Researchers from the Medical Entomology Centre in Cambridge believe that 8 per cent of children in rural areas and 20 per cent in urban areas have nits - but in some primary schools the incidence levels rise to almost 100 per cent.
The Sun claimed children as young as eight have been found drunk at school.
Teachers in Blackpool found one girl 'slumped at her desk, slurring and stinking of alcohol'.
The Daily Mail said playing with Barbie dolls could make children as young as five self-conscious about their weight. Psychologists found five- and six-year-old girls became unhappy after seeing pictures of the doll and warned that it could pave the way for depression or eating disorders in later life.
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