34 h. ago Sport must step up and be part of the social revolution to reach ‘lost boys’ | Cath Bishop

Gareth Southgate wants role models to offer a different path from toxic influencers. Do those in sport have the will to do so?Amid all the pressing problems of the day, one crisis has cut through: the acute need for greater support, care and steady role models for young men, addressed powerfully through the Netflix series Adolescence, explored in the Centre for Social Justice paper Lost Boys and discussed in parliament. Then came the BBC Richard Dimbleby lecture by the former England manager Sir Gareth Southgate, reinforcing the importance of belief and resilience for young people in a challenging world.Southgate continues to embody how sport and society can connect in a new way. The question now is whether the rest of sport – its leaders, coaches, athletes, volunteers and fans – stands ready to take up the cause and whether sport has the collective vision, will and competence to do so effectively. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Kristin Cavallari reveals why reuniting with the 8th grade boyfriend who took her virginity 'really upset' her

Cavallai, 38, recently embarked a four-date tour for her podcast, Let's Be Honest, where she spoke with various 'surprise guests' on stage, including her former Laguna Beach alums.

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6 d. ago Adolescence is an intervention: why parents now need to step up

Adolescence puts one thing very clear: we are failing as parents and as a society, if we keep giving our young children unsupervised access to the internet

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1 week ago Adolescence is an intervention: what can we do about boys lost in the manosphere?

Adolescence puts one thing very clear: we are failing as parents, as a society, if we keep giving our young children unsupervised access to the internet

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2 w. ago As Trump menaces us in Canada, we have a question for Britain: when will you stand up to him? | Jennifer Welsh

The UK has long benefited from its Commonwealth. Though we will take steps to ensure our survival, the silence from London is deafeningDavid Lammy thought he was reassuring Canadians. During his visit to Canada – for a meeting of G7 foreign ministers– he was asked about Donald Trump’s claims that the country should become the 51st state of the US. The UK foreign secretary stressed that Canada is a “proud [and] sovereign nation”, and – in his view – would remain so. When pressed further, he invoked Canada’s shared history and monarch with the UK, and our work together during the second world war.Canadians are already well aware of that shared history, and how Britain has long benefited from its Commonwealth. My 96-year-old father just missed the age of enlistment in support of Britain in the 1940s but his two brothers, young boys from the Canadian prairies, lost their lives as RAF bombers. One of them is buried in the beautiful Commonwealth war cemetery in Harrogate.Jennifer Welsh is...

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2 w. ago Evil mum who tortured baby boy so badly he lost his legs attacked in jail

A Parole Board judgment revealed Jody Simpson has been bullied by other convicts in the jail.

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2 w. ago Couple's haunting final selfie at beauty spot before woman plunges 160ft to her death

Laura Barbieri, 47, was hiking up Mount Guglielmo in northern Italy with her boyfriend Maurizio Filini when she lost her balance and fell 160 feet down a ravine in front of him

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