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1996

750m in the youth bank
750m in the youth bank
Despite what many parents suspect about their children, money does not make them a spend, spend, spend generation.
 
At home with architects
At home with architects
Architects’ children discuss living in homes designed by their parents.
 
Bullied children tell of their school hell
Bullied children tell of their school hell
'The past week has been hell, which is perfectly normal.' But 12 year-old runaway Simon Hanson isn't alone in finding school a desperate trial.
 
Children should be seen and heard
Children should be seen and heard
Children's Express reports from the Children on Screen conference where young people's TV programming is rubbished.
 
Classroom is the wrong place to learn morals
Classroom is the wrong place to learn morals
Young people respond to proposals that they should be 'taught' morality at school.
 
Do our children feel safe?
Do our children feel safe?
Horrific crimes against children has led to them being portrayed chiefly as victims by the news media. Children's Express asks youngsters whether they feel like victims.
 
Dramatic goals
Dramatic goals
Two 11-year-old reporters from Children's Express describe their favourite lessons and teachers, and discuss what they want from school.
 
Education and safety: my priorities for kids, Blair tells CE
Education and safety: my priorities for kids, Blair tells CE
Children's Express interviews Labour Party leader Tony Blair.
 
Hospital check-ups
Hospital check-ups
Two children's hospitals are put under the stethoscope to find out how well adapted they are to young people.
 
Ideal Home
Ideal Home
A teenager living in care describes the home of his dreams.
 
Its our Europe too, say young
Its our Europe too, say young
A plea for action on jobs is being sent to John Major, and the other 13 European Union Prime Ministers, from young people throughout Europe.
 
Liberty scheme aimed at Kent kids in trouble
Liberty scheme aimed at Kent kids in trouble
First-time young offenders in Kent are offered the opportunity to visit Maidstone prison and talk to long-term prisoners to find out what it is really like to do time.
 
My father abused my mother. Now I prefer her being with another lady
My father abused my mother. Now I prefer her being with another lady
Do homosexuals make good parents? CE asks two British teenagers how having homosexual parents shaped their lives.
 
My Time Off - Emma
My Time Off - Emma
Emma MacDonald tells Children's Express how she spends her summer
 
My Time Off - Gemma
My Time Off - Gemma
Gemma Wilcox tells Children's Express how she spends her summer
 
My time off - Illy
My time off - Illy
Ilona Jankovich tells Children's Express about how she spends her summer
 
My time off - Martin
My time off - Martin
Martin Webb tells Children's Express how he spends his summer holidays
 
My Time Off - Moynul
My Time Off - Moynul
Moynul Mustafa tells Children's Express how he spends his summer
 
My Time Off - Simone
My Time Off - Simone
Simone Noel tells Children's Express how she spends her summer holidays
 
Nice language, shame about the people
Nice language, shame about the people
Young foreign students talk about the challenges of coming to England to improve their language skills.
 
Our sources are closer to the ground
Our sources are closer to the ground
What makes editors choose CE stories ahead of the work of other journalists? The Observer's Home News Editor offers his perspective.
 
Out and about
Out and about
Children's Express reporters examine six London attractions famed for their architecture, to see whether they measure up to expectations.
 
Plight of the poor relations
Plight of the poor relations
Children's Express reports on the struggle some students go through to attend college.
 
Positive signs
Positive signs
Deaf children talk about their life at school
 
Punishments don't always fit the crime
Punishments don't always fit the crime
Two ten-year-olds talk about discipline at their schools.
 
School examinations
School examinations
Pupils at two Yorkshire schools assess their brand new premises for architectural flair and comfort.
 
Studied expressions
Studied expressions
Reporters from Children's Express tell of the pressures of exams.
 
Talkback: Floella Benjamin
Talkback: Floella Benjamin
The children's TV presenter and her favourite teacher swap stories about Floella's school days
 
Talkback: Griff Rhys Jones
Talkback: Griff Rhys Jones
The actor and director thinks back to his school days
 
Talkback: Mandy Smith
Talkback: Mandy Smith
The model and TV presenter recalls her school days
 
Teen suicide
Teen suicide
Young journalists from Children's Express speak to three teenage girls who tried to take the ultimate way out - what pressures drove them to communicate their despair in this way?
 
The Architect's Journal
The Architect's Journal
Children's Express members introduce the October 1996 edition of The Architects Journal, for which they were the guest editors
 
Thirty's a crowd
Thirty's a crowd
Michelle, 9, finds sharing her Year 5 clas with so many other children a trial.
 
What I like... and adults don’t
What I like... and adults don’t
Children talk about how they prefer to spend their time
 
What shop staff say about their attitude towards us
What shop staff say about their attitude towards us
Children's Express asks shopkeepers how they feel about young shoppers.
 
Youngsters say yes to Europe, whatever it is
Youngsters say yes to Europe, whatever it is
Young people from Children's Express discuss what it means to be European