Daily roundup 14 June: Child refugees, bullying, and judge's criticism

Ministers have agreed to "look again" at a House of Lords amendment to Brexit legislation which seeks to broaden the definition of an unaccompanied child refugee. The Metro reports that Solicitor General Robert Buckland said he had listened very carefully to opinion across the House of Commons after Labour former minister Yvette Cooper urged him to accept an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill that would allow children seeking asylum to join underage relatives.


Girls are much more likely than boys to be bullied at school, with almost twice as many on the receiving end of cyberbullying and social exclusion by other pupils, according to a government study. The Guardian reports that figures from a survey of 10,000 pupils at schools in England in year 11 - children aged 15 or 16 - revealed a decline in reports of bullying overall and particularly in incidents of violent bullying, which mainly affects boys. But girls reported a rise in bullying, with more than one in three telling researchers they had been affected in the previous year.


A High Court judge has criticised a social worker who took a child away from his mother because she refused to give him an ice cream. The Telegraph reports that the social worker said the woman was failing to meet her son's "emotional needs", and also highlighted how she did not allow him to get his hair to be cut "in the way that he liked". Mr Justice Mostyn, who is based in the Family Division of the High Court in London, said the social worker's criticisms were "utterly insubstantial" and "obviously inconsequential".


Social media firms must share the burden with the health service as it battles mental health issues in young people, the head of NHS England has said. The Guardian reports that, setting out the health service's key priorities for the future as it marks its 70th year, Simon Stevens, the body's chief executive, warned of a "double epidemic affecting our children" that also included obesity. He said it is "obvious" that there is more unmet need for young people's mental health services than any other part of the health service, and the conversation around young people's mental health "has got to be wider than just about what the NHS can do".


Some women spend more time planning their summer holiday than they do a pregnancy, a survey by baby charity Tommy's suggests. The BBC reports that only one in five started taking folic acid before stopping contraception, while one in six didn't take it at all. A daily folic acid tablet while trying to conceive reduces the risk of your baby having brain or spine defects.