Daily roundup 15 June: Diabetes, pornography, and law firm

More than 500 children in the UK have Type 2 diabetes, according to data compiled by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Public Health. The Guardian reports that there are a total of 533 people aged 19 and under with the condition, including 11 aged nine and under. The Local Government Association said the prevalence of the preventable condition should act as a "wake-up call" ahead of the government's forthcoming childhood obesity strategy.?


Young people are watching, copying and becoming "desensitised" to pornography, a study has found. Sky News reports a survey of children and young people by the Children's Commissioner for England, NSPCC and Middlesex University, found a quarter of 11-year-olds have seen online pornography and by 16 the figure rises to half.


At least eight local authorities have cancelled or promised to review contracts with a law firm that specialises in fighting support claims for children with special educational needs. The Guardian reports the moves come after the managing director of firm Baker Small published a series of tweets apparently gloating at parents, which attracted widespread condemnation from parents of children with disabilities.?


?Birmingham City Council is to work with a charity to bring in graduates to its troubled children's services. Last month, CYP Now exclusively revealed the council's children's services will be taken over by a trust. The BBC reports the council is now joining up with Frontline to train around 60 new workers who will be based across the West Midlands. ?


?The government should give parents lessons on how to raise their children, Britain's leading public health expert has urged. The Telegraph reports Professor John Ashton, the outgoing president of the Faculty of Public Health, said today's children are being neglected by "sweatshop" schools and bad parents. He called for the state to step in to help prevent the next generation being crippled by conditions such as obesity and anxiety.?


A mother from Newcastle has had 17 children removed from her care by the local authority. The BBC reports that children's and women's charities believe it could be the highest number reported in England and Wales. A project that works with women who have had multiple children taken into care is now being extended to the city by the council and Barnardo's.?