30 h. ago French PM calls for crackdown on knife crime after fatal high school stabbing

Boy, 15, arrested after at least one child killed and three injured at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in NantesThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for a crackdown on teenage knife crime after a high-school student stabbed four other children at his school, killing at least one and injuring the others before being arrested.The 15-year-old reportedly attacked fellow students with a knife during lunch break on Thursday at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides secondary school in the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast. The attack took place at around 12.30pm (11.30am BST), before teachers overpowered the boy. One female student was killed. At least one other student is in a critical condition in hospital. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Hazlehead Academy: Girl, 12, injured in incident involving a knife at Scottish secondary school

"This was a contained incident and there is no risk to the wider school community."

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36 h. ago Celebrity stalking victims have confidence to report offenders, prosecutor says

The number of prosecuted stalking offences has more than doubled since 2020.

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57 h. ago ‘Oh my God sir, you’re on Love Island!’ What happens to teachers who do reality TV?

How do you control a class of kids after the whole nation’s watched you backstabbing on The Traitors, snogging strangers on Love Island or starving half to death on Hunted? Three teachers reveal allWhen English teacher Joe Scott used to sign homework planners, it was because students were in trouble. But things changed in January, when the Southampton-based secondary schoolteacher appeared in the latest series of the BBC reality show The Traitors. Pupils started voluntarily pressing their planners into his hands – for autographs. “It felt funny,” says the 38-year-old. “It was such a juxtaposition.”Teachers have always gone on reality TV – but they haven’t always come off well. In 2001, a contestant on the second series of Big Brother was fired from her job at an east London girls’ school after her towel slipped on air. Six years later in 2007, parents complained after an American elementary school teacher missed 22 days of work to appear on The Bachelor. Just last year, a Canadian e...

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4 d. ago Incels should have ‘speed dating’ coaching to help them form healthy relationships, expert says

‘It’s very easy to walk around hating 50 per cent of the population if you’re never subjected to that half of the population’

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7 d. ago Misogynistic chat rooms, bogus science, and rape myths: What actually happens in the manosphere?

As Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ sparks a global conversation around the most insidious corner of the internet, Olivia Petter examines the ideologies underpinning it, how they’re becoming normalised, and why misconceptions might be making all this even more dangerous

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9 d. ago Hundreds of violent incidents reported in Renfrewshire schools this year as concerns mount over pupil and staff safety

A total of 712 reports have been made across primary and secondary schools so far, according to new data.

Politics

1 week ago Mentors wanted for expanding South Lanarkshire schools programme

The successful MCR Pathways scheme is expanding to every secondary school in the council area

Politics

1 week ago Sting praises Adolescence choir for creating ‘beautiful’ cover of Fragile

The 73-year old former frontman of the rock band, The Police, shared the post on Monday with a video from the hit Netflix drama.

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1 week ago Sting praises 'beautiful' adaptation of song in Netflix hit series Adolescence

Adolescence - which stars Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham - launched last month on Netflix and musician Sting has now addressed one of his songs being used in it

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1 week ago MSP Dornan reveals he was charged with attempted murder as a teenager

James Dornan said he decided to open up about the incident which happened 57 years ago following the release of the Netflix drama Adolescence.

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1 week ago SNP's James Dornan charged with attempted murder as teen as MSP says he's triggered by Netflix Adolescence

James Dornan opened up about the traumatic experience decades ago

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1 week ago Netflix's young Adolescence star branded 'intimidating' over new major role with streaming giant

Owen Cooper, 15, shot to fame this year in Netflix's recent drama Adolescence

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1 week ago Hollywood actor claims Adolescence breakout star Owen Cooper was 'intimidating' on set of new Wuthering Heights adaptation

Cooper shot to fame last month in the Netflix hit Adolescence, where he played the role of 13-year-old Jamie Miller - a teenager accused of the brutal murder of a female classmate.

Culture

1 week ago Netflix's Adolescence criticised on incel forums where men warn women will 'pay'

The Netflix show has opened up ground breaking conversations about toxic masculinity.

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1 week ago Grim incel message boards where men vow to make women 'pay' and rage about Adolescence

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. As the discussion regarding timely Netflix drama Adolescence continues, those who frequent incel forums have been having conversations of their own, and their opinions make for shocking reading

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1 week ago Inside grim incel forums where men rage about Adolescence and vow to make women 'pay'

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. As the discussion regarding timely Netflix drama Adolescence continues, those who frequent incel forums have been having conversations of their own, and their opinions make for shocking reading

Politics

1 week ago ‘We can’t pit boys against girls’: headlines overshadow struggles of a generation of girls

Growing crisis among boys dominates the narrative but girls in England also face unprecedented mental health challenges and systemic pressuresA generation of young men are facing far worse outcomes than young women. We don’t value boys and masculinity. Too many young men are isolated. Boys and young men are in crisis.The headlines, opinion pieces and speeches about the crisis facing boys and men have been relentless in recent weeks, as the Netflix drama Adolescence has sparked conversations from the school gates to the Houses of Parliament. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fact check: ‘Deportation’ stats, Netflix’s Adolescence and an airport in Pakistan

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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2 w. ago Mum left raging after son offered place at school 27 miles away from home

Lorraine Joseph's 11-year-old son Kyle Brum was allocated to a secondary school that would take him seven and a half hours to walk to.

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