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'Growing demand' for SEND support, council says
9+ hour, 45+ min ago (496+ words) A council is set to discuss how it supports children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) amid a "growing demand". The meeting by City of Wolverhampton Council's Children and Young People panel on Wednesday will also look at how…...
Gender-affirming hormone treatment for children halted by NHS
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (622+ words) Gender-affirming hormone treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds has been paused after an NHS review found evidence does not support its continued use. The treatment, prescribing masculinising or feminising hormones, has been available on the NHS for 16 and 17-year-olds with a diagnosis…...
Representing Team Ontario is the first Black skip to compete at a Brier
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (79+ words) Representing Team Ontario is the first Black skip to compete at a Brier'Yahoo News Canada Competing in this year's Brier is the first Black skip. Jayden King represents Team Ontario, and at 23 years old he's also the second youngest skip…...
Indonesia announces a social media ban for anyone under 16
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (217+ words) Indonesia announces a social media ban for anyone under 16Yahoo News Canada Following in the footsteps of Australia, Indonesia will be the latest country to limit social media usage for children under 16. Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's communication and digital affairs minister, announced…...
Bereaved parents urge MPs to support social media ban for under-16s
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (770+ words) Twenty-three bereaved parents have urged MPs to back a ban on social media for under-16s, saying that mothers and fathers "cannot regulate billion-dollar technology companies from their kitchen tables". MPs are set to debate the Lords-backed ban on Monday. Peers…...
Stanley Tucci calls for cooking lessons in primary schools
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (30+ words) Stanley Tucci calls for cooking lessons in primary schools'Yahoo News Canada Stanley Tucci has backed a campaign calling for all children at U.K. primary schools to learn to cook....
Youth club reopens after £1.5m transformation
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (537+ words) A youth club has been "future-proofed for generations to come" thanks to a "1.5m transformation. Sheffield's Double Six club received cash from the Youth Investment Fund to upgrade its building and create new outdoor sports facilities. Organisers at the club, based…...
FIRST READING: Canada one of the world's last holdouts on medically transing children
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1006+ words) As democracies around the world pull back on the tenets of youth gender medicine, Canada is emerging as one of the last countries still hewing to the idea that minors should be prescribed hormones and even surgery to affirm a…...
'It's a big relief': Saskatchewan extends post-secondary tuition support for Ukrainian students
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (396+ words) Saskatchewan is extending its tuition support program for Ukrainian post-secondary students displaced by the war in their home country. "It honestly means a lot for me and the other students because we feel welcomed in this country, in this province,…...
Students are protesting the recent OSAP changes
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (41+ words) Students are protesting the recent OSAP changes'Yahoo News Canada University of Ottawa students held a rally on Wednesday, part of a provincewide day of action at post-secondary institutions. CBC's Cameron Mahler went and spoke to students about their thoughts....