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30/04/2024: Smartphones ban may cause more harm than good, says Molly Russell’s father
Ian Russell says parental controls could weaken trust and ‘punish children for tech firms’ failures.
29/04/2024: Teachers warned to be on lookout for victims of sextortion in UK schools
Teenage boys believed to be among most vulnerable to gangs using real and fake images to blackmail victims
28/04/2024: Paedophile was caught ordering teenage girl to perform sex acts in video call
A paedophile was caught ordering a teenage girl to perform vile sex acts in a video call just months after being release from prison for almost identical offences.
28/04/2024: Vulnerable teenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by councils in England
Campaigners say cash-strapped local authorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for grooming by criminal gangs.
26/04/2024: Foreign states targeting UK universities, MI5 warns
Foreign states are targeting British universities in order to undermine national security, MI5 has warned.
26/04/2024: Youth justice diversion schemes ‘not fit’ for children with SEND
The process for diverting young people away from the criminal justice system is ‘not fit’ for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), research warns.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
26/04/2024: Just two in five pupils in England always feel safe in school, survey finds
Teachers say behaviour getting worse as survey also shows parents getting less supportive of school policies.
25/04/2024: Navigating Justice: Enhancing Youth Diversion Strategies for Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
The Centre for Justice Innovation has published a report which scrutinises the current state of youth diversion programs for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) within the justice system.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
25/04/2024: England child alcohol use tops global chart, finds WHO report
A third of 11-year-olds and more than half of 13-year-olds in England have drunk alcohol – putting it top out of 44 countries examined in a report by global health experts.
25/04/2024: Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences
Mental health experts have criticised a lack of action by the government to tackle underlying issues behind persistent school absences such as poor emotional wellbeing and poverty.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
25/04/2024: Great Britain has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds
Study by World Health Organization shows more than half of children had drunk alcohol by age 13.
24/04/2024: ‘I get overwhelmed by the noises and crowds of school’
The disruption and isolation of lockdown had a particularly profound impact on children with special needs, many of who did not receive the support they required. Some schools are now struggling to help pupils who find it difficult to cope.