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Observer investigation in England and Wales reveals 40% increase in reports of sexual assaults and rapes where both victim and perpetrator were under 18Taunts, bullying… then groping: one abused boy’s storyAn alarming rise in sexual assaults on childre…
Exclusive: Palaszczuk government expected to begin process of establishing peak body amid pressure to crack down on youth crimeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland is looking to establish a youth justice p…
UK’s largest survey on knife crime, bullying and gang rivalry has uncovered ‘shocking and unacceptable’ levels of violenceRead more: ‘They’re demonised, labelled as criminals’: a lifeline for the young on one of London’s most violent estatesHalf of all…
Exclusive: Poll shows young people willing to make big lifestyle changes but baulk at smaller gesturesThey are willing to have smaller families, stop using cars and – albeit in smaller numbers – go vegan for the planet, but abandoning single-use plasti…
The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorshipPublisher Penguin Random House has launched a new writing award in the US celebrating freedo…
Severe material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisisMore than 1 million children experienced destitution last year – meaning their families could not afford to adequately feed, clothe or clean t…
Exclusive: Physical and mental impact on young people needs immediate action, Dr Camilla Kingdon saysThe climate crisis poses an “existential risk” to the health and wellbeing of all children and action to tackle it is needed immediately, Britain’s mos…
Yvette Cooper will announce scheme that will also offer mental health supportYvette Cooper will set up a £100m “tough love” youth programme to help tackle a knife crime epidemic and a mental health crisis among UK teenagers if Labour is elected, she wi…
Inspectorate demands emergency changes as Scotland Yard accepts its child protection services are in chaosThe Metropolitan police are failing in their efforts to protect children from criminal and sexual exploitation while bungling efforts to find miss…
Figures raise questions about safeguarding at college given ‘outstanding’ for welfare by OfstedNine rapes at the Harrogate military college, which trains 16- and 17-year-olds for careers in the British army, were reported to civilian police over a 13-m…