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KentOnline – Parents urged not to shout negative comments at children’s football matches – 20/03/19

Former Gillingham footballer Andrew Crofts and his parents are fronting a campaign using the hashtag Let Us Play.
They feature in a video encouraging mums and dads not to put their children under too much pressure on the pitch.
It’s the brain child of the Kent FA.
https://www.mykentfamily.co.uk/primary/fa-asks-for-positivity-not-pressure-for-youngest-players-200779/

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KentOnline – a Kent mum’s fight to get cannabis treatment for her daughter – 19/03/2019

Teagan Appleby from Aylesham suffers from a rare form of epilepsy.
Despite being given cannabis based medication last year, which briefly reduced her seizures, her condition has started to deteriorate.
Now, the nine-year-old’s mum says she’s prepared to go to Holland to get the medication she believes will help her daughter – even though she risks being arrested.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/mum-plans-to-break-the-law-to-save-her-child-200970/

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KentOnline – reality stars, fame and pressure – 18/03/2019

Following the news of Love Island star Mike Thalassitis’ death at the weekend we look at reality stars, their sudden rise to fame and the pressures it can cause.
The Health Secretary has today called for TV shows to give more mental health support to contestants once they’re famous.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/reality-stars-need-more-support-says-minister-200937/

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