When I was a kid, my parents constantly told me to go play outside. I lived in a town where kids knocked on each other’s doors to ask if their friends could “come out and play,” rode their bikes in ...

Some 17% of Dutch children never play outside, more than double the total four years ago, according to charity Jantje Beton which campaigns for better play facilities. At the same time, more children ...

For plenty of us grown-ups, the time spent running around our neighborhoods or hanging by the playground swings was a highlight of our childhood. Kids today often can’t say the same, though. New ...

More than one in three children in Bradford don't play outdoors after school, research has found More than one in three children in Bradford do not play outdoors after school and one in five do not at ...

Some 15% of children in the Netherlands never play outside, according to research by play campaign group Jantje Beton. The research, involving 12,000 parents, showed that children from the highest ...

New research has found that more than a third of children don't play outdoors after school and 1 in 5 don't during weekends, raising concerns about children's physical and mental health. Subscribe to ...

After a morning spent concentrating on school work, many children will be ready to burn off energy in the playground. However, during hot weather, a number of schools across England are reportedly ...

A new report recommends various ways the government can encourage more playing outside and less screen time. (Getty Images) In a bid to combat excessive screen time and the "scourge of addictive ...

DRAMATIC footage shows the moment a woman is attacked by a dive-bombing buzzard. Sparking havoc in Havering, East London, the terrorising bird even spurred a village primary school to ban children ...

Teachers are keeping pupils inside for "hot play" breaks when the playgrounds are deemed to be "too hot to use safely". The decision is intended to keep children away from outdoor surfaces that can ...