Daily roundup 7 June: Mental health, school repairs, and internet safety

Mental health campaigners have called for an urgent review into why so many young people in Scotland are being turned down for specialist treatment. The BBC reports that more than 7,000 children and adolescents had their mental health referrals rejected last year. The Scottish Association for Mental Health described the figure as "astonishing".


Budget cuts have left schools forced to teach children in poor-condition classrooms, with £1.7bn of repairs necessary. The Mirror reports that responses from 43 councils to Freedom of Information requests reveal that more than 3,300 primary schools have had requests for more than £500m of funding "ignored or postponed" - which comes to £1.7bn if extrapolated across England.


A charity has urged parents to do more to keep their children safe online. The Guardian reports that Amanda Azeez, associate head of child safety online at the NSPCC, said parents should have regular, open conversations with their children about their online lives, and discuss basic safety in the same way they are taught how to cross the road and not to talk to strangers.


Schools across the country are cancelling trips to visit museums, theatres and other central London attractions as a result of the recent terrorist attacks in the capital and Manchester. The Guardian reports that both primary and secondary school pupils have been affected by the clampdown, with trips to attractions including the Science Museum, Tower of London, British Museum and National Gallery among those cancelled.


Children of women with personality traits associated with emotional and relationship difficulties are at greater risk of depression, anxiety and self-harm in their late teens than their peers. The University of Bristol said researchers found that teenagers are more at risk of these conditions if their mother was sensation-seeking, impulsive, angry, suspicious or detached during their childhood. The more of these personality traits the mother had, the greater the risk to her child's mental health.