Daily roundup 20 October: Yvette Cooper, Welsh youth work, and hair straighteners

Labour MP Yvette Cooper has been chosen as the new chair of the home affairs select committee. Her appointment comes after Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leicester East, resigned from the role last month. Damian Collins, Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, has also been appointed chair of the culture, media and sport committee.?


The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) youth work management and delivery staff across local authorities in Wales fell by 148 in 2015/16, data has shown. According to the Welsh government, there were 655 FTE youth work management and delivery staff by March 2016 compared with 803 at March 2015.?


??There were 392 child admissions to specialist units in the UK in 2015 for injuries that involved hair straighteners, according to data from the international burns injury database. The BBC reports that Electrical Safety First said the majority of incidents occur when young children grab, touch or tread on the hot plates of hair straighteners.


Some of the UK's top museums are failing to provide healthy meal options for children, research by The Soil Association has found. The Telegraph reports the charity found "lunchboxes" sold by the British Museum and the Natural History Museum were among the worst served by any attraction in the country because they were "loaded" with sugar and processed food. ?


The Scottish Youth Parliament are in crisis after resignations over claims of bullying. The Daily Record reports a number of budding politicians have walked out in recent weeks with several members leaving after claims of bullying. ?


A charity has demanded a response from the government to allow 30 unaccompanied children from the "Jungle" camp in Calais into the UK. The BBC reports the call by Citizens UK comes ahead of the demolition of the camp, which is scheduled to take place on Monday.?