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Thursday, June 02, 2005


Respect the young?

A SENIOR government adviser on youth policy has criticised Tony Blair for showing too little respect towards young people.

Tom Wylie, chief executive of the government-funded National Youth Agency, said yesterday that if the Government wanted adolescents to show more respect to others it should stop branding them yobs and treat them as valued members of society.

“In order to get respect from the young, you need to show respect towards the young,” Mr Wylie told a Local Government Association conference in London.

Gang of children try to hang boy, 5

Three boys and two girls aged 11 and 12 have been arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of the boy, Anthony Brown, who is not related to any of his alleged attackers. Police in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, are looking for two or three more suspects.

Five youths charged with murder

Five teenagers are due in court charged with the murder of a 40-year-old man after a row outside his home.

Yes... Respect... That is all they need. Problem solved.

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