Young women are the most likely to have experienced high levels of anxiety, depression and loneliness during the coronavirus lockdown, according to a study spanning four generations. Researchers from University
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An inquiry by MSPs has found a “troubling picture” for youth mental health services. MSPs on Holyrood’s Public Petitions Committee raised concerns about the evidence of young people who reported
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A High Court judge has approved a plan which will see a teenager with behavioural difficulties temporarily kept locked in a council house because social services staff cannot find appropriate
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Thousands of teenagers are at risk of never returning to full-time education and becoming easy prey for criminal gangs amid the Covid-19 crisis, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
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An NHS cadet programme launched to coincide with the service’s 72nd birthday hopes to encourage thousands of marginalised teenagers into the health workforce. Teenagers aged between 14 and 18 will
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A Welsh youth offending service has been rated inadequate after inspectors raised “serious concerns” about its standard of work with child criminals. Chief inspector of probation Justin Russell said Cardiff
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Waltham Forest Council has backed the recommendations made in a Serious Case Review, published today (Tuesday 26 May 2020), looking into the murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie. Jaden Moodie (pictured)
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A chance to protect a 14-year-old boy from drugs gangs was missed when he was found in a crack den three months before he died, a report has found. Jaden
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A major investment in youth services is needed in the Budget to help prevent knife crime, according to MPs. A cross-party group of politicians called for urgent funds to protect
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The Duchess of Cambridge praised an original performance by a choir of schoolchildren as she celebrated one of her patronages at a Buckingham Palace gala dinner. Kate hosted a glittering
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