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One in four girls face attack by boyfriend

“Violence against women and girls shatters lives,” says home secretary Alan Johnson. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Teenage perpetrators of domestic violence are to be targeted by the government in a hard-hitting awareness campaign that reflects concern ...

From JAMIE DOWARD, AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Alan Johnson,  National Health Service

Labour cracks down on teenage violence

Teenage perpetrators of domestic violence are to be targeted by the government in a hard-hitting awareness campaign that reflects concern about physical abuse meted out by the young. The move, part of the government's Violence Against Women and Girls ...

From JAMIE DOWARD, AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Alan Johnson,  National Health Service

Clergymen and dentists marry for keeps

True love may be the key to a long and happy marriage – but being a dentist or an agricultural engineer helps, too, according to new research. A paper that correlates occupations with divorce and separation rates, to be published this week in the ...

From AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

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If there is one thing on which many working mothers agree, it is that their partners do not pull their weight on the domestic front. But research to be published this week reveals that men are being unfairly accused and working women are advancing the ...

From AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Maria Shriver,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Eleanor Roosevelt

Storm batters southern England, bringing floods and 100mph winds

Gale-force winds of up to 100mph battered Britain yesterday as one of the worst storms of the year swept across the country. Wales, southern and eastern England bore the brunt of the weather. Winds reaching speeds of 70mph were recorded in parts of ...

From AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Environment Agency,  BBC,  Met Office

Mentally disabled actors are victims of modern 'blacking-up', says campaigner

The mother of the first actress with Asperger's syndrome to play a fictional character with the condition has launched a campaign to stop actors "playing disabled". Lizzy Clark was 14 when the BBC asked her to play the part of Poppy, a teenage girl ...

From AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: BBC,  Juliet Stevenson,  Jacqueline Wilson

Lack of household chores making children less responsible, claims survey

Children should be given chores to help them develop a caring attitude and keep them grounded, according to a survey that found parents are now reluctant to ask children to do household tasks. A study of the articles, advice and letters published in ...

From AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Clapham

Opera Guide and Synopsis: Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, despite its ridiculous plot (even more so than most tragic opera), has long been recognized for its passionate and challenging music, the epitome of bel canto style. Though the title of the famous aria "Casta diva" refers to ...

From AMELIA HILL, Associated Content,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Elektra,  Richard Strauss

Parents living in fear of their bullying children

Children as young as13 are behaving with extreme physical and verbal violence towards their parents, according to new statistics from the national helpline, Parentline Plus. Almost 1,200 calls were made to the charity in the past year by parents ...

From AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Nov 2009

Student pub crawls face ban amid backlash over drunken disorder

Participating in at least a modicum of alcohol-induced mayhem is an integral and, some might say, a formative part of the modern undergraduate experience. But the company that tried to turn the formula into business gold is this week experiencing a ...

From AMELIA HILL, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Home Office

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