An award-winning weekly newspaper for children | First News

First News is the UK’s only national newspaper for young people.

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Kids

First News Live! is the world’s first online news channel for young people. We film reports with kids, for kids and about kids. And you’ll be able to film your own reports too… coming soon!

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EVERY DAY!

Come back every day to see our daily news bulletin, made with our team at Sky News. And there’s our daily LOL videos and Snapped – the top photos of the day.
REFUGEES

The news is full of reports about migrants and refugees. We’ve been filming with some of the youngest people affected, looking for a new, safe place to live.

Schools

First News – a unique literacy resource for every school First News is the UK’s original children’s newspaper.

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First News is the UK’s original children’s newspaper. For 10 years we have been supporting literacy and learning through current affairs.
Discover our new Literacy iHub

Launched in 2016, iHub is our brand new literacy tool; an innovative, digital approach to classroom reading.

Parents

First News delivers news every Friday to get young people talking. Take a look and see for yourself.

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About First News

First News is the UK’s only newspaper for young people. We were founded in 2006 by Sarah and Steve Thomson with editor Nicky Cox. We have always been independently owned and have no political affiliations.
Testimonials

Find out why Children, Parents and Grandparents love First News and why over 2 million people are reading it each week.

I love First News. It promotes brilliant conversation with my children at home, as well as encouraging them to read. Thank you

Tracey Harson

Parent

First News is great! It's got all the facts that children want to know and I love that there is a new newspaper every week.

Thomas

Age 10