Parents face almost £48 bill per child over summer holidays

A poll of 2,000 parents of children aged four to 16 found the average price of an ice cream is now £2.65 - and with the average child eating three a week over the summer holidays, this amounts to a total of £47.70 over the six-week break

Lyme Regis, Dorset: Busy beaches can be bad news for shellfish. If curious children don’t know they are live creatures, then let’s educate them My favourite beach at Lyme Regis is the capricious East Cliff, visible only at low tide. The best way to reach it is down a 114-step walkway. The path drops through rough scrub