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UK has detained 76 ‘age-disputed’ children under one in, one out scheme
12+ hour, 18+ min ago (446+ words) Concerns raised over minors placed in adult detention centres since removals began under scheme in September More than 70 children from various conflict zones whose ages were disputed by the Home Office have been held in detention centres in the UK…...
Liana Finck on the noble sacrifices made by parents – cartoon
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (21+ words) Liana Finck on the noble sacrifices made by parents " cartoon'The Guardian Liana Finck on the noble sacrifices made by parents " cartoon...
‘There’s more to life than work’: Bangkok’s young people embrace mass outdoor aerobics sessions
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (958+ words) Group exercise had been associated with older people, but the playlist of K-pop and US hip-hop is a hit with gen Z It's evening rush hour in central Bangkok, the roads are clogged with traffic and the air is heavy…...
A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (768+ words) Teachers" leaders have said a "masculinity crisis" is fermenting in schools across the UK, with misogynistic abuse of female staff on the increase, leaving victims "traumatised", "demeaned" and "humiliated". Almost a quarter of female teachers who took part in a…...
‘Young people want to come together’: experts respond to mass teen meet-ups in Clapham
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1071+ words) Academics and youth workers say cuts to services and lack of public space help explain recent unrest in south London It started with a flyer sent around on Snapchat. Teenagers were invited to gather at a south London basketball court…...
Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (655+ words) Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises Young people in the UK are more likely to leave their job for health reasons and become economically inactive when they work in insecure,…...
Olive Howes obituary | Early years education
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (334+ words) My mother, Olive Howes, who has died aged 98, was a pioneer practitioner of early years education. After training as an infant teacher in the late 1940s, she combined motherhood with work, unusual in the 50s. She set up a private nursery school…...
How rotten is your brain?
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (362+ words) Find out how bad your mental mush is How bad is your brain rot? Tally up your scores to see your results. No cheating " how many of your apps have notifications on? How often do you rely on AI to…...
Screen time guidance does not go far enough | Letters
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (348+ words) While I fully support the government's guidance to parents of under-fives to keep screen time to under an hour a day (Keep under-fives' screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says, 27 March), this does not…...
Pubs should be declared adults-only zones | Letters
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (216+ words) As adults we don't dive into the ball pits at McDonald's, or invade playgrounds to go on the swings or see-saws, even for a laugh, because'it's not our space. If a pub has a nice beer garden, there may be…...