3 d. ago Female teachers facing more violent attacks in Scots schools amid incel influencer increase

Nearly half of all female teachers in schools across Scotland have been subjected to violence in the last 12 months.

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4 d. ago Parents warned as toxic 'incel' social media accounts connivingly change their SECRET LANGUAGE to avoid detection in the wake of Adolescence uproar and TikTok ban

Online advocates of misogynistic incel (involuntarily celibate) culture are rebranding as 'Sub5s' to get past the platform's ban on hateful material.

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1 week ago Sunscreen warning as research shows chemicals could be in food chain

Scientists have warned about the impact of toxic material found in sunscreen, claiming that a quarter of lotion applied by people ends up in the water

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1 week ago Starmer: We cannot ‘shrug our shoulders’ at problem with boys and young men

The Prime Minister’s comments came after former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate warned about ‘toxic’ influencers fuelling misogyny.

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1 week ago Scotland’s former violence reduction tzar warns toxic influencers are fuelling youth violence

Karyn McCluskey, who headed up the pioneering Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in the early 2000s, told the Sunday Mail that today’s youth now face “a different reality”.

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1 week ago Teachers are 'out of their depth' over secret emojis code: Warning over 'rife' toxic culture ravaging schools as sinister messages revealed in Netflix's Adolescence

Former deputy head Amit Kalley said a 'hell of a lot more' needs to be done to support parents and teachers after Netflix drama Adolescence sparked a national conversation.

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1 week ago Fearless and Network Rail Scotland campaign encouraging youths to speak up about violence and weapon possession

Initiative will feature a series of impactful videos on Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok.

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2 w. ago New figures reveal NHS staff in Ayrshire face lowest levels of violence in Scotland

Figures released under Freedom of Information laws have revealed that NHS staff in Ayrshire face less violent incidents than their counterparts in Orkney and the Western Isles.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on modern masculinity: boys need mentors, not marketers | Editorial

Sir Gareth Southgate is right to warn that social media is trapping boys in toxic ideals. It’s a crisis demanding real-world solutionsBoys used to be raised by their parents. Now, as they grow up, an increasing number are coming under the influence of toxic online figures who push a hollow, misogynistic version of masculinity. This isn’t helping their character or their relationships. But it does work for a digital world where worth is measured in money, status and appearance. Girls have long seen their mental health suffer from social media comparisons and phone addiction. But that doesn’t make it any less troubling now that boys are being similarly affected.In his Richard Dimbleby lecture for the BBC, Sir Gareth Southgate made a cogent case that young men are being failed by modern society – not just by absent role models, but by a culture that doesn’t acknowledge failure and vulnerability while exposing them to damaging digital influences. Without re...

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2 w. ago What has Sir Gareth Southgate been up to since he left the England job?

The former England manager voices his concerns after a court heard a killer ‘turned to’ Andrew Tate the day before murdering three people

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2 w. ago Watch: Gareth Southgate warns young boys need better role models instead of ‘toxic influencers’

Young men are becoming increasingly isolated online and need stronger real-world role models, Sir Gareth Southgate has warned.

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2 w. ago Gareth Southgate warns of ‘toxic influencers’ and ‘crisis’ facing generation of young men

Southgate drew up his own experiences as he concluded young men are ‘suffering’ and need to be able to build ‘belief and resilience’ in the outside world

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3 w. ago Scotland's brutal traveller gang wars exposed amid 'unacceptable violence'

The weekend's carnage is the latest in a number of incidents in Scotland in recent years.

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3 w. ago Major environmental damage risk after North Sea oil tanker collision, warns Greenpeace scientist

A Greenpeace scientist has warned of major environmental damage after a cargo ship carrying highly toxic chemicals collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea on Monday (10 March).

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3 w. ago Youth violence campaigners call for action after murder of teen boy on Scotland's streets

Amen Teklay, 15, died after he was stabbed in Glasgow on Wednesday night.

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4 w. ago When Just Eat goes bad: The moment delivery driver and his sons attack customer with metal poles after he complained about cold kebab

Sadiq Yildirim, 57, and sons Cerkez, 26, and Erkan, 31, were caught on doorbell film brandishing metal poles as a heated row over a takeaway exploded into violence in Dumfries, Scotland.

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