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School isolation rooms: 'It was like I didn't exist'
More than 200 school children spent at least five consecutive days in school isolation booths last year.
bbc
Published: 12 November 2018
UK Youth Parliament to campaign for action on knife crime
<img alt="UK Youth Parliament to campaign for action on knife crime" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/054e1331-673b-47f6-b678-cf578f05a65c/1/ScreenShot20181112at165632-320x198.png" /> <p> The decision came following the UK Youth Parliament's 10th annual House of Commons debate chaired by the House of Commons Speaker John Bercow MP. Knife crime was last month declared as the top concern... </p>
cypn
Published: 12 November 2018
'Hundreds of pupils spend week in school isolation booths'
More than 200 children spent five consecutive days in an isolation booth in English schools, the BBC has learned.
bbc
Published: 12 November 2018
Home Office announces £18m for youth projects to tackle serious violence
<img alt="Home Office announces £18m for youth projects to tackle serious violence " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/cb0b9854-517d-4517-82e7-eed5bdc21028/1/workwithyoungoffender-320x198.gif" /> <p> The Early Intervention Youth Fund is intended to help youth workers prevent children and young people becoming involved in criminal activity, such as being drawn into "county lines" crime where gangs from... </p>
cypn
Published: 12 November 2018
Hertfordshire school's drill dance from the 1800s
Drill is a mesmerizing dance tradition dating back centuries - and is still performed at this school.
bbc
Published: 12 November 2018
Pseudonyms to protect authors of controversial articles
A new journal will allow academics to publish controversial articles under a pseudonym.
bbc
Published: 12 November 2018
Youth homelessness: Councils refuse support in more than half of cases
<img alt="Youth homelessness: Councils refuse support in more than half of cases" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e17a55e7-9db8-4bbe-bf89-580f840ab588/2/centrepointhostel-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Research carried out by homelessness charity Centrepoint, based on responses from English councils to Freedom of Information requests, found that 52 per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds asking for help because... </p>
cypn
Published: 12 November 2018
Health visitor numbers 'below safe level'
<img alt="Health visitor numbers &#39;below safe level&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5c32b204-ebb5-498c-a5ac-46bac3b53168/4/ScreenShot20170413at161728-320x198.png" /> <p> The institute, which was established in 2012 to strengthen the quality of practice, said NHS data shows that the number of health visitors employed has fallen by more than 20 per cent between October 2015,... </p>
cypn
Published: 12 November 2018
The letters that ended World War One
Phones and telegrams were in their infancy, so letters were key to negotiating an end to The Great War.
bbc
Published: 10 November 2018