A major BBC project, developed in pioneering partnership with over 25 organisations, will give a personal coding device free to every child in year 7 across the country - 1 million devices in total.

Still in development and nicknamed the Micro Bit,* it aims to give children an exciting and engaging introduction to coding, help them realise their early potential and, ultimately, put a new generation back in control of technology. It will be distributed nationwide from autumn 2015.

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Book your place now at our upcoming esafety and safeguarding event - held both North and South of the region

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Book your place now at our upcoming computing event - held both North and South of the region

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Schools need to check the security of their websites in light of the following news article which indicates that a primary school's site has been hacked in the North East.

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A police investigation is under way after it was revealed dozens of secondary school pupils have been targeted in a string of "sexting" attacks.

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 The Prime Minister announces new plans to tackle child abuse on the internet at the #WeProtect Children Global Summit in London

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