers could not have a better advocate

He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives

The children’s author and screenwriter, who takes over from Joseph Coelho, pledged to address ‘invisible privilege and inequality’

Based on a real competition, The Beautiful Game is a movie about second chances and soccer as a force for good.

The Beautiful Game on Netflix stars Bill Nighy, Michael Ward and Callum Scott Howells as part of the England football team at the Homeless World Cup.

Thousands of children in Merseyside don't have their own bed to sleep in

The couple will also reveal the chosen name for Colchester Zoo’s newest addition, a baby white rhino.

Full lineup of headline speakers and writers at the Gravity Festival in Calderstones Park