Sylvie Bates News Today

Sylvie Bates (left) and Martha Swift, (right) both 16, have died after being struck by a Vauxhall Vivaro on May 29 in the village of Whittington, Staffordshire. Police want witnesses to come forward.

Sylvie Bates and Martha Swift, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, were struck by the driver of a van in Whittington, Staffordshire, on May 29.

Tributes have been paid to two "beautiful" 16-year-old friends who were killed after being hit by a van in a country lane at night.

A touching tribute has been made to two "beautiful and loving daughters" a week after their deaths.

Judy Blume wrote about tweens’ emerging sexuality decades before tween was a term, when such things — especially when told from a girl’s perspective — was taboo.