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In the office yesterday we were having a chat about the way the media portrays young people as either victims or aggressors. This was illustrated very plainly on the Today programme this morning - I emerged from sleep to listen to three consecutive news...
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The cost of custody PG Wodehouse famously got into a great deal of trouble for suggesting that anyone who had coped with a public school education could cope admirably in a PoW camp, and the comparison between public school and an open prison has often...
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I've just had a truly wonderful week working with Oxfordshire Youth Enablers (OYE!), which is the disability forum for Oxfordshire County Council. We transformed a school into the Crystal Maze, in imitation of the Channel 4 hit series of the 80s and...
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Seven-year-old Khyra Ishaq, starved to death by her mother and step-father who have been found guilty of manslaughter, is the latest child protection tragedy to hit the headlines. It's a case that puts a nasty dent into the slow rebuilding of morale...
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The old chestnut of teenage drinking is back, but this time covered in the New Yorker and in typical in-depth style. It writes about the Italians of New Haven, who came to the US in the 19th century and brought with them a drinking model of regularity...
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Channel 4's Tower Block of Commons series, following four MPs as they live with people on some of the country's toughest council estates, was compelling viewing. Compelling because it flushed out how the MPs who were featured really are. This...
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If the government wants to find some money from somewhere, for I don't know, election pledges or something, it could do worse than scrap the Health in Pregnancy grant. For those who are unaware said grant of £190 is available to all pregnant women...
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After the Tories managed to claim that more than half of teenage girls in deprived areas got pregnant earlier this week (its actually 5.4 per cent, not 54 per cent) they were rightly mocked as being out of touch. I particularly liked the quote from Lib...
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So twelve years of a Labour government and the country is virtually bust as a result of the banking system's failure. Global capitalism has to be bailed out by the government resulting in tax increases for all and cuts in public spending. What gets...
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Devian Patel is 24, and has had a job since he was 13, when he embarked on his first paper round. He worked all through school, and university. In November 2010 he was made redundant by the computer company for whom he worked. In order to keep his skills...
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By Year 10, 28% of girls are unhappy about their appearance, says a report by the Children's Society. This is a shock headline that makes every parent quiver with anxiety and want to rush home and reinforce their children's beauty to them. However...
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I went to the launch of the 'Shout Out for a Sure Start" campaign this morning, which we're supporting. The campaign's being launched by 4Children. Fronting the launch event at the Abbey Community Centre in London were a great big hefty...
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A colleague attended an engineering event recently and noticed a faintly embarrassed looking 17 year old hanging around at the back of the room. She presumed he was there as some kind of work experience. When the presentation began she discovered that...
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Good old Boris. What did we do without him? James Cleverly will stand down from his role as the Mayor's Youth Ambassador to become er…..Chair of the Waste and Recycling Board.
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Well now, I'm off on maternity leave next week. so this may be the last of my TV round-ups. I quite like doing them though, so if they are at all useful to anybody please comment and maybe I'll continue, at least until MediaBaby makes an appearance...