A charity has raised serious concerns about the neglect that teenagers are suffering. The Children’s Society Troubled Teens report found that over one in seven year ten pupils suffer neglect at the hands of their parents or guardians. These shocking statistics are “deeply worrying’ according to the report. The researched consisted of two thousand 12-15-year-olds who completed an online questionnaire and the research was conducted by York University. The survey was spread across the country and involved over seventy different...

Professional darts player Eric Bristow could find himself in hot water over a homophobic rant over football’s sexual abuse scandal. The five time World Champion, who is also an MBE, tweeted that he would have "sorted that poof out" if he was a child in that position, adding that "footballer's are wimps". He later corrected his tweet saying he meant to say "paedo" rather than "poof", after posting a string of tweets about how people are scared to speak the truth. Twitter...

Ditching Dubai for Ras-al-Khaimah: Why Dubai’s Quiet Neighbour is Proving a Holidaymakers’ Hit You’ve almost certainly heard of Dubai and there’s a good chance that “Dubai,” conjures up images of that iconic skyline. Dubai is a popular destination for a break amongst British tourists. But there’s a new kid on the block pulling tourists into the United Arab Emirates and you might never have heard of it. Ras-al-Khaimah is less than an hour by road from Dubai International Airport, boasts...

The mercury is plummeting and daylight is limited to say the least. Winter can really get some of us down here in the UK. So it’s little wonder that the idea of a sunshine escape in the British wintertime holds so much appeal. And with more competitively priced flights, escaping the winter freeze can be really affordable. We spoke to the experts at Holiday Gems to find out the best and cheapest winter sun destinations.   Egypt While flights to...

By Linda Marric @linda_marric Spike Lee's adaptation of of the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes manages to avoid the usual pitfalls of play to screen adaptations. Chi-Raq is a play on words coined by Chicagoans, based on a statistic showing that more Americans have died from gun violence in the last decade than soldiers in the Iraq war. In Chi-Raq Lee cleverly addresses not only black-on-black gun violence, but also delves into the misogyny of gang culture; it is a...

Political comedian Matt Forde, once an advisor to the Labour Party, has been on the TV, radio, and comedy circuit for a number of years now, you may well have seen him on Mock the Week among many other shows. He is currently on a national tour and holding a one off Xmas Special at the Leicester Square Theatre on the 15th December with special guests former spin doctor Alastair Campbell and can-barley-spin-on-a-dance-floor Ed Balls. We met up with the...

Concerns have been raised over the amount of salt and sugar in breakfast cereals sold in the UK. A new survey finds that a large bowl of Kellogg's Frosties can contain nine teaspoons of sugar with a whopping 37g in every 100g. That's over half (58 per cent) the recommended maximum intake for a six year-old in a small 30g serving. Almost six-in-ten breakfast cereals are too sweet - with a shocking difference in levels found in the same brand depending on which country...

Heartless thieves have stolen Christmas from critically ill children after swiping more than £3,000 worth from a top London hospital, it was revealed today. Everything needed for this year's Christmas party, more than 100 gifts, decorations and a Santa suit, was stolen from a ward at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. Victoria Rees, head of fundraising and communications at Cosmic, said staff were devastated when they discovered the theft from an unused ward last Tuesday. She said: "The staff here...

British boffins have developed nuclear-powered batteries which could generate power for thousands of years. An elite team of physicists and chemists at the University of Bristol have grown a man-made diamond that, when placed in a radioactive field, is able to generate an electrical current. This will enable it to generate power, potentially soling the problem of batteries ever running out. The team at the University of Bristol reckon the development could solve some of the problems of nuclear waste,...