Park plan triggers lido memories
Proposals unveiled to restore a war memorial park include reopening a popular lido that closed in 1991.

MTV rewards Depp and giant robots
Johnny Depp wins two prizes at the MTV Movie Awards, while Transformers is named best film.

Rock cult or nice kids that do their homework?
They're outraged over their portrayal in newspapers but are emos a weird rock cult or the nicest group of teenagers you're likely to meet?

Teen arrest in kids' home assault
A teenager is arrested after two people are assaulted at a residential home on the north coast.

Has US abstinence policy failed?
Sex education programmes in the US that stress abstinence face funding cuts, amid charges that they fail to reduce teen sex.

Missing beauty queen found safe
Missing teenage beauty queen Kovi Dunbar has been found & #34;safe and well & #34; in the London area, police say.

Police seize teenagers' alcohol
Police seized 44,000 pints of alcoholic drinks in the largest ever operation targeting under-age drinking.

Summer of teenage dreams remembered
Thirty years ago this summer a cultural revolution began to sweep across Northern Ireland.

Kids these days... criminals or celebrities
How do young people appear in the news? Are they anti-social troublemakers? Dangerous knife-wielding hoodies? Or are they vulnerable and at risk from predatory strangers?

Help, my name's Lolita
Woolworths got into trouble for calling something Lolita, but what's it like to be lumbered with a name with troubling undertones?

Nations Cup as it happened
Ghana beat Nigeria 2-1 in Accra, while Ivory Coast face Guinea in Sekondi in the first pair of Africa Cup of Nations quarter finals.

'Everything I needed to know I learned in McDonald's'
News that McDonald's will offer & #34;A-level grade & #34; training courses has been met with jibes about & #34;McDiplomas & #34; and & #34;McQualifications & #34;. But for journalist John Hand, learning the ropes in a fast-food restaurant was a grounding for life.

Watching the detectors
Metal detectors are soon to be in UK schools, but do such security measures make us feel more scared, not less?

Will SA law steal teens' kisses?
A new South Africa law could allow youngsters to be criminally charged for kissing or fondling, writes the BBC's Alice Lander.

Pregnant at 13, mum at 14, GCSEs at 15
As calls are made for sex education to be compulsory in all schools Kizzy Neal, 15, is one teenager with a lot on her plate - exams, boyfriends and looking after her seven-month-old son.

Teen 24: Kids and crime
In the last of BBC News 24's series on young people, 16-year-old James from Runcorn talks about how crime has affected him personally.

Teen 24: Being overweight
In the last of BBC News 24's series on young people, Louise, 16, talks about tackling her weight problem.

Teen 24: Living in a remote village
Teenagers have been given the chance to talk about issues affecting them in a series of special reports on BBC News 24.

Lessons learned in knife class
It's not double maths when the teacher unpacks a box of blades at the start of the class. That's what happens in courses which aim to stop pupils carrying knives.

Humanity is the greatest challenge
It is time to take radical action to curb rising population and consumption levels, or face & #34;unspeakable consequences & #34;.