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24/02/2025: First 750 schools named for free breakfast clubs
The government has announced the first 750 schools to provide free daily breakfast clubs as part of a pilot scheme ahead of a planned England-wide roll-out.
24/02/2025: Campaigners call for national strategy amid decline in play
Campaigners are urging the government to ‘get children playing again’ amid a squeeze on the activity – particularly in deprived areas.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
24/02/2025: Murdered teenager’s family welcomes government crackdown on online knife sales
The family of a teenager who was stabbed to death three years ago are among campaigners backing measures to curb the sale of knives online.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
24/02/2025: Vaping ‘more dangerous than smoking’, bombshell first-of-its-kind study reveals – raises risk of THREE deadly diseases
Regularly using e-cigarettes could put users at risk of dementia, heart disease and organ failure, a bombshell study has revealed.
24/02/2025: Thousands of children in England falsely accused of witchcraft in past decade
Kindoki Witch Boy film tells true story of Mardoche Yembi who underwent an exorcism as a child
24/02/2025: Social media bans for teens: Australia has passed one, should other countries follow suit?
A block for under-16s would soothe many parents’ concerns, but experts are divided over the evidence in support of it, and how it might work in practice
24/02/2025: The Challenges Facing Resettlement Officers In YOIs
Anne-Marie Day highlights a number of challenges faced by Resettlement Officers in English Young Offender’s Institutions.
23/02/2025: Child criminal exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ of vulnerable people to be made criminal offences
Legislation to tackle grooming and exploitation, including by county lines gangs, would also create orders placing restrictions on movements of those who pose a risk to children.
22/02/2025: New laws to protect children exploited by gangs in England and Wales ‘will save lives’
Ex-children’s commissioner welcomes crackdown on use of children for crimes such as running county lines.
21/02/2025: ‘Grooming was happening here’: Key witness in Miah brothers sexual abuse trial speaks to Sky News
Barrow has a reputation as a “lying town” because of Eleanor Williams who was convicted of lying about being the victim of an Asian grooming gang. But as three brothers are jailed for preying on underage girls, a witness tells us: “Grooming was happening here and still probably is.”
21/02/2025: Every hour children spend on screens raises chance of myopia, study finds
Experts warn young people should have limited use of devices and spend more time outdoors.
20/02/2025: Host families sought for teenage care leavers
People in Cornwall are being asked to come forward to host young people who have just left the care system.