Daily roundup 14 October: Youth funding, clowns, and Calais

A "state-of-the-art" youth zone will launch a new work experience project for young people after receiving a grant from the Big Lottery Fund. The Factory Youth Zone in Manchester has been handed £377,109 to launch a programme offering work experience opportunities, motivational talks, coaching sessions and one-to-one and group mentoring to 800 young people.?


ChildLine has been contacted dozens of times by children who are upset by the "killer clown" craze, it has emerged. Sky News reports that the UK-wide counselling service for under-19s has received at least 120 calls in the last week from children relating to people in clown costumes frightening them.?


Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for "robust plans" to protect children living in the Calais migrant camp ahead of its imminent closure. The BBC reports that Longfield, who visited the camp alongside fellow commissioners from France and Belgium, said she backed the camp's closure but argued it is critical that the safety of children and young people is secured before the clearance begins. ?
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Fussy eating habits among children are largely the result of genetics rather than poor parenting, according to researchers at University College London. The Telegraph reports that a study of almost 2,000 families with twins concluded that food fussiness could be explained half through genetics and half through environment.


Two men struck off the teaching register for having "undue religious influence on pupils" have had the ban overturned by the High Court, which stated they were treated unfiarly. The Daily Mail reports that the teachers, who taught at  Park View in Birmingham, were accused of changing the curriculum so sex education was not taught, and segregating boys and girls in religious assemblies. 


A four-month-old baby boy has died and his 22-month-old brother left with "life-changing injuries" after a dog attack in Colchester. The BBC reports that police have confirmed that the dog, which also attacked the child's mother, has been put down.