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Obesity: MP launches bill to ban junk food advertising

26 May 2004, Young People Now

A bill to ban junk food advertising to young people was launched in Parliament last week by MP Deborah Shipley in a bid to reduce childhood obesity. The bill, on...

Numbers game: Youth custody

26 May 2004, Young People Now

The use of custodial sentences varies hugely in different parts of England and Wales, the latest Youth Justice Board figures reveal. The Southeast has a custody rate of only 6.8...

Antisocial behaviour: Liberty struggles to challenge curfews

26 May 2004, Young People Now

Civil rights group Liberty says parental concerns over young people's anonymity are stopping legal challenges to curfews for under-16s. But Liberty said it still wanted to back legal action against...

Social exclusion: Enterprise scheme expands in the UK

26 May 2004, Young People Now

A youth enterprise scheme for disadvantaged young people is to be rolled out to five areas in the UK, after the Community Fund awarded a grant of £306,000 to Wandsworth...

Extended schools: Extended schools lead to better results, says study

26 May 2004, Young People Now

Extended schools, which offer a range of out-of-school services, are showing positive results for children and young people, according to junior education minister Baroness Ashton. Research published by the Department...

Disability: Blunkett launches equality campaign

26 May 2004, Young People Now

Home Secretary David Blunkett is helping to launch a major campaign to combat disability discrimination today (26 May). The Time to Get Equal campaign is launching in the run-up to...

Don't miss ... Volunteers' Week, The Community Channel, 31 May-6 June

26 May 2004, Young People Now

The Community Channel is dedicating seven days of programming to Volunteers' Week. The highlight of the week is the magazine show Action!, which comes from the London Eye, where presenter...

Quotes of the week

26 May 2004, Young People Now

I've been shocked by casual homophobia from some young people. It's quite deeply ingrained Ken Livingstone on attitudes to homosexuality, in the Pink Paper One of my great grandmothers used...

Reading matters

26 May 2004, Young People Now

After ploughing their way through more than a hundred books, young people in Lancashire have chosen Poison, a fantasy novel by Chris Wooding, as their favourite. As part of the...

Best thing I ever did: Tom Duggan, 17, West Sussex

26 May 2004, Young People Now

I was on the arrangements committee for Junior Yearly Meeting 2004. This five-day residential event was for about 140 young Quakers aged 16 to 18 from all over the UK....