For parents and teachers
The Little Headlines brings young people aged 8 to 14 the news from around the world: space, animals, science, tech, the planet, culture, sport and people.
Where the stories come from
We only use well-known news and science publishers. We never take stories from social media or unknown websites, which is how we keep out fake news. Our sources are:
- BBC News: Science & Environment
- BBC News: Technology
- BBC News: World
- BBC Newsround
- BBC Sport
- CNA
- Dezeen
- ESPNcricinfo
- Good News Network
- Live Science
- MIT Technology Review
- Mongabay
- NASA
- New Scientist
- Positive News
- Reasons to be Cheerful
- Science News
- Science News Explores
- ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals
- ScienceDaily: Space & Time
- Smithsonian Magazine
- Space.com
- The Guardian: Environment
- The Guardian: Science
- The Hindu: Science
- The New York Times: Science
- The Optimist Daily
How we keep it kid-friendly
- Every headline and summary is checked against a long list of words about death, violence, crime, war, disasters, illness, adult topics and politics. Any match and the story is not shown.
- Stories with too many sad or worrying words are skipped, even if nothing on the list matched.
- The site owner can hide any story by hand.
- We show a short summary here. The full story lives on the publisher's website, which is written for adults and may show other headlines.
Automatic checks are very good but not perfect. If you ever see a story that isn't right for children, please let us know and we will remove it.
Everyday habits, without pressure
Today's 3 is three stories and a short quiz, then it's done for the day. There's no endless feed. A streak counter is kept on your child's own device only, and missing a day simply starts it again, with no warnings or nagging.
For teachers
The Morning slide shows one story at a time, big enough for a class screen, with a question to talk about. See Work with us for classroom packs.
Privacy
- Children don't need an account and we don't ask them for any personal information.
- There are no adverts that follow you around the internet, and no tracking cookies. If we show a sponsor, it is a simple labelled message that is the same for everyone.
- We count visits anonymously: each device tells us once a day whether it has been here before, so we know if the site is useful. We don't store IP addresses or anything that identifies a person.
- Streaks, quiz results and reactions are saved only in the browser on your child's device.
- The Daily 10 and Sunday 5 emails and the print edition are for grown-ups only. We keep just what we need to send them, and you can unsubscribe or cancel at any time. See our privacy policy.
- Kid Reporter stories are sent by a parent, guardian or teacher. We show only the first name (optional), age and town, and nothing goes live until we've read it. The grown-up's email is never shown.