THE Childline service which receives 2,300 calls and messages every day from worried young people may not be operating from next year onwards, the ISPCC warned yesterday.

CHILDLINE has expressed concern over a large increase in the number of children calling with serious problems affecting their personal safety.

I REMEMBER reading an interview with actor Neil Morrissey (aka Bob the Builder) some years back where he spoke of his childhood as the son of Irish immigrants in Britain in the 1970s.