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...families are dispersed. One young unaccompanied minor was entrusted to another family by his mother, only to be abandoned. His mother paid a lot of money so he could escape after his two brothers were killed; she remains in Aleppo with his younger sister and disabled brother. He’s depressed and scared, and feels he has let his mother down. Finding another way While...

...family. Since 2003, in a decade and a half, Weetabix has gone from US and then British ownership to Chinese and Asian control. For the current owners, however, things have not turned out quite as anticipated. The initial attraction of Weetabix for the Bright Food Group was that it represented a potential vehicle for transforming Chinese breakfast habits. Breakfast cereals...

...family TV programmes such as prime-time sitcoms and reality shows, on billboards and bus shelters, or around sports fields where children and families watch their teams play. Governments could protect children much more effectively – if they were brave, and if the food industry, advertisers and social media platforms complied. In 2010 Ofcom (the UK’s communications...