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Bereaved parents urge MPs to vote for social media ban for under-16s

MPs will debate the Lords-backed ban for the first time on Monday

The Independent UK

Bereaved parents urge MPs to support social media ban for under-16s

MPs are set to debate the Lords-backed ban on Monday, which the government has suggested replacing with a wide-ranging, flexible power

The Independent UK

UK must ‘move now’ to ban social media for under-16s, says Brianna Ghey’s mother

Esther Ghey has previously said she believes her daughter’s social media addiction made her more vulnerable

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‘I would have done social media ban consultation sooner’ – Ofsted boss

Sir Martyn Oliver told Bett UK: ‘I want children to live their childhoods. I don’t want them to watch it on a screen’.

Evening Standard

Hugh Grant supports social media ban for under-16s: ‘Parents are in an impossible position’

The Hollywood star is one of the signatories in a letter to Kier Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, and Ed Davey, backing the amendment

The Independent UK

Hugh Grant backs call for social media ban for under-16s ahead of Lords debate

The letter is also signed by Esther Ghey, whose 16-year-old daughter Brianna was murdered by two teenagers in 2023.

Evening Standard

Hugh Grant and Esther Ghey sign letter backing under-16s social media ban in UK

Actor and mother of Brianna Ghey among signatories of letter to three party leaders ahead of Lords vote

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Under-16s social media ban and overnight curfews to be considered – Liz Kendall

The Technology Secretary said she is ‘determined’ to give children the childhood they deserve.

Evening Standard

Brianna Ghey’s mother explains why social media should be banned for under-16s

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The Independent UK

UK ministers launch consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16s

Move comes as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to a bill that would enact a ban within a year of the bill passing

The Guardian - UK

Government to hold consultation on Australian-style under-16s social media ban

Ministers will visit Australia as part of the consultation.

Evening Standard

Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s

Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content

The Guardian - UK

Brianna Ghey’s mother urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s

She recalled she was worried who her daughter was speaking to online

The Independent UK

Mother of murdered teenager backs social media ban for under-16s

16-year-old Brianna Ghey was murdered by two other teenagers in 2023.

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Social media ‘chipping away at attention spans’ of pupils – Ofsted chief

Schools watchdog Ofsted has released its annual report for 2024/25.

The Independent UK

Brianna Ghey’s mother welcomes funding to restrict student access to phones

Esther Ghey says a school phone ban would have ‘really helped’ her daughter

Evening Standard

Brianna Ghey’s mother praises plan to fund locking away phones at school

Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price said he wants the county to become the first where all state schools have pouches to lock away phones

The Guardian - UK

Mother of Brianna Ghey joins Kate Winslet in call for smartphone ban in schools

Esther Ghey urges government to introduce legal ban and says current guidance creates ‘postcode lottery’

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The Independent UK

Esther Ghey launches campaign to ban mobile phones in classrooms to protect pupils’ safety

Her murdered daughter Brianna had an addiction to her smartphone which had been raised as a concern by her school

The Independent UK

Brianna Ghey’s mother says school phone ban would have given daughter ‘much better chance in life’

During the three years Brianna was at Birchwood, there were 120 safeguarding logs and 116 behaviour logs around her phone use

Evening Standard

Nine-year-old schoolboy to take on triathlon challenge in memory of Brianna Ghey

Harvey Goodman, from Stockton Heath in Warrington, will take part alongside Esther Ghey.

Evening Standard

Brianna Ghey’s school says pupils ‘less stressed’ after mobile phone ban

Special pouches used to lock students’ phones during the day were introduced at Birchwood Community High School in September.

Evening Standard

Brianna Ghey’s mother considers parent of her daughter’s killer ‘a friend’

Esther Ghey revealed the bond between her and Emma Jenkinson, whose daughter Scarlett fatally stabbed Brianna in 2023.

The Independent UK

Brianna Ghey’s mother hits out at potential watering down of Online Safety Bill

Bill could reportedly be softened as part of US-UK trade deal

The Independent UK

Brianna Ghey’s mother slams potential watering down of Online Safety Bill

Brianna Ghey’s mother slams watering down of Online Safety Bill as ‘shocking’

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