Daily roundup 8 December: Cybercrime, bedroom tax, and youth sport

A campaign aimed at helping the parents of boys aged 12- to 15-years-old to steer them away from cybercrime has been launched by the National Crime Agency. The Guardian reports campaign CyberChoices comes after the average age of suspected cyber attackers has fallen to 17. It will look to motivate children to use their skills in a positive way.?


Children are arriving at school hungry, stressed and less able to learn due to the government's bedroom tax, according to research from the University of Manchester. The Independent reports that children are often sharing bedrooms, unable to do their homework and struggling to get a good night's sleep.


Young people from poorer backgrounds are being pushed out of sport because the cost of participating is too high, according to a report funded by sport charity StreetGames. The BBC reports the study found young people aged 18 to 21 have been affected the most due to reduced benefits, an increase in training costs, and a fall in real wages and job security.


The widow of murdered headteacher Philip Lawrence has called for politicians and policymakers to maintain efforts to tackle violent crime involving young people. In an article on the Nacro website to mark the 20th anniversary of her husband’s death, Frances Lawrence says that the focus on the war in Syria risked diverting attention from “no less devastating wars that take place on our own streets”. Philip Lawrence was stabbed to death in 1995 when intervening to help a student being attacked by a gang of teenagers at the school-gate.


Children with special educational needs attending a special school in Bristol are being bullied, locked in rooms and pinned to the ground by staff. The Bristol Post reports that the school and children's home, which has announced it will close next year, has received complaints from parents that it is poorly managed.


A Labour peer has been found unfit to stand trial for child abuse because of his severe dementia, an Old Bailey judge has ruled. The Times reports that Lord Janner, who is accused of sexually assaulting boys who lived in care homes in Leicester over a period of three decades, is losing his capacity for coherent speech.