Daily roundup: Transport, health risk and NHS services

Young politicians are celebrating the success of a campaign calling for affordable transport after the Liberal Democrats announced plans for a discount card for young people under 21. Members of the British Youth Council debated transport costs at the House of Commons in November last year.

Parents have been warned to keep electronic cigarette refills away from young children because of the risk of poisoning. The BBC reports that doctors in Birmingham made the warning after a two-year-old girl accidentally licked some of the liquid. The infant recovered, but high doses of nicotine can be lethal.

A new public consultation to decide the future of children’s heart services in England will begin on Monday (Sept 15). The Leicester Mercury reports that the fresh consultation comes after a previous attempt last year was scrapped following a judicial review which found the consultation process was flawed.

Records of staff meetings from 2001 show discussions between police and council bosses in Rotherham triggered moves to discipline the researcher who first uncovered a sex abuse crisis in the town. The Times reports that handwritten notes reveal that the warning about the abuse, flagged up by a worker conducting government-funded research, “caused such a fuss” that the then chief constable of the South Yorkshire force, “mentioned it” to the council’s then chief executive. The researcher was subsequently berated for sending the letter, and faced severe pressure to delete and amend sections of her final report.