Spoons prevent forced marraiges ....

[DGRossetti]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-44812530

A school is attempting to tackle forced marriages by handing out spoons to urge students to hide them in underwear to trigger metal detectors at airports.

Pupils at the Co-operative Academy in Leeds have been told to hide the cutlery there if they fear they are being taken overseas to be married.

It will trigger metal detectors at airports, allowing them to raise the alarm with security staff privately.

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I’m disappointed this has ended up in the mainstream media. I’ve seen it on tumblr and other places frequented by teenage girls before and thought it was great, but now the parents forcing the marriage are just as likely to know about this as the girls, stopping it from working.

It does seem a bit odd to publicise individual schools, yes.

Completely defeats the object now that the school has been named. Parents trying this will be aware of it now. Shame as it's a really good idea.