Coronavirus UK: Teenagers with cancer face terminal diagnoses alone due to NHS visitor ban

NHS visitor bans mean teenagers with cancer are going alone to appointments where doctors tell them their illness is terminal, campaigners warn.   The Teenage Cancer Trust and CLIC Sargent have written a letter to health ministers across the UK asking them to pledge that young cancer patients will not have to face the devastating news … Read more

Generation cocaine: One in ten teenagers has tried hard drugs as use by under-17s hits a peak

Generation cocaine: One in ten teenagers has tried hard drugs as use by under-17s hits a peak… and boys are more likely to experiment, new figures show One in ten young people has tried hard drugs by the age of 17, research finds  The study by UCL found youngsters using more cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine … Read more

Woman, 19, dies and three teenagers including driver, 19, are injured after car ploughs into tree 

Woman, 19, dies and three other teenagers including driver, 19, are injured after car ploughs into tree An 19-year-old passenger died in crash in Westbury, Wiltshire, yesterday evening Local teenager pronounced dead scene and male driver, 19, taken to hospital  Two remaining passengers taken to Southmead and Royal United Hospitals By Lydia Catling For Mailonline … Read more

Woman, 18, dies and three teenagers including driver, 19, are injured after car ploughs into tree 

Woman, 18, dies and three other teenagers including driver, 19, are injured after car ploughs into tree An 18-year-old passenger died in crash in Westbury, Wiltshire, yesterday evening Local teenager pronounced dead scene and male driver, 19, taken to hospital  Two remaining passengers taken to Southmead and Royal United Hospitals By Lydia Catling For Mailonline … Read more

Social media triggers a sharp decline in teenagers’ self-esteem, study finds

Social media triggers sharp declines in teenagers’ mental health, causing the most damage to the self-esteem of girls aged 14 to 17, a new study has found. Research from the Education Policy Institute and the Prince’s Trust found wellbeing and self-esteem levels are similar in boys and girls at the end of primary school. However, … Read more

Poor white teenagers are least likely group to go to university, watchdog warns

Poor white teenagers in Britain’s ‘left behind’ ex-industrial and coastal towns are least likely group to go to university, watchdog warns They made up 90% of those in the bottom fifth of people likely to go to university Office for Students suggests more belief in equality of opportunity in big cities Decline of local institutions … Read more

Brazil coach crash leaves 19 dead, including one child and five teenagers

At least 19 people including several children are killed and dozens more hurt as bus careers off road and rolls down embankment in Brazil A child and five teenagers are among 19 people to die after coach crash in Brazil Tragedy occurred on road near Guaratuba, a city in the southern state of Parana A … Read more

Teenagers catch moods from their FRIENDS – and low spirits are the most contagious, study reveals

Bullying can affect everyone; those who are bullied, those who bully, and those who witness bullying.  Bullying is linked to many negative outcomes including impacts on mental health, substance use, and suicide.  It is important to talk to children to determine whether bullying, or something else, is a concern. Children who are bullied Children who … Read more

Teenagers with mental health disorders who smoke marijuana are THREE times more likely to self-harm

Teenagers with mental health disorders who smoke marijuana are THREE times more likely to self-harm, study warns US researchers studied more than 200,000 teens with mood disorders   Found ten per cent of these were diagnose with ‘cannabis use disorder’   This condition linked to 3.28 times higher risk of non-fatal self harm   By Joe Pinkstone For … Read more

Milton Keynes stabbing: Family of murdered teenagers say they’re ‘serving their own life sentence’ 

The families of two teenagers have told a court they are ‘serving their own life sentence’ after the 17-year-olds were stabbed to death by a masked gang.  Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice were killed at a house in the Emerson Valley area of Milton Keynes on October 19, 2019. Jason Rice, Ben’s father, told Luton … Read more