Bridgend Labour councillor Christopher Michaelides speaks out after 19-year-old Sean Rees was found hanged last week. Rees is the eighteenth young person to be found hanged in the region since January 2007.
"We need to be able to breath-test anyone at any time. We do it with motorists, why can't we do it with children?"
Helen Newlove, widow of Garry who was murdered by a group of drunk teenagers, calls for more powers to help police deal with boozing children.
"A teacher is the last person you expect to tempt one of your children with a cigarette"
Solicitor Philip Carberry hits out after his 12-year-old son got to try a cigarette lit by his teacher at a Rudolf Steiner School in Canterbury.
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