Pupils are staying away from a school in northern Nigeria, where Boko Haram extremists seized 110 girls in a raid a week ago.

Girls studying science subjects took greater advantage than boys of changes to the college entry system that rewards average students for sitting higher level exams.

The NHS says 20% of girls are self-harming, three times as many as a decade ago, writes Victoria White

A new study on teenagers' fitness levels has found that boys are 42% fitter than girls.

Ho, ho, ho!

A fire at a student dormitory for girls in the southern Turkish town of Aladag has killed 12 people and wounded 22 others, according to a Turkish governor.

Former television entertainer Rolf Harris has appeared in court accused of indecently assaulting young girls over a period of more than 30 years.

Twitter is fuming.

The father of a two-year-old abducted from a Primark store last April by girls aged 13 and 14 said the kidnappers used sweets as part of their plan to entice her away.

Selfie silliness.

Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families before taking women and children into the forest where many died of hunger and disease, freed captives said yesterday after they were brought to a government refugee camp.

After carrying out a mass rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from the forest stronghold of an Islamic insurgent group, Nigeria’s military is evacuating the females and plans to check their physical and mental health, an army spokesman has said.

Nigeria’s counter-insurgency spokesman says the military is focusing on a north-eastern forest where officials believe more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago are being held.

"I found your phone, and it's in Chinese place-" "Where you aren't!

I take issue with Paula Burns’ recent “Give me chic Carrie...” article (Life/Style, Jan 21).