Lottie Andrews
NHS treating hundreds of children as young as 13 for gaming disorders
Source: Sky News The number of people playing video games increased massively during pandemic lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 – but so did the risk of addiction. Campaigners have previously…
NSPCC play to keep York children safe online to be performed
Source: BBC News Hundreds of school children in York are to see a newly commissioned play as part of an online safety campaign. The Net tells the story of a…
Utah is first US state to limit teen social media access
Source: BBC News Utah has become the first US state to require social media firms get parental consent for children to use their apps and verify users are at least…
Police strip-searched children as young as eight
Source: BBC News Children as young as eight are being strip-searched by the police, according to a report showing “deeply concerning” and “widespread” failures. It also found some children were…
Self-harm hospital admissions up 22% for children aged eight to 17
Source: BBC News Self-harm hospital admissions for children aged eight to 17 in the UK jumped 22% in one year. The age group is now the largest for self-harm admissions,…
‘Ghost children’ of pandemic have given up going to school
Source: The Times More than 140,000 children were “severely absent” from school last summer, a report has found, warning that children are at risk of “disengaging with education entirely”. The…
Liverpool pupils help shape strategy to end street harassment
Source: BBC News A group of teenagers have shared their experiences of street harassment to help shape a strategy to tackle violence against women and girls in Liverpool. Year 11…
Terri White: How I fear for the ‘ghost children’ missing from school
Source: BBC News More than 140,000 schoolchildren in England were officially “severely absent” in the summer term of 2022, according to official Department of Education figures – and the number…
West Lane Hospital: Mental health care ‘chaotic and unsafe’
Source: BBC News A mental health unit criticised over the deaths of three teenagers was “chaotic and unsafe”, a report found. An independent inquiry found “excessive and inappropriate” restraint was…
‘I did not send my child to university to die’
Source: BBC News University of Edinburgh student Romy Ulvestad died at her parents’ London home four days after her 21st birthday. She had killed herself after staff failed to provide…
