"The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has launched a campaign to remove mobile phones from schools, as concerns grow over children's addiction to their screens. Esther Ghey's 16-year-old daughter was fatally stabbed 28 times after being lured by two fellow teenagers to Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington in February 2023. Her petition to Sir Keir Starmer's government is driven by her own personal experience of Brianna's addiction to her mobile phone, which began to seriously affect her school life."
"Brianna, who had thousands of followers on TikTok, struggled with her mental health, which was worsened by accessing eating-disorder and self-harm content on X. Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death in a Cheshire park (Family handout/Cheshire Police) (PA Media) Prior to her death, there had been 120 safeguarding logs and 116 behaviour incidents recorded by her school, which has led to her mother calling for a blanket ban on smartphones being brought into classrooms."
Esther Ghey has launched a campaign to remove mobile phones from schools after her 16-year-old daughter, Brianna, was fatally stabbed 28 times in February 2023. Brianna was lured by two fellow teenagers to Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington. Brianna had thousands of followers on TikTok and struggled with mental health, which was worsened by accessing eating-disorder and self-harm content on X. Her school recorded 120 safeguarding logs and 116 behaviour incidents before her death. The campaign calls for a blanket ban on smartphones in classrooms and includes a petition to Sir Keir Starmer's government. The Children's Commission found 79 per cent of secondary schools still allow pupils to bring phones.
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