A Public Health England report draws a clear link between the overuse of the internet and social networking sites and lower self-esteem. Those that spend more than four hours a day looking at a screen are particularly vulnerable to mental illnesses, the report says, according to the Daily Mail.
Super-heads could take over running clusters of schools in Birmingham, as the government considers its response to allegations of extremism. It would mean some schools being taken from council control and being converted to academies, the BBC reports. It is understood that ministers have approached heads of successful schools and academy trusts about taking over other schools where there have been concerns.
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