Families under pressure to find food in summer

BBC Business Tuesday 11 August 2026, 05:14 UTC 1 min read

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Parents are struggling to feed children in the school holidays, with more families using food banks.

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'Deeply loved' schoolgirl, 17, 'murdered' while on hiking trip for Duke of Edinburgh award The teen was on a five-day hiking trip as part of her work towards The President's Award for Youth Empowerment, the South African implementation of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award A South African schoolgirl has been allegedly murdered while working towards a prestigious award. The body of Cameron Waldeck-Cooks, 17, was found in a room of a lodge in Mpumalanga, South African on Monday,...

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