But is a ban really the answer . I dont think we should expect kids to use their phone less, because were not. Were not. Im not. Youre not. I dont think anyone is. On the outskirts of birmingham, 14 year old josh says he can spend up to ten hours a day on his smartphone. He messages his friends and scrolls through hundreds of tiktok videos. Its pretty much like my best friend. Like, i use it every single day. I always have to have it next to me because, like, i wont get scared that im being like, left out, or something. During the week, Joshs Mum makes him leave his smartphone downstairs at night. But at the weekend its a different story. I, like, watch My Phone throughout the night. My phone would be, like, constantly going off, which will wake me up, and then ill have to check it, just to see if im, like, missing anything important. Normally at four in the morning its not that important. Hes very tired the next day. Because hes been up all night and hes not had enough sleep. Sometime
Sometimes, even when he sl asleep you can go in and he s still holding the phone and it s still playing a tiktok video, or something. A few miles away, 13 year old keah is also rarely off her phone. When i m not at school, i probably use it, like, a lot. Like, most of the day. She scrolls through dozens of videos an hour and chats to friends and family around the country. Sometimes i stay up all night, maybe until about, like, 5am, watching tiktok or playing games, or watching netflix, or anything like that. I just scroll and scroll and scroll. It s terrible. Sometimes i ll go to my sister s and the family will meet there and she ll just go upstairs and be on her phone. And that s the time when i feel like i would like her tojust put the phone down and have her family time. Many of us are obsessed with our smartphones, but what s the impact on our kids? from looking at keah and josh s social media feeds, they re not seeing anything that s too bad. But, as the bbc s disinformation and s
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In Northern Ireland was one of the stories we are covering. The names and Work Locations of thousands of Police Officers were published online by mistake. Although no private addresses were released, the data is particularly sensitive because of Northern Ireland s troubled past and security threats facing Police Officers. The forces Assistant Chief Constable has apologised to officers saying this is unacceptable for chris page has the story. Police officers everywhere face risks when doing theirjobs. But in this part of the uk, the dangers are particularly stark given the Terrorism Threat is a daily reality. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is now dealing with what is thought to be the most serious data breach in its history. What was within the data was the surname, the initial, the rank or grade, the location or department for each of our current employees across the Police Service. We operate in an environment at the moment where there is a Severe Threat to colleagues from No