17 h. ago Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast

From misogynist content creators such as Andrew Tate to the ubiquity of pornography, boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers about the pressures and joys they experienceThe release of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence this month has unleashed a wave of panic around teenage boys. Keir Starmer said the UK “may have a problem with boys and young men”, while parents began worried conversations about their children’s online lives. But how true to life is it?Michael Conroy, who has been going into schools to train teachers and professionals about boys’ personal development for years, says he has seen a shift in what he hears about. “Just 10 years ago, we didn’t have young men speaking in very sexualised ways to female teachers, quite a few in the same school.” He sees the ubiquity of pornography as a huge factor, with boys as young as 11 using it obsessively. “I’m getting invited to work with primary schools now.” The knock-on effect, he says, is an unrealistic a...

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43 h. ago Teen girl's head 'kicked like a football' by gang in 'worst nightmare' footage

Police have arrested a 12-year-old after a teenager was attacked by others in a sickening filmed ambush and she was hospitalised for three days with serious injuries

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49 h. ago Police arrest girl, 12, after teen 'jumped' by four others in sickening filmed attack

A 12-year-old girl was arrested by police following a sickening attack on Olivia Allan, 13, as she was on her way home from school - the girl was hospitalised for three days

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4 d. ago A teen girl’s skeletal remains were found in a California river 30 years ago. Now police have finally identified her

Laura O’Malley reportedly left her New York home in August 1975 because she didn’t get along with her stepfather

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4 d. ago Egypt Sindbad submarine tragedy sees three kids orphaned as parents killed in Red Sea sinking

The teen girl is reported to have lost both her parents after a tourist submarine suddenly sank off the coast of Egypt, leaving nine people dead and more injured

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6 d. ago Online gangs of 'sadistic' teen boys are sharing sick abuse material and blackmailing girls into performing sex acts and self

Investigators reveal an alarming surge in groups which manipulate victims into abusing themselves and even siblings or pets in the pursuit of online notoriety or money through 'sextortion.'

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6 d. ago Teen admits beating autistic girl unconscious in Glasgow skatepark and attacking five other kids

The 16-year-old set upon then 12-year-old Abbie Jarvis at the facility in Drumchapel in October 2022.

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7 d. ago Chilling video captures final moments of teen girls before brutal murder

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Abigail Williams and Liberty German were killed in a brutal double murder.

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1 week ago Man charged after teen girl attacked by bully dog near Scots university

A 16-year-old girl was attacked by a bully dog near a Scots university in one of three incidents.

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1 week ago Teen girls missing on paddle board found floating in ocean 16 hours later

The girls survived through the night as authorities and countless volunteers scoured the waters, with spotlights from search helicopters missing them by just a few inches

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1 week ago Teen girl 'scared to leave the house' after what happened outside school

Lucie Thomson, who had a brain tumour removed, was involved in an altercation last week.

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2 w. ago ‘Everybody does it’: Why we all love a good gossip, from The White Lotus, to books and podcasts

Sharing secrets is a natural human instinct – and the boom in audio is providing new platforms for the juiciest storiesIn the latest series of The White Lotus, childhood best friends Laurie, Kate and Jaclyn arrive at a luxury Thai hotel for a girls’ ­holiday. The trio appears to have a perfect dynamic, but on the first night, two friends descend into a gossiping session about the third, crystallising unspoken tensions in the group.Gossip drives all kinds of dramas – it’s the central force behind every series of Bridgerton, the beating heart of teen drama Gossip Girl. Where would Jane Austen’s characters, or even Hilary Mantel’s imagining of Thomas Cromwell, be without insider secrets? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Real Housewife of Cheshire 'told staff to hide when inspectors called' at her crisis

Staff at a crisis-hit care home for teen girls have claimed they were told to hide by Real Housewives of Cheshire star and owner Ampika Pickston as inspectors visited the premises.

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2 w. ago Father, 46, stormed up to teenage girl at beach and punched her from behind because he thought she was bullying his daughter, court hears

Dean Devonald, 46, ran towards the 15-year-old girl at Aberavon beach, in Port Talbot, Wales, and floored her with the blow before bellowing: 'Touch my daughter again and I'll kill you you c***.'

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2 w. ago Teen, 15, GUILTY of trying to murder girl with sword on Halloween camping trip

The boy was among a group of seven who went out to camp in a field on Halloween last year - where he stabbed the girl ten times, leaving her with injuries she was 'fortunate to survive'

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2 w. ago Teen boy who stabbed girl with sword after shouting 'I have to do this' guilty

The boy stabbed a 14-year-old girl 10 times with a sword during a Halloween camping trip.

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2 w. ago Schoolgirl accused of murder appears in court clutching teddy bear

A teen girl appeared in court over the incident.

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2 w. ago Teen girls' verdict on why anxiety is 'normal' for their age group

New research dives deep into the minds of teenage girls

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3 w. ago Teen girl arrested over 'bomb hoax' after police sweep Scots school

The incident took place this afternoon.

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3 w. ago Rotherham rapists who groomed and attacked vulnerable teenage girls they called 'fresh meat' are jailed for total of nearly 40 years

Romulad Stefan Houphouet and Absolom Sigiyo have been jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for 20 years and 18-and-a-half years respectively.

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