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There were 395,369 referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services between April and October last year, a rise of 52 per cent on 2020.

What Wickes learned over lockdown Quickfire Q&A: Digital levels the playing field, and customers have a mission, not a shopping list, says CMO Gary Kibble. by Adam Gale Home improvement giant Wickes could have stayed open during the first lockdown in 2020 as an essential retailer, but decided that closing was the right thing to do. Overnight, it had to become a digital business, chief marketing and digital officer Gary Kibble says.   What were the operational challenges of going fully digital so quickly? When the lockdown was announced, we closed our digital operation just for a day because...

Independent inquiry rules staff member had no intention of causing offence

Parents 'should be told' if teachers and community leaders have terror or race-hate convictions Anti-radicalisation worker says parents need information to protect children from teachers and youth workers with record of extremism 3 April 2021 • 7:00pm Protesters outside Batley Grammar School in Batley, West Yorkshire, where a teacher has been suspended for reportedly showing a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Parents have no idea if teachers and community leaders are “avowed dangerous terrorists” and must be given powers to ask about their past, a former anti-e...

Blasphemy laws old and new Freedom of speech includes the right to criticise, explain and even mock, insists Eddie Ford Protests are still continuing outside the Batley grammar school in West Yorkshire, three-quarters of whose pupils are from a minority ethnic background. As readers know, things went wild after a teacher showed one of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons to his pupils, whilst doing a religious education lesson on blasphemy. Outraged, the local mosque mobilised its supporters, forcing the school to adopt remote learning. Mohammed Hussain of the Batley-based ‘Purpose of Life’ group ...