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First News is an independent weekly newspaper available in print or digitally for 7-14 year olds, engaging and inspiring over 2 million readers every Friday.
With 28 pages of news, entertainment, science and sport, the newspaper explains the big stories from an unbiased perspective to help children understand the world they’re growing up in. From serious stories and special reports to fun facts and puzzles, every issue has so much to keep inquisitive minds busy, making it the perfect Christmas present for engaged, curious 7-14 year olds!
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This offer is for home subscriptions only. For school subscriptions please click here. We reserve the right to cancel a subscription if it is being used in a school or enterprise setting.
With our gift subscriptions you will also receive a Christmas card in the post to give to the child on Christmas day letting them know about their gift! When buying a subscription that includes print, your first newspaper will be delivered on the 6th of January 2023, and digital subscription access will start from the 25th of December 2022.
- First News unlocks children’s minds and unleashes their potential by fuelling curiosity, inspiring debate, and supporting their critical thinking
- We provide a balanced and truthful view of the world, carefully, and sensitively written to explain the background to stories in the news
- The fully immersive digital app is jam-packed with exciting and interactive features to engage, inspire and entertain
- Bursting with stories on world news events, sport, science, animals, entertainment, crazy but true, games, books and much, much more
Reviews
Poppy
I love getting home from school on Friday and First News has arrived. We have it in the kitchen and I share it with my sisters so we all talk about what we’ve read. It tells us what’s happening around world and we also find out about new films, games, books and other stuff. My granny buys it for us and she loves it when we tell her about all the things we have been reading. I also love doing the puzzles on my phone – I race my friends at wordie.
Lucy, mum to Max and Bella
First News is brilliant for when we are out and about. We play with the app every week whilst waiting for swimming lessons and we love having the print newspaper in the house so we can read it together and talk about the stories. I’m just so happy that the children are accessing the news from a reliable source. The conversations we have off the back of it are so lively and fun plus the children are loving all the puzzles.
Molly, aged 11
I am just obsessed with First News, especially their new app. I love that I can switch between catching up on news and playing puzzles, it's never boring'
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AROUND THE WORLD
SCIENCE NEWS
ANIMAL NEWS
CRAZY BUT TRUE
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS