The trouble with girls

For many girls now sitting GCSEs, being bright and pretty is not enough: they have to be the brightest and the prettiest. What drives this obsessive perfectionism? And how dangerous is it?

Scourge of the Ritalin pushers

It transforms the lives of many 'hyper' children, but as pupils peddle it at school, a new drug nightmare is unfolding.

Chocs away

Leader: Don't listen to Cadbury's sweet talk.

Mind the gap

Charlotte Moore: Inclusion in the mainstream is the new mantra. But autism is more than a learning difficulty, it's a way of being.

The chips are down

With 300,000 children now suffering from obesity, shouldn't schools be doing something to help? Hilly Janes reports on efforts to give pupils the right food - and the right messages.