38 h. ago Screen time limits for children are no longer enough, new US report finds

Experts say guidance is ‘refreshing’ as it puts more emphasis on responsibility of companies and societyThe American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidance on how to protect children’s mental health in the digital age – emphasizing the need for systemic changes as well as parental engagement that goes beyond limiting screen time.Jessica Schleider, an adolescent psychologist and professor at Northwestern University whose lab develops digital mental health interventions, said the new policy statement was “really refreshing to see”, because it contrasts with conventional wisdom that places too much of the safety burden on individual parents. Common advice like “limiting individual youth access to screens”, or asking parents to keep tabs on their children’s every digital movement is “not only impossible, but for adolescents in particular, potentially invasive”, Schleider said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Great Ormond Street apologises to families of children harmed by surgeon Yaser Jabbar ahead of report

Children being treated at the hospital suffered severe harm under the care of the disgraced orthopaedic surgeon

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4 d. ago Barron Trump told police he's 'very close' to alleged rape victim after he called 999 from the US when he saw her 'getting beat up' by her boyfriend during Facetime call, court hears

Donald Trump's youngest son, 19, called 999 and told an operator he heard what he thought was Russian national Matvei Rumiantsev repeatedly punching his friend in a flat, a court heard.

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5 d. ago Obesity, rotting teeth and poor mental health British children are among ‘most unhealthy’ in EU

BRITISH kids are some of the least healthy in Europe, warn MPs who branded it a “source of shame”. A report by the Commons Health Committee said that compared to the continent UK tots have high and rising levels of obesity, rotting teeth, poor mental health and asthma. It added that vaccine uptake is too...

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8 d. ago 'I thought a plane had crashed' – survivor of Lancashire earthquake details horror

A small village in Lancashire has had six earthquakes in six weeks but - despite the unusual frequency of the events - residents are not overly concerned, one survivor opened up

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1 week ago Afghan gang members who trafficked young boys on small boats to rape and blackmail them will be extradited from UK

AN AFGHAN trafficking gang member who smuggled young boys into the UK before raping and blackmailing them has been extradited. Zeeshan Banghis, also known as Bangash, and Saifur Rahman Ahmedzai would help organise the deprived operations. The crime ring exploited migrants from Afghanistan and smuggled them through Iran, Turkey and the Balkans into Europe, including France and Belgium. They would...

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1 week ago Afghan member of trafficking gang that smuggled young boys into the UK on small boats and raped and blackmailed them with sex attack footage will be kicked out of the country

Zeeshan Banghis and Saifur Rahman Ahmedzai were arrested by National Crime Agency extradition officers in December 2024 after a Belgian judge jailed them in their absence.

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2 w. ago Depraved children's care home worker jailed after grooming and raping vulnerable girls

Alexander “Sandy” Boyd was convicted grooming, assault and rape, after a trial into historic sex abuse in Oban.

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3 w. ago Inside Meghan and Harry's 'mysterious plot' for Archie and Lilibet as 'pal slams move'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have always vowed to protect the privacy of their two young children, but now a new report claims there's a plan in place for Archie and Lilibet as they get older. Experts weigh in on the sudden shift

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3 w. ago Sidcup man charged with 47 historic rape and sexual offences involving young boys

Edward Sweeney, 84, of Sidcup, will appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 9

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3 w. ago Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta

From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Let’s support their fightRahila Gupta is an anti-racist feminist activist and the co-author, with Beatrix Campbell, of Planet Patriarchy In 2025, the world that had been opened up by women has often seemed to be closing in. The forces behind the rollback of abortion rights in Donald Trump’s US are attempting to do the same in the UK. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has doubled down on its attacks on women and girls. Sexual violence is commonplace in Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Mexico, even the president is not safe from sexual assault. A perverse rewilding appears to be taking place.You’d be forgiven for thinking that around the world, women’s rights are being concreted over. But in researching our book, Planet Patriarchy, Beatrix Campbell and I found women’s resistance erupting like green shoots through the cracks. In El Salvador, women can receive sentenc...

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3 w. ago Rape hell of boys, girls and disabled children: Report details horrors in DR Congo where sexual violence on adolescents is 'entrenched' with 35,000 cases in nine months

The scale of abuse has been described as endemic, systemic, and rapidly worsening, according to a UNICEF report released today.

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3 w. ago 16 new Corriedale pictures as Coronation Street and Emmerdale release more details of horror event

More details have been released ahead of Corrie and Emmerdale's historic ITV crossover with lives at risk

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4 w. ago Close friend of Michael Schumacher reveals new details of visiting rules 12 years on from Formula One legend's horror ski crash

12 years ago on Sunday, Schumacher suffered a horror ski crash while holidaying in the French Alps with his family, which fractured the former Ferrari driver's skull.

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