Britain could approve Covid vaccines for children after US allows Pfizer’s jab for youngsters

Britain could approve Covid vaccines for children within weeks following US health chiefs’ decision to green light the move, UK scientists said today. America’s regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), last night approved plans for the Pfizer jab to be given to children aged 12 and above.   No10 has reportedly already drawn up plans … Read more

Britain could approve Covid vaccines for children after US allows Pfizer’s jab for youngsters

Britain could approve Covid vaccines for children within weeks following US health chiefs’ decision to green light the move, UK scientists said today. America’s regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), last night approved plans for the Pfizer jab to be given to children aged 12 and above.  No10 has reportedly already drawn up plans … Read more

Ant and Dec join forces with the Prince’s Trust to help youngsters launch TV careers

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have joined forces with the Prince’s Trust to help youngsters launch TV careers – both in front of and behind the camera. The popular presenting duo, both 45, have enjoyed decades of success in the industry and are now hoping to pay it forward with the launch of their campaign. … Read more

Pub bans drinkers aged 20 and under after ‘rude and obnoxious’ youngsters kept ignoring Covid rules 

Only over-21s allowed! Pub bans drinkers aged 20 and under after ‘rude and obnoxious’ youngsters kept ignoring Covid rules The Old Neighbourhood in Stroud, Gloucestershire, has banned under 21s  Landlord said younger drinkers have been flouting social distancing rules Thought bad behaviour was caused by lockdown and fewer pubs being open  By Georgia Simcox For … Read more

Pub bans drinkers aged 20 and under after ‘rude and obnoxious’ youngsters kept ignoring Covid rules 

Only over-21s allowed! Pub bans drinkers aged 20 and under after ‘rude and obnoxious’ youngsters kept ignoring Covid rules The Old Neighbourhood in Stroud, Gloucestershire, has banned under 21s  Landlord said younger drinkers have been flouting social distancing rules Thought bad behaviour was caused by lockdown and fewer pubs being open  By Georgia Simcox For … Read more

Social media is ‘no more harmful’ to youngsters’ mental health than TV was in the 1990s

Using social media is ‘no more harmful’ to young people’s mental health than watching TV was to youngsters in the 1990s, a new study claims.  Researchers from Oxford University used data from three large surveys to look into the lives of more than 400,000 young people in the UK and US. It is popularly believed … Read more

Lives of typical UK youngsters during lockdown is revealed in shocking new report from Ofcom

The social media-dominated lives of Britain’s locked-down youngsters have been outlined in a shocking new report. It reveals how some youngsters, prevented from seeing their friends during the Covid lockdown, have been spending up to 15 hours a day on social media.  Other teenagers, who have seen their school lives turned upside down by Covid … Read more

Youngsters doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award could go on ‘urban expeditions’ and play computer games

Prince Philip was 34 when he first conceived the idea of a scheme to help bridge the gap between formal education and national service. Inspired – or, as Philip put it, ‘pestered’ – by his headmaster at Gordonstoun school, Kurt Hahn, he worked to set up a challenge that allowed young men to make the … Read more