Daily roundup 5 February: Suicide, politician pay cuts, and child sexual exploitation

Nearly 100 children aged between 10 to 14 killed themselves in the UK in the past decade, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Guardian reports that records show 98 children under 15 killed themselves in the UK from 2005 to 2014, 59 boys and 39 girls.


The Conservative party has pledged to introduce a 10 per cent pay cut for Welsh government ministers if they win May's assembly election in order to pay for a youth project. The party's leader in Wales, Andrew RT Davies, told the BBC that the planned cut would save around £250,000 over five years to be spent on measures to boost young people's involvement in politics.


The number of cases where missing children from West Yorkshire are feared to have been at risk of sexual abuse has more than doubled in two years. The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that between April and November last year, 1,047 reports of children missing from local authority care or family homes were "flagged" as carrying a risk of sexual exploitation by West Yorkshire Police – up from 408 for the entire 2013/14 financial year.


A case of female genital mutilation (FGM) is reported in England on average every 109 minutes, new figures show. The Telegraph reports that official statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that 5,484 cases of FGM  – an illegal practice where women’s genitalia is cut under the guise of cultural beliefs – were recorded between October 2014 and September 2015.


The leading figure from the British games industry is to open two free schools aimed at preparing pupils for the digital world. The Guardian reports that Ian Livingstone, who co-founded Games Workshop, which became one of the world’s biggest games companies, is promising students the latest in technology and creative thinking, including Dragons’ Den-style competitions to start up mock companies at school.


A new youth zone in Wolverhampton has attracted 1,500 young people in just the first two weeks since opening. The Express and Star reports that the figure represents half the annual membership target.


Two constables have been dismissed from the Metropolitan police for gross misconduct following the death of a 17-year-old who was punched at a party. The Guardian reports that PC Claire Derbyshire and PC Peter Cruise failed to ascertain the victim was 17 years old and both officers knowingly made misleading and inaccurate reports.