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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Heath issues a supportive statement following the publication of Professor Bob Carpenter's research paper into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDs).

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s Vice President for Training and Assessment, Dr Simon Newell, said:

“Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDs) has become less common but in the rare and tragic instances it does occur, is absolutely devastating for families.

A British Medical Association report has attacked a series of coalition policies which it says threaten to have profoundly deleterious effects on the lives of children.

The BMA’s board of science is scathing in its assault on the government’s policies covering welfare and health, and warns that they will most likely hit the most vulnerable in the NHS.

More should be done to stop high caffeine energy drinks being targeted at children, an assembly member says.

Labour AM Jenny Rathbone claimed they were aimed at young people in "name, labelling and promotion" and caused problems including hyperactivity.

The Welsh government said it would ensure guidance prevented public bodies selling the drinks to children.

The soft drinks industry body said its code of practice states the drinks should not be promoted to children.