Young people ‘less aware of HIV/Aids dangers’

Nearly 60% of 16 to 24-year-olds believe there is no risk of contracting HIV after unprotected sex, survey reveals

Concern over young people’s risky sex

Sexual health survey shows HIV/Aids awareness in decline among 16- to 24-year-olds, while fewer use condoms

Number of under-16s contracting sex infections has rocketed in five years

Programmes which allow sufferers to work through their issues at their own pace, anonymously, at home

Despite government targets there is an acute shortage of school nurses, whose role seems more vital than ever. Lucy Tobin reports

Barbara Ellen: Dream on parents, if you think adverts for contraception introduce your children to the idea of sex

Courses taken at approved training centres, which feature nutrition and citizenship, now roughly equivalent to a GCSE

Young people share their very different accounts of the issues they face growing up, from gun crime to graduation, teenage pregnancy and homelessness

Gordon Brown says every young person must do 50 hours' voluntary work by the age of 19

Rebecca Front: Bring on sex education at primary school, if it leads to parents who can say penis with a straight face