Action to protect children from online porn long overdue
Teachers and parents have made teaching five-year-olds about porn part of our national conversation; a sign that action is long overdue.
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Penny Marshall is Social Affairs Editor for ITV News and leads in-depth reporting and analysis of immediate issues affecting the lives of the British public, from education to welfare and public services. Penny has an impressive history at ITN and is well- known for her incisive journalism uncovering the Serb-run detention camps in Bosnia in 1992.
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Lessons to be learned from Oxford sex ring trial
Following the Oxford child grooming ring trial and the Rochdale abuse scandal, what should we be focussing on to stop it happening again?
Women on TV 'disappear' because they raise children
The responsibilities of raising a family can deter many women from continuing their careers in TV - though an obsession with beauty remains.
Gove appoints Chief Social Worker in profession overhaul
Education Secretary Michael Gove has taken on the teaching profession - now it is the turn of the social workers.
Universal Credit begins with a whimper not a bang
Universal Credit is the cornerstone of Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms. His revolution began today with more of a whimper than a bang.
The widow on a mission to give patients a say in the NHS
Her husband's experience in hospital persuaded Ann Clywd that the NHS had to change, and now she has become a voice for thousands who agree.
A cool look at the arguments around benefit changes
Today's benefit changes are about as sensitive as they come - which is why a cool head is needed to analyse the proposals
Malala petitions Pakistani govt after teacher shot dead
Months after Malala was shot on her way home from school, a teacher has been killed by gunmen in the same region of Pakistan.
This Budget is about real people with real choices
With all the economic analysing and political gesturing, it's easy to forget that the budget is about real people with real choices.
More than half of elderly over 75 now live alone
For the young living alone may be a sign of empowerment, but for the elderly it can be a sign of their diminishing value to society.