Generic news relating to young people
Cyberbullying alone doesn’t seem to be as big an issue amongst teenagers as people may think. However, as much as 30% of 15 year olds in the UK said they’d been bullied in some form at least twice a month in the previous two ...more
Suggestion that food and drinks should be labelled to tell us how much exercise we need to do in order to burn off the calories in what we consume ...more
Although e-cigarettes may be helpful for people who want to stop smoking, there is a worry that they might increase the appeal for teenagers to start smoking, both e-cigarettes and real tobacco cigarettes. ...more
Thursday 28th January is Young Carers Awareness Day and is a national day in recognition of the care and support provided by young carers. Young carers are children and young people under the age of 18 who provide unpaid care to ...more
Should there be a law preventing people from smoking in cars that are carrying children or should it be up to parents and other adults to decide what they want to do? What do you think? ...more
A study carried out for the Prince’s Trust charity uncovered that unemployment causes long-lasting mental health problems among young people between the ages of 16 and 25 ...more
Would plain packaging of cigarettes make it less appealing for young people to start smoking? ...more