Nearly half of all young workers have been threatened while doing their job. Paul Dalgarno discovers the effect this has on them and what is being done to help the victims
NAOMI Pryde was just 17 when she started her first job at an Edinburgh chemist's shop. As the "Saturday girl", her duties mostly consisted of manning the till and greeting customers. The fact the chemist in question had a high...
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As the government pledges to get tough on cyberbullying, one young victim tells how a bit of online banter turned nasty. By Jamie Lafferty
'IT started off as what I thought was friendly banter, but soon I didn't want to go online at all, " says Iain Ross, 18. "I had put up some photos from a holiday with my family online. A couple...
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What regulations are known to everyone but are written only on desks and ingrained in people's prejudices?
School is a place packed full of official regulations. But there are loads of rules that aren't to be found in any text book or school noticeboard. These are the unwritten rules that govern what you look like, listen to...
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What regulations are known to everyone but are written only on desks and ingrained in people's prejudices?
School is a place packed full of official regulations. But there are loads of rules that aren't to be found in any text book or school noticeboard. These are the unwritten rules that govern what you look like, listen to...
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Just because you work for someone and they pay your wages, it doesn't give them the right to abuse or misuse you. No matter how young you are or how far down the pecking order you may be, you still...
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Politicians would have us believe Britain is full of hoody-clad youths terrorising society, but do teenagers deserve such a bad press?
"Of course young people want to make a positive difference. It's us who are going to grow up and live in the world next, so we want everything to be good." - Antonia Bomba THERE is one, quite selfish, school...
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Bullying can happen to anyone . . . even those who've grown up to be rich and famous . . . but you don t have to put up with it, as Jenifer Johnston discovers
WHAT does rapper Eminem have in common with Tom Cruise, or Buffy's kung-fu kicking Sarah Michelle Gellar with Orlando Bloom? Despite being some of the world's best paid, toughest stars, they were all bullied at school. Bullying is still a...
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