Youth workers should be embedded in hospital trauma units to identify girls and young women who are being exploited by street gangs. The recommendation is put forward by think-tank the Centre for Social Justice in light of research it carried out in London that revealed the "desperate lives" girls in gangs lead. It found that "rape is used as a weapon and carrying drugs and guns is seen as normal" for thousands of girls, some as young as 10, reports the Observer.
A survey of employees and managers has found that a quarter of new fathers took no paternity leave at all. The research by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) blamed "ingrained" attitudes among employers, and concerns among new fathers that they could not afford to take leave. Fewer than one in 10 took more than their two weeks statutory leave, the BBC reports.
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