I've been meaning to post a review and recommendation for this site for a very long time - it's an outstanding source of current news stories for children using genuine but accessible language, with opportunities to do extensive reading, participate in interactive chats, and read and listen to summarised versions of a range of different stories.
It's called Newsround, and is part of the Children's BBC (or CBBC) network.
For a direct link to the accessible newsreader (with story summaries and audio) mentioned in the review, click here.
Outstanding resource for teaching (and really using!) English with children, tweens and younger teenagers... you could build an entire ongoing EFL/ESL syllabus around this site!
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