15 h. ago Mum cries 'I'm so sorry' to parents of teens she killed while drink driving

Natasha Allarakhia hit speeds of 96mph before smashing into the back of a stationary car - killing William Ray and Eddie Shore, while seriously injuring another teen.

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26 h. ago Mum sobs 'I'm so sorry' to parents of teens she killed while sipping beer

Natasha Allarakhia, 36, hit speeds of 96mph before smashing into the back of a stationary car in June last year, killing William Ray, 17, and Eddie Shore, 18, and seriously injuring another teen

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32 h. ago BREAKING: Mum jailed for killing two boys in horror crash as she sipped beer at the wheel

Natasha Allarakhia, 35, has been jailed for 10 years after she admitted causing death by dangerous driving in a collision that killed teenagers William Ray, 17, and Eddie Shore, 18

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32 h. ago Serial bad driver who killed two promising schoolboys by smashing into their stationary car after doing 96mph while sipping booze is jailed

Mother-of-two Natasha Allarakhia, 36, was speeding at 96mph in her Audi Q2 when she failed to notice the car which had stopped at temporary traffic lights.

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33 h. ago Driver hit speeds of 96mph 'while sipping lager' before killing two teenagers

The court was told Natasha Allarakhia was 'literally drinking and driving'

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6 d. ago Parents of teens urged to note deadline and act now to ensure they don't miss out on child benefit payments

Advice Direct Scotland is reminding parents who have a child aged between 16 and 19 that the payments will stop at the end of this month - unless they take action.

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7 d. ago Parents plan to dish out nearly £500 to celebrate teens' exam results

Proud parents plan to dish out an average of nearly £500 worth of presents to celebrate their teen’s exam results.

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1 week ago Parents refer more teen boys to Government's deradicalisation scheme Prevent after hit Netflix drama Adolescence

The series about a 13-year-old boy, played by Owen Cooper, who kills a female classmate for rejecting him and mocking him online - was critically acclaimed for dealing with toxic masculinity.

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1 week ago When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn’t it time to ask what the boundaries should be? | Gaby Hinsliff

The virtual world can bring a kind of friendship and a kind of connection, even to the grieving. But it can also facilitate exploitation of very human needsJoaquin Oliver was 17 years old when he was shot in the hallway of his high school. An older teenager, expelled some months previously, had opened fire with a high-powered rifle on Valentine’s Day in what became America’s deadliest high school shooting. Seven years on, Joaquin says he thinks it’s important to talk about what happened on that day in Parkland, Florida, “so that we can create a safer future for everyone”.But sadly, what happened to Joaquin that day is that he died. The oddly metallic voice speaking to the ex-CNN journalist Jim Acosta in an interview on Substack this week was actually that of a digital ghost: an AI, trained on the teenager’s old social media posts at the request of his parents, who are using it to bolster their campaign for tougher gun controls. Like many bereaved families, they have told their child...

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1 week ago Parents warned over 'dangerous' teen trend that can lead to tooth loss

Parents need to watch out for these viral social media dental hacks which an orthodontist claims have been injuring teens and which even risk causing tooth loss

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1 week ago Feeding teenagers is a 'bottomless pit' costing parents a staggering amount

Parents in the UK with kids aged 13-18 say the big weekly shop adds up to £189 per week, with a quarter saying it is the biggest expense after the mortgage or rent.

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1 week ago The colossal cost of feeding teens revealed as kids 'eating parents out of the house'

Teens are literally eating their parents out of the house, according to a new report.

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2 w. ago British teenager boards flight to Italy without a ticket after losing parents in airport

It is still unclear how the 15-year-old boy passed through gate-check in security without a ticket

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2 w. ago ‘Children are entering a hellscape’: the terrifying film about grieving parents taking on social media giants

Sextortion, suicide scenarios, unwanted sexual advances – all this and more is served up to teens on their phones. Can’t Look Away tells a devastating story of bereft parents trying to hold the likes of Snapchat to accountIn 2020, Amy Neville found her 14-year-old son Alexander dead in his bedroom. He had taken what he thought was an oxycodone pill, bought – according to Neville – from a drug dealer he met on Snapchat. The pill was a fake, laced with fentanyl. Four years later, his mum stood up in the California high school where Alex would have been a student to warn other parents and teenagers about social media. “We give our kids these smartphones. We let them have these apps. And that is the equivalent of dropping them off in the worst neighbourhood in our area.”Neville is featured alongside other bereaved parents in Can’t Look Away, a terrifying new documentary about kids and social media directed by Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz, based on extensive investigative reporting by...

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2 w. ago ‘My daughter didn’t get emotional like I did’: the families who go gigging together

Concerts are now full of multigenerational fans who grew up on the music as a family. Whether Billie Eilish or Stevie Wonder, they explain the appealWhile some teenagers still wouldn’t be caught dead with their parents at a gig, there’s been a marked number of multigenerational gatherings of parents, kids, uncles and aunts at recent tours such as Pulp, Bruce Springsteen and the Oasis reunion. We spoke to four families about why they enjoy watching bands together. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Renfrewshire paedophile branded "every parent's worst nightmare" jailed after sending sexual messages to teen girls

Twisted John McNaught sent sexual messages on social media platforms to six young teenage girls.

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