The red-top gleefully detailed how the 17-year-old was "caught and admitted using the drug during the summer holidays".
The combination of privilege, and young people behaving badly, must have made this article like winning the lottery for The Sun. A parent is quoted: "I couldn't believe it when I was told that a boy had been taking cocaine." Told by who? The smart money is on The Sun.
- Now the school holidays have drawn to an end, so have the numerous articles about school holidays that inevitably portray parents' time with children during August as fraught with tension, arguments and stress.
It can't be that bad though, as the Western Mail reported that a "huge increase" in primary pupils missing school has been blamed on parents booking family holidays during term-time.
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