Michele CrossBbc South

Jan 10, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Michele CrossBbc South |Michele Cross

A woman who had her eggs frozen wants to "remove the shame" surrounding it among the Asian community. Kohinoor Sahota said she made the decision after being made redundant and becoming single during the pandemic. "I felt like I wasn't just mourning the loss of a partner but the loss of a potential family", she said.

Oct 25, 2023 | bbc.com | Michele CrossBbc South |Michele Cross

Image caption, Nursery staff told Charlie's parents they had never heard him talkA child therapist in the south of England is calling for more understanding of and its wider impacts. Lucy Nathanson is a specialist on selective mutism and is on a mission to raise awareness of the issue. The condition affects one in every 140 children. Ms Nathanson said that it could be overcome and children needed help "to do that tiny little step more than they could in the past".

Oct 18, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Michele CrossBbc South |Michele Cross

Children on the Isle of Wight could be at greater risk of committing crimes because literacy levels there are so low, education chiefs have said. Across the UK, one in four children are below their reading age when they reach secondary school. On the Isle of Wight, it is one in three. The island also has the worst Key Stage 2 results of any local authority in England. The community is now coming together to try to reverse this.