‘Mind your language!’ Hilarious moment Irish storyteller is called out for swearing by a young girl in the audience – and cleans up his tale Aindrias de Staic, an Irish storyteller and musician, cussed while telling his tale Young girl in the audience shouts: ‘Watch your language!’ in the hilarious footage The crowd and storyteller … Read more
TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 31 October 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 31 October 2019 DEEPLIGHT by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan £12.99, 448 pp) DEEPLIGHT by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan £12.99, 448 pp) Decades ago, the Undersea Gods of Myriad rose up in rage and destroyed one another, … Read more
Teenager Tommy is a gentle soul, fond of football and rugby. Yet aged just 14, his days of playing them are long gone: topping the scales at 23st, he’s clinically obese and suffers chronic hip, back and knee pain. ‘I’m too heavy to play football or do rugby,’ he says. ‘When I walk up the … Read more
YOUNG FICTION By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 2 January 2020 THE KID WHO CAME FROM SPACE by Ross Welford (HarperCollins £6.99) THE KID WHO CAME FROM SPACE by Ross Welford (HarperCollins £6.99) When 12-year-old Tammy goes missing on Christmas Eve, her twin brother … Read more
TikTok is telling users to stop scrolling and ditch the app in a bid to curb smartphone addiction. Influencers with thousands, and in some case millions, of followers, make videos that are posted and promoted by the account @TikTokTips, which is run by the site. The videos feature earnest pleas from internet celebrities talking about … Read more
A university student was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer at 22 after a holiday in Ibiza despite doctors telling her it was nothing to worry about. Nursery nurse Ellie Graham, from Liverpool, discovered a pea-sized lump after experiencing shooting pains in her right side last summer. Despite initially being told that it was most … Read more
YOUNG FICTION By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2020 | Updated: 11:41 GMT, 31 January 2020 EVERNIGHT by Ross Mackenzie (Andersen Press £7.99, 352 pp) EVERNIGHT by Ross Mackenzie (Andersen Press £7.99, 352 pp) There was a man made of midnight and his name was Shadow Jack . . … Read more
The cost of car insurance for young drivers is notoriously high, with 17 to 24 year old’s often paying well over a thousand pounds a year for the privilege of being on the road. The make and model of car can make a significant difference to how much young drivers fork out each year. For … Read more
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has taken a break from her classes to meet with teenage activist Greta Thunberg. The young women, who campaign on global issues climate change and women’s education, smiled in a snap taken of them sat on a bench at the University of Oxford. Malala is a student at the university … Read more