The #CassReview is definitive: a whole generation of vulnerable kids has been misled into thinking medical transition is the cure for their various mental health crises.
So the question is, where did this idea come from? Who was pushing it and why?

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The Times Children's book of the week:
The Life-changing Magic of Chess by Grandmaster Maurice Ashley
Magic Cat Publishing

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Competitive chickens! Dolls houses!
Heroines hit by shooting stars!
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Here's our Easter round-up of the best new children's books:

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.BBC Newsround presenter Ricky Boleto, Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho is laureating! and Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph are among the judges for The Week Junior Book Awards 2024, in collaboration with @TheBookseller and WHSmith 👇 thebookseller.com/news/ricky-bol…

V excited about this 👇
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Actress and campaigner Brooke Kinsella urges gov to end 'unacceptable' loophole that gives domestic killers shorter jail sentences.

Kill someone outside with knife taken to scene: 25yrs
Kill intimate partner at home: 15yrs
Carole Gould CountingDeadWomen

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'Bringing back Kay-Kay' by Dev Kothari is The Times children's book of the week.
Who doesn't love a good train-based mystery?
Set in India, this one tells the story of a brave girl who sets out to find her missing brother. 🛤️

Dev Kothari
Walker Books
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Congratulations to Pari Thomson whose wonderful debut, Greenwild, has just won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2024.
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Here's how we reviewed it The Times and The Sunday Times when it was our Children's book of the week:

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New podcast episode 👇
Listen here as we discuss the scandal around #pubertyblockers and transgender healthcare on The Story/Stories of Our Times with Manveen Rana

#NHS #Gids #Tavistock #StoriesofourTimes
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Who will win the Carnegie?
Check out all the runners and riders for the most prestigious prize in children's stories - via Nicolette Jones

#YotoCarnegie
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'Fairy vs Wizard' by Jenny McLachlan is The Times children's book of the week.

Sweet, funny and delightfully daft. Perfect for kids still building their confidence as readers.

(My 9-year-old stole my copy which can only be a good sign...)

Farshore
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Dr Heather Wood is an interesting example of staff from disgraced NHS #Gids clinic who'll be going into private practice.
Wood posted about 'Van life!
I’ll be trialling the idea of travelling for a few weeks at a time and doing clinical work on the road as a mini digital nomad!'

Staff who promoted the use of experimental drugs on vulnerable young people at the NHS's disgraced gender identity clinic have been accused of 'riding off into the sunset, leaving ruin behind'.

They're in line for big pay-outs.

Exclusive story here:
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Behind the story: 'How #pubertyblockers for children became normalised in the NHS.'

If you're wondering how this scandal came to be, here's some context:
#NHS #Wpath #Cass
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What a difference 5 years make. There was a bizarre and hysterical reaction against my investigation into #pubertyblockers in 2019.
Today, the NHS confirms what the whistleblowers have been saying all along: there is not enough evidence on the safety of these drugs.

Ireland, 1846. Nell is about to fall in love with the heir of a wicked aristo as famine bares its fangs...

'Where The Heart Should Be' by Sarah Crossan, Ireland's former children's lit laureate, is The Times children's book of the week.

Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK
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Delighted to see The Minute Minders by Mary Murphy (@pushkinpress Sarah Odedina) on Nicolette Jones list of best books for children this year - it's a gorgeous read! Among stellar choices it's also lovely to see Kate Saunders, who was such a special writer.❤️ #writingforchildren

'Hypocritical parents who spend their free time glued to their phones are putting us off reading for fun,' say children, according to new research ahead of #WorldBookDay

Beano Tọlá Okogwu #BeanoBrain
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