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Childline appeals for West Lothian volunteers

The leading charity is urging people to follow the example of a West Lothian woman and become one of its volunteers.

Daily Record

Is the internet becoming too harmful for children and young people?

ECHO columnist Sarah Sandison looks at how social media could be negatively influencing children

Liverpool Echo

Holyrood minister urges students to consider college as first-choice destination

Further education minister Jamie Hepburn made the call as pupils across Scotland received the results of their SQA exams on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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Councillor encourages students to find "what they love" on results day tomorrow

Children's charity NSPCC Scotland reminds young people that help and advice are at hand

Daily Record

‘Zombie government’: more than half of departments delay key decisions

As an economic crisis looms in the UK, legislation shelved and deadlines missed on energy, online safety and gambling laws

The Guardian - UK

TikTok perverts groom schoolgirls in sick 'sugar daddy' craze as online horror revealed

TikTok let the shocking clips remain online for months along with comments from their pervert ‘customers’. Some of the clips of the four schoolgirls appear to have been taken in classrooms and toilets

Daily Mirror

NSPCC: Thousands of child abuse crimes every month Online Safety Bill is delayed

The NSPCC has written to the two Conservative leadership candidates, urging them to pass the Bill without delay once a new prime minister is in place.

The Independent UK

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Laws for leaving children home alone during school holidays – what you can and can’t do

It's the school summer holidays which means children are all set to have fun. However, many parents may be facing a dilemma over whether they can leave their kids home alone while they go to work

Daily Mirror

Furious mum slams school after they shorten daughter’s name because it’s ‘too hard to pronounce’

The mum said that her five-year-old daughter had been left 'too embarrassed' to say her name after being taunted by other children

Chronicle Live

NSPCC issues warning about children being left home alone after surge in calls across North East

NSPCC made a higher number of referrals to external agencies in the North East during the pandemic than in the previous year

Chronicle Live

Can you let your kids stay home alone over the summer holidays while you're at work? Here's what the NSPCC says

Lots of parents have to work over summer, so what are the rules for leaving your kids unattended

Chronicle Live

Rules for leaving children home alone during summer holidays shared by expert

An expert from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has shared advice to parents and carers regarding leave kids alone during the school holidays

Edinburgh Live

Officials rules on leaving a child at home during summer holidays

The NSPCC has provided some tips for parents on the safest ways a child can be left at home alone safely

Manchester Evening News

What the law says on leaving child home alone during school summer holidays

There are lots of factors parents should consider

Nottingham Post

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Liverpool Echo

Rules on letting kids stay home alone during summer holidays

A leading children's charity says it has been contacted over 20,000 times about children being left unsupervised

Wales Online

Rules on leaving children home alone during the school holidays

There’s no legal age a child can be left home alone, but it’s illegal to put them at risk. The NSPCC gives tips on how to leave kids alone safely

Daily Mirror

Martin Roberts' explosive I'm A Celeb 'porker' row and terrifying health battles

Homes Under the Hammer star Martin Roberts was embroiled in a bitter 'bullying' row with actor Larry Lamb after the pair butted heads in the jungle

Edinburgh Live

Devastated Scottish mum of teen who took her life fumes at online safety debate delay

Tragic teen, Sophie Parkinson, was just 13 when she died at her family home in March 2014 and her mum believes more needs to be done to protect young people online

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Daily Record

Heartbroken Scots mum of teen who took her life shares anger at online safety debate delay

Sophie Parkinson was just 13 when she died at her family home in Liff, Dundee, in March 2014.

The Independent UK

Online Safety Bill delay sparks row over child safety and free speech

Campaigners and politicians have clashed over the decision to postpone the Bill’s passage through Parliament until a new prime minister is in place.

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily: Amazon investigated over selling practices

Plus, more awareness needed of medical cannabis?

Chronicle Live

NSPCC warns of ‘tsunami of online child abuse’ as figures show grooming cases on the rise

The charity has reported a 80% rise in past four years and calls for action

Daily Record

Online grooming crimes sees sharp rise as police warn of 'tsunami' of exploitation

For victims under the age of 13, analysis of the Freedom of Information data from Police Scotland revealed, there was a steeper rise with 369 in 2021/22 and compared to 226 in 2017/18.

The Independent UK

Warning of ‘tsunami of online child abuse’ as figures show grooming cases rise

The NSPCC has called for the Online Safety Bill to be further strengthened to more actively tackle the online sexual abuse of children.

The Independent UK

Children in care ‘moving between placements a thousand times every week’

Young people with experience of being in care will gather in Parliament on Wednesday to demand radical reform of the children’s social care system.

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