A parent dies every 22 minutes in the UK – is it time schools taught kids about death?
Currently, schools have no formal education on grief and bereavement.
‘It felt like they didn’t give a damn’: Why parents left broken by suicide are begging universities to do more
'It felt like they didn't give a damn.'
50,000,000 people across the world are now living in modern slavery
'It permeates every aspect of our society. It is woven through our clothes, lights up our electronics, and seasons our food.'
Wet wipe showers and washing up liquid for shampoo: How it feels to live in hygiene poverty
'It's 2023, everybody should be able to afford to buy a bar of soap'
‘I paid nearly £2k a month to live in a damp, mouldy flat – then got kicked out after complaining’
Will the Renters Reform Bill finally make life bearable for tenants?
It’s over 50 years since Judy Blume wrote her world-famous novel about periods, so how do we feel about them now?
Her ground-breaking book, 'Are you there, God? It’s Me, Margaret?' has now been turned into a movie
By the time the average child hits 13, their picture has been posted 1300 times on social media. Has sharenting gone too far?
While mommy blogging has been popular since the early 2000s, the number of parenting influencers has boomed in more recent years.
Minimal job prospects and little money, can the class of 2020 ever recover?
2.8 million young people across the UK believe their job prospects may never recover at all from the pandemic
IVF, money and me: ‘I’ve spent over £30k trying to have a baby’
'At a certain point, it felt like we were throwing money (that we didn’t actually have) at a hopeless situation.'
20 years ago Jo was groomed by a county lines gang. It horrifies her that it is still happening today.
Jo was given two parcels of heroin and a burner phone, shut in a room and instructed to pass on the deals and collect the cash.
With teachers under more pressure than ever, is Ofsted fit for purpose?
‘People get ill because of Ofsted stress. We need something fair - we need to end this culture of toxic testing.’
What men really think about male contraception – and could it ever work?
Over 150 million women across the world are on the combined pill or ‘mini-pill’. Would men ever take an alternative version?
‘It’s like being hit by a truck’: One victim shares the aftermath of being failed by the criminal justice system
'I was absolutely flattened. It felt impossible and ridiculous all at the same time.'
The women breaking down the stigma of egg donation
'I've grown him, looked after him - I'm his mum'
Disabled and disenfranchised: How the broken benefits system is failing the over-60s
'I didn’t get any benefits as I had become disabled after the age of 65.’
‘Love is everywhere here’: Why Gretna Green is no longer just the go-to for eloping teens
Lovestruck teenagers have been marrying at the little Scottish town for centuries
Are we really prepared for the truth about egg freezing?
Egg freezing is thought to be the fastest growing form of fertility treatment in the UK - but how much do we really know about it?
Kidnapped and taken into the woods: ‘Why I had my teen gooned’
Like Paris Hilton, thousands of US youngsters are forcibly taken from their home every year and sent to specialist facilities as part of the Troubled Teen Industry.
‘We could double the number of operators and still be busy’: Inside Rape Crisis’ 24-hour survivors helpline
The helpline came to fruition after the Government’s extensive End to End Rape Review in 2021 highlighted there were too few resources providing support to rape survivors in the UK.
‘I was in care as a child, and now I’m a parent. It’s really scary.’
‘I was frightened about becoming a mum because I hadn’t had the best role model.’
‘It’s life and death’: Meet the people ‘trapped’ by invisible air pollution
Ruth's son started having asthma attacks during a high pollution event in 2018 - he's been to hospital more than ten times since.
Meta is deleting the Facebook and Instagram accounts of hacking victims – and with them, years of irreplaceable memories
Countless users across the world are in utter dismay over losing content they treasure.
Meet the dog more famous than you will ever be
Puggy Smalls is one of the UK's four million pet influencers
Does reality TV have a problem with celebrating toxic men?
‘When men on screen are misogynistic and it is seen as being acceptable or funny, it validates and encourages similar behaviour off-screen'
