Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children who have had bad experiences of being smacked are more likely to have poor mental health and behavioural problems as they ...

A whole host of celebrities including Sir Michael Caine, Natalie Dormer and Alan Shearer are throwing their weight behind a campaign to finally ban smacking children in England. In Wales, Scotland and ...

The new Labour government is considering a ban on smacking, a cabinet minister has said. Bridget Phillipson said she was “open-minded” about the move and wanted to hear from experts. Smacking bans ...