Some girls as young as six and seven are showing the early signs of puberty.
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More and more girls are starting puberty early – but it’s a mistake to see this reality as a crisis.
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Dostadning is the new pre-death decluttering trend, here’s what you need to know.
DeWanda Wise in She’s Gotta Have it on Netflix.
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Spike Lee’s updated his breakthrough movie, She’s Gotta Have It, and made a more political drama for the times.
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In this episode of The Anthill podcast, we bring you stories on helicopter parenting, early puberty, and what it's like to grow up as a Muslim in Britain.
When relationships turn sour, revenge porn can be used as a devastating weapon.
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For too long, social media companies – with their scale and reach – have assisted revenge porn perpetrators. At last, the law is catching up.
Tunis, January 14.
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Seven years after Ben Ali was deposed, Tunisians feel little happier with their lot.
Hanging in the balance.
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How to tidy up a right royal mess.
Nine centuries after it was commissioned to celebrate the Norman Conquest, the famed tapestry is finally going to visit England.
Still on top.
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Even as the news market transforms, BBC News is still the dominant force. Why?
Tick, tock.
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Research shows that the Y chromosome may be able to protect itself from extinction in the short term. But what about in a future where we all reproduce artificially?
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Boycotts can bring backlashes – and back tracking.
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The army’s recruitment campaign speaks to minorities, but inclusivity is not the only thing at stake.
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Bill Clinton and Donald Trump share an awkward anniversary.
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Microbeads from cosmetics are just a drop in the ocean. Other microplastics are more pervasive and just as dangerous.
A Friend in Need (1903).
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With a proposition bet, the odds are always against you.
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Trainee teachers with northern accents are under pressure to speak ‘the Queen’s English’ in the classroom.
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Why some corporations are quick to respond to criticism, and others hide away.
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The digital economy has created millions of jobs that involve intense competition, unregulated working conditions and extremely low rates of pay.
Derry Girls.
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Derry Girls is nostalgic but it’s also a truthful and funny representation of teenage girls growing up during The Troubles.
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The row over Sleeping Beauty is just the latest in a long history of controversy surrounding fairy tales for children.
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No other country has fully adopted the UK model of railway privatisation. And for good reason.
Take two.
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Nigel Farage says he is now more open to the idea of a second Brexit referendum. Is that a good or bad idea?
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Why so-called ‘Aussie flu’ probably isn’t from Australia and other things you need to know about the latest influenza outbreak.
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Poorly designed critical warning systems need a radical overhaul to prevent a repeat of Hawaii’s errant ‘ballistic missile threat’ alert.
Standing up against Duterte’s media crackdown.
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Rodrigo Duterte’s authoritarianism has progressed from death squads and martial law to cracking down on press freedom.