2010 X-Factor finalist Cher Lloyd has spoken up about her experiences of online bullying since being in the public eye. The ‘Swagger Jagger’ singer’s comments come after she received a ‘tweet’ which threatened to kill her mother in front of her. Cher has since spoken to BBC Newsbeat about how she feels it is disgusting read more »

According to a recent BBC News report the number of Scots taking anti-depressants is continuing to increase, with the latest figures showing that around 11.3% of the population currently take them on a daily basis. The statistics, which were compiled by the Scottish Government, suggest that around one in 10 of the population who are read more »

A ten-year-old child, born as a boy, has returned from the summer holidays dressed as a little girl. The child has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a condition that means an individual believes they are not the gender they were born with. The child’s mother has explained to the press that, growing up, her daughter read more »

According to new research, students who choose to earn money during summer holidays are less likely to get the career they want after graduating from University. Many students lack the skills employers look for and recent studies suggest that a degree by itself may not be enough to secure a graduate career. CBI’s head of read more »

Research suggests that mid-life is the unhappiest period for Brits. With children staying at home for longer, mortgages taking longer to settle, increased responsibility, and a variety of additional factors coming into play, what can be done to help individuals avert a mid-life crisis? A survey of 13,000 individuals from 12 different countries has revealed read more »

Pooled results from various studies investigating the effects of motivational interviewing have revealed that the counselling technique has very little effect on reducing what is known as sexual risk behavior (behavior which results in unintended health outcomes). At the Tenth AIDS conference, researcher Rigmor Berg from the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services in Oslo, read more »

The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has warned of a dramatic rise in the number of people seeking debt advice relating to energy bills in the first six months of this year. Almost 20,000 people contacted the charity reporting problems with affording energy costs meaning many people are already or will be facing fuel poverty. read more »

The BAFTA award-winning team at The Garden Productions is making a new documentary series for Channel 4 about love and relationships, and would like to speak to couples currently experiencing difficulties in their relationship. The series will reflect relationships throughout a lifetime, from first kiss to final farewell and everything else in between. Across the read more »

A centre that is designed to offer women counselling advice and training courses could be opened in Ramsbottom, Bury. The founder of Graceful Oaks, Joanna Shea has been looking for a base in the town to open up the facility, which is to be run mainly by volunteers. The aim is to provide free imaginative read more »

A proposal to remove abortion providers of their role in counselling women has been heavily defeated in the House of Commons after a split emerged between the original campaigners of the amendment. MP’s voted by a majority of 250 to rebuff the amendment by Conservative backbencher Nadine Dorries after her co-sponsor, Labour MP Frank Field, withdrew read more »