China would need to spend at least 5% of its annual GDP to create incentives for couples to have more children, including education subsidies, preferential mortgage rates, tax breaks, equal paternity and maternity leave, as well as the construction of more childcare centres, it added.

On Weibo, another user writing under the name Lawyer Zhang, said that action needed to be taken to address the disproportionate burden faced by women, who are expected to give birth and raise children as part of their natural "motherhood".

Cops arrested Brittany Zamora, 30, (pictured left at her sentencing) from Goodyear, in March 2018 for sexually abusing a male sixth-grade student. According to the Arizona Department of Corrections database, Zamora was assigned as a tutor/educator between September 17 and October 14 at Arizona State Prison Complex (pictured right)

I said ''that's not for me anymore, I'm going.'' Offering an insight into their backstage row, Tony hearkened back to his days as a footballer, telling Rylan: 'The last time I've been told off like that was by George Graham and I left the dressing room.

Experts warn China's ageing population will put huge pressure on its health and social security system, while a dwindling workforce could also severely limit growth for the world's second largest economy in the coming decades.

Katya's strong words paid off as she and Tony earned their highest score to date, with the judges praising their American Smooth as a tribute to those who helped the sportsman during his personal struggles.

While it waits to hear back from Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, Brighton and Hove City Council has advised all primary heads to shut their schools, apart from for vulnerable children and those of key workers, and to move learning online.

In Southampton the city council warned that some schools 'do not have enough staff to reopen safely to all children', while Slough Borough Council in Berkshire said some primaries would stay closed amid 'confusion across the board' caused by the Department for Education.

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Child rearing costs are even higher in China's major cities, reaching more than 1 million yuan in Shanghai and 969,000 yuan in Beijing.

Birth rates in the two cities are even lower than the national average.

SHANGHAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The cost of raising a child in China stands at nearly seven times its per capita GDP, far more than in the United States and Japan, highlighting the challenges facing Chinese policymakers as they try to tackle rapidly declining birth rates, new research showed.

Beijing-based YuWa Population Research Institute said in a report published on Tuesday that the average cost of raising a child to the age of 18 in China in 2019 stood at 485,000 yuan ($76,629) for a first child, 6.9 times China's per capita GDP that year.

She continued: 'I want to thank Derek for his incredible fighting spirit, we love you. I want to thank ITV for being so brave to put something which actually is touched in all the incredible documentaries, about care.

And talking to  last week, the dancer-in-training admitted his struggles during the competition - recalling 'breaking down' after his first performance, which saw him score 15 out of 40 points from the judges.

Although new policies allow families to have as many as three children, China's birth rate dropped to 7.52 births per 1,000 people in 2021, the lowest since the National Bureau of Statistics began recording the data in 1949.

Caring For Derek won against stiff competition from Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next, Tom Parker: Inside My Head, Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer and Me, and Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism.

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We're hoping he is coming home again soon. We managed to speak to Derek, he is back in hospital at the moment, fighting on so incredibly. 'I've got my daughter here, Darcey. Darcey represents all the family.