School children are having their health and happiness neglected because they focus purely on academic achievement, experts have warned. A report published in the BMJ warned focusing solely on achievement could push pupils towards "risky" behaviour.
The UK needs to "nail down rigorous academic standards" in its education system, according to a leading columnist.
Angela Epstein dismissed calls for more to be done to protect children's wellbeing as schools took a tougher academic focus.
She said: "We have poor standards of numeracy and literacy in this country. Children learn by being amongst their peers and by children being children."
Albert Thompson was initially denied vital radiotherapy for his prostate cancer unless he could produce the right documentation.
ITV News travels to Jordan to report on the growing global threat of the spread of deadly drug-resistant 'super bugs'.
The plight of Honduran migrants searching for safety has been harshly criticised by the US president.