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A force has pledged to continue doing all it can to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) after an “unprecedented” case collapsed due to inconclusive evidence.

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House of Commons Science and Technology Committee announces plans for an inquiry into social media and young people's mental health

Criminalising children and young people for life for “sexting” is an injustice. It is an overreaction to a modern day problem that legislation and the criminal justice system is yet to catch up with.

Inspectors reviewed a sample of 214 cases and rated 191, or 89%, as either ‘requiring improvement’ or ‘inadequate’.

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Science and Technology Committee chairman Norman Lamb said it is vital that politicians understand the impact social media has on young people.

The computer whizz-kid committed all his crimes online, hiding behind dozens of false identities on the dark web.

Mental health and wellbeing expert Dr Pooky Knightsmith advises teachers and school staff on what not to do if they are worried that a child is self-harming or if a student discloses to them in SecEd.

AN eight-year-old girl was the youngest victim of child grooming in Warwickshire since a new law came into force on 3rd April last year, the NSPCC has said. Nationally, 1,316 child grooming crimes have been recorded.

The government is updating its guidance on safeguarding children in schools and colleges. A consultation on changes to its key legal document, Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE), closes on Thursday.

As another pre-teen falls victim to nude-picture sharing, politicians are once more calling for the increasingly common practice among young people to be tackled

Report on parents concerns about their children’s digital lives

The government will consider making the practice a criminal offence, the justice secretary David Gauke said. The comments come after TV personality Katie Price gave evidence to a Commons committee on the issue after launching a campaign for tougher penalties for social media abuse.

Facebook is going grey, losing its teen audience and gaining popularity among over-55s. Less than half of internet users between the ages of 12 and 17 will use Facebook regularly in 2018, according to forecasts by eMarketer.

Millions take part in global celebration of a better internet for all

Snapchat has begun a full-scale rollout of the redesigned version of its app to UK-based users. But the redesign has not gone down well with users, with up to 83% of reviews on the App Store being negative.

William criticised the growing problem of “touched up” pictures during an unannounced visit to a west London academy to discuss cyber bullying and mental health issues at a special school assembly.

Children are more likely to have a positive than negative experience online, new research has revealed. In a survey of 2,000 eight to 17-year-olds about their feelings and attitudes towards social media, 68% said chatting to their friends online cheers them up.

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