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Children's rights
Stories about the rights of children; and how they are getting involved in making decisions about their lives today and their future.
- The Hood Is Down Photography exhibition in Belfast challenges the stereotyping of young people. 4 August 2010
- Fight for the Right What do people know about disability rights? The Tower Times reporters invesigate how discrimination affects the lives of disabled young people, to bring about awareness on how our rights are overlooked. 17 June 2010
- Is it OK to Touch? A boy strokes a girl’s bum. She giggles. Does she like it or is it a nervous giggle? What do you think? Sexual bullying is a pressing issue and it occurs in all levels of society, and this includes schools. Can education stop this? Just what do we define as ‘sexual bullying’ and where do we draw the line? 12 June 2010
- How would you like it? Headliners reporter Esther Hughes, 8, has her say on children in Detention Centres and medical justice 22 May 2010
- Election 2010: Votes at 16 Should the voting age be lowered to 16? Headliners reporters debate the arguments for and against changing the voting age and find out what the three main political parties think about it. 28 April 2010
- Bullying Having experienced bullying themselves, young journalists from Erdington, Birmingham, ask what other young people would do if they were bullied. 1 April 2010
- Thinking seriously about the youth service Headliners talks to youth service representives in Northern Ireland about their views on the current provision for young people. 24 March 2010
- Who Do You Trust? Who would you trust? A young person in a hoodie or another wearing a smart shirt - a group of young journalists from west London conducted a experiment on stereotypes and this is what they found out... 19 February 2010
- And the winner is... Headliners journalists report on the election of Landry Adelard as Tower Hamlets Young Mayor 2010 2 February 2010
- Life's A Breeze Headliners reporters in South Leeds check out what's at Breeze On Tour in Cross Flatts Park. 12 January 2010
- Growing Up In Care Do you ever wish you could get rid of your parents? Don’t they really annoy you sometimes? Well, I don’t really blame anyone who thinks that way. But imagine if you had to grow up without your parents. Would you be or have been able to handle it? Hamida Begum, 14, interviewed a couple of care leavers to find out more about life in foster homes. 12 December 2009
- Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge 2010 Headliners attend the launch of the world's largest youth speaking event and talk to the finalists from last year's competition. 21 November 2009
- Buggin' Out Headliners journalists prick up their ears and investigate the Mosquito. Find out what young people, shopkeepers and the Children's Commissioner of England have to say about the controversial device. 14 October 2009
- Growing Mad Young people produce peer media kit to help deal with teenage life. 7 October 2009
- Journalism in the dock Young people put the media on trial in the court of young people's opinion. 3 August 2009
