Hazel Mercer and her friend Charli Lyth, both 16, were given fixed penalties when a police officer in Bangor, Gwynedd, saw them drawing hearts and rainbows.
Hazel's dad isn't happy. "The girls paid 1 for 24 pavement chalks and they created girlie pictures on a path. What's wrong with that?" Nothing's wrong with that. But the world has moved on, and more young people need to be brought into contact with the justice system. When you have targets, you have to pick the low-hanging fruit first.
A sexual health service at a school has prescribed 345 morning-after pills to teenage girls. That's over four years. The school, Lutterworth Grammar and Community College, has 1,900 pupils aged 14 to 19.
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