Stop ‘Victorian-era’ punishment of smacking, say doctors - Smacking harms children’s mental, physical and emotional health, ...

Reasonable punishment of children in England has been allowed since 1860 but Wales and Scotland have imposed bans in recent years.

There is no scientific evidence that smacking benefits children, leading children's doctors in the UK have said as they call ...

Smacking children is a "Victorian-era punishment" that "undoubtedly harms ... in 2020 and 2022 respectively. But in England and Northern Ireland, smacking your child is not illegal if it is ...

Alexander Anderson was cremated in Canley, Coventry, in 1956 but his ashes have never been claimed The ashes of a man born in Victorian times ... from Heart of England Co-op Funerals in the ...

The ashes of a man born in Victorian times are among an estimated ... Funeral director Darryl Smith, from Heart of England Co-op Funerals in the Midlands, said: "It's really sad but we don't ...