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The Love Island star, 30, has been passionately campaigning for better mental health provision The A&E doctor has struggled with the loss of his brother Llŷr, who took his life at the age of 19 in July last year  He met with the Prime Minister in No. 10 Downing Street as he was appointed into the unpaid role, which was announced on Wednesday If you have been affected by this story, you can call the Samaritans on 116 123 or visit www.samaritans.org 

Date Time Prime Minister appoints Dr. Alex George as Youth Mental Health Ambassador During Children’s Mental Health week, the PM has appointed Dr. Alex George as Youth Mental Health Ambassador He will play an important role in shaping children’s mental health education and support in schools Part of government plans to build back fairer from the pandemic and ensure all children and young people are supported with their mental health and wellbeing The Prime Minister has today appointed Dr. A...

3 Feb 2021 ‘Schools open to vulnerable children and young people’ – Children’s Minister Vicky Ford on learning in lockdown

Childrens Minister Vicky Ford revealed in an interview with the Sunday Times that her battle with anorexia at the age of 15 left her weighing just five-and-a-half stone.

The children’s minister, Vicky Ford, has spoken publicly for the first time of her teenage battle with an eating disorder that left her weighing only 5½ stone and eating apples “and not much more”

The Government is now encouraging all institutions eligible to apply to access free period products. This follows the extension of the existing scheme, which will continue at least throughout this year. Before the Government announced the nationwide scheme, the Red Box Project – a charity that works to provide period products to young women all across the country – helped more than 70 schools in Oxfordshire. Jess and Nancy Whitehead started the FemCura group to allow young girls and w...

More than three quarters of state secondary schools and colleges in England have accessed period products from the free Government scheme, according to...

Daily coronavirus testing in Englands secondary schools are expected to stop after teachers warned that the Government policy had not been approved by the UKs medicines regulator. The Department for Education will announce it is putting a halt to the daily testing of pupils and teachers after receiving new health advice - just five weeks after the £78million scheme was unveiled as a milestone moment in the fight against Covid-19. The Government is expected to say it has received updated advice...

Calls to prevent catastrophic nursery closures in east Hull Karl Turner MP said nurseries in deprived areas such as east Hull were at greater risk of closure 05:00, 20 JAN 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendation...

Mounting concerns about slowdown in vaccine rollout after three consecutive days saw falling numbers  Boris Johnson said on track to hit mid-February target despite 37% dip on Monday compared to Friday  The PM admitted that constraints in supply from Pfizer and AstraZeneca were making the situation harder   With possible exception of schools, unlikely to be any relaxation at first formal review point in mid-February  Reports yesterday claimed that Boris Johnson was targeting Good Friday on...