Parents have described the damaging effects of school isolation rooms on their children, with one mother telling The i Paper she found her son with ADHD sobbing in a room where he was not allowed to talk or eat. She called it 'the dark underbelly of education'.
Other cases include a 12-year-old who stabbed his mother with a cheese knife, an 11-year-old who wrote suicide messages on her hand, and a seven-year-old with autism found naked and rocking, asking when he would see friends. A Teacher Tapp survey found 90 per cent of secondary schools and 21 per cent of primaries in England use such rooms.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a potential ban on children accessing social media as early as next spring, calling it 'the only way to keep children safe'. The proposal has strong public support, with a consultation showing 90 per cent of parents favour a ban.
However, the Molly Russell Foundation criticised the ban as 'rushed', warning it could give parents a false sense of safety. Meanwhile, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham defended the triple lock on pensions, despite some Labour MPs calling it unaffordable.
In other news, Norwegian royal Marius Borg Høiby was sentenced to four years in prison for 34 offences including rape and abuse. American singer Oliver Tree died in a helicopter crash in Brazil, killing six.
