PARENTS have blasted a school's decision to go permanently "meat free". Students at Barrowford

Primary School near Nelson, Lancashire, are only offered vegetarian dinners - and kids are also urged

not to bring meat in their packed lunches. The new rule was brought in last year, but a letter informing

parents of the change was only sent out on Thursday.

.Primary school staff on the Isle of Wight warned a six-year-old boy's parents that he may be deemed

'transphobic' if he were to question another pupil wearing a dress. Sally and Nigel Rowe, whose sons

attended a Church of England school, say they received a letter from the headteacher and chair of

governors which declared pupils could be seen as transphobic if they showed 'an inability to believe a

transgender person is actually a ''real'' female or male.'

US-founded Roblox, which allows users to create and play their own games, is popular with young

children between the ages of nine and 12. The existence of rooms built for explicit activity has sparked

concern young children could accidentally stumble into them. Games found by the BBC feature a naked

man wearing just a dog collar and a lead, a man in a Nazi uniform, and a group watching a couple having

sex. Avatars are able to communicate with each other through dialogue boxes, meaning adults with ill-

intent could speak in an inappropriate way with children on the game.

The majority of children aged five and younger are not meeting screen time limits, global analysis

suggests. Only a quarter of children under two, and one in three aged two to five, are meeting

international recommendations, according to the study. Global guidelines suggest infants younger than

two avoid screen time altogether, while children aged two to five should spend no more than an hour a

day in front of one.

A row has broken out between Dame Cressida Dick and Sadiq Khan over the out-going Metropolitan Police

Chief's exit payoff, according to reports. After her dramatic resignation on Thursday, Dame Cressida is in line for

a payout of more than £500,000 on top of a £160,000-a-year gold-plated pension in what has been described as

a 'dreadful reward for failure'.