Daily roundup 19 August: Youth zone, literacy, and sex education

A design by New York-based architects has been chosen for a proposed youth zone development in Preston. John Puttick Associates will now work with youth charity OnSide, and Lancashire County Council, to develop detailed plans. The design was chosen from five shortlisted entries by judges and emerged as the favourite following a public vote.


Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced plans for all eight-year-old children to be enrolled at their local library. The plans are part of a new government literacy campaign launched today.


Children as young as seven should have compulsory sex and relationships education, the Labour's shadow home secretary has said. The Telegraph reports that Yvette Cooper, who is standing in the Labour leadership contest, also wants young people to be taught about the dangers of so-called "revenge porn" while in school.


A prison that holds young people aged between 18 and 21 alongside adults has been criticised for high levels of violence and the presence of weapons. A mixed report by the Prisons Inspectorate into HMP/YOI Stoke Heath, found that levels of violence were likely to be linked to the high availability of alcohol and drugs, including new psychoactive substances, and the behaviour of young adults.


A London schoolgirl thought to be at risk of travelling to an Islamic State-controlled area has had her passport confiscated. The Evening Standard reports that the High Court imposed the sanction on a 16-year-old Bethnal Green Academy pupil after four of her close friends travelled to Syria.


Leeds Beckett University has launched a new part-time degree in youth work in partnership with the National Youth Agency (NYA). The NYA reports that the BA course will also be available in Leicester and from NYA's offices, and will be for four years.


It remains too easy for children to watch explicit music videos online, the NSPCC has warned. The Times reports that despite the government's decision yesterday for music videos produced in the UK to be age-rated, the system "can be easily bypassed" according to the charity.