3 d. ago DWTS star's groveling apology for appalling gunshot post after horrific Minnesota school shooting

Dancing With the Stars' Cheryl Burke has issued a public apology after posting a social media video that included the sound of a gunshot, just hours after a deadly school shooting in Minneapolis.

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4 d. ago Poundland announces website closure and it’s selling items for as little as 10p

The best clearance deals from Poundland including back to school, Halloween, and Christmas.

Politics

5 d. ago Minneapolis Catholic school shooter shot FOURTEEN children including youngsters aged 8 and 10 murdered as they sat in church pews

Preliminary reports indicate that at least four people are injured and two dead in the mass shoot out at Annunciation Church.

Events

9 d. ago Rural Colorado mourns 6 dairy workers who died from suspected gas exposure

Six people who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, including a high school student

Society

1 week ago Apparent accident with gas exposure kills six in Colorado, including high school student

Investigators are looking into what kind of gases may have played a role at Prospect Valley Dairy in KeenesburgAn apparent accident at a dairy in a rural farming community in Colorado involving exposure to gas killed six people, including a high school student, authorities said Thursday.Investigators are looking into what kind of gases may have played a role in the deaths Wednesday at Prospect Valley Dairy in Keenesburg, about 35 miles (55km) north-east of Denver. Crews recovered the bodies in a confined space at the dairy, the Southeast Weld Fire Protection District said. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago Apparent gas accident at Colorado farm kills six, including high school student

Investigators are looking into what kind of gases may have played a role at Prospect Valley Dairy in KeenesburgAn apparent accident at a dairy in a rural farming community in Colorado involving exposure to gas killed six people, including a high school student, authorities said on Thursday.Investigators are looking into what kind of gases may have played a role in the deaths on Wednesday at Prospect Valley Dairy in Keenesburg, about 35 miles (55km) north-east of Denver. Crews recovered the bodies in a confined space at the dairy, the Southeast Weld fire protection district said. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago Police find six dead in 'confined space' after mysterious dairy explosion

An investigation is underway by police in Colorado, United States, after an explosion at a dairy has killed six people including a school pupil which has shocked the rural community

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1 week ago Six people dead in ‘dairy accident’ at Colorado farm as police probe possible gas exposure

Crews were dispatched for a ‘confined space rescue’

Events

1 week ago Plans underway in North Lanarkshire to mark 40 years since miners’ strike

These include educational activities and school projects to help young people learn about the mining industry and its importance in shaping the area.

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2 w. ago Back to school kids’ bags under £20 including Disney, Barbie, Pokémon and Minecraft

Kids’ school bags for under £20 from Amazon featuring all their favourite characters.

Economics

2 w. ago Shopping expert's school uniform money saving tips match Aldi's £5 deal

Consumer expert Abigail Yearley has shared her top tips for reducing the bill of back to school season, including how to get a seven-piece uniform bundle for as little as £1.27 an item

Economics

2 w. ago Horror as nine children injured after school bus rolls over in violent crash on rural road

Ten people, including nine students, were injured on Wednesday after an elementary school bus rolled over on a rural road just outside of Austin, Texas, according to local officials.

Events

2 w. ago Of course Mark Zuckerberg is still doing good works – he’s just switched up the definition of ‘good’ | Emma Brockes

Who has the time to help underprivileged children when you have a pickleball court and a president to attend to?If you put it in a novel – a ham-fisted satire of tech overlord hypocrisy, say – it would look too contrived to fly. But here we are, absorbing a story from the New York Times this week in which Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are discovered to have been running a private school out of their compound in Palo Alto, California, in violation of city zoning laws. More pertinently, the school of 14 kids, which includes two of the couple’s three daughters, is less than a mile from the school for low-income families that the couple founded in 2016. Guess which school the world’s second-richest man and his wife are shutting down?Say the word “zoning infraction” to a certain stripe of American and the effect is equal to using “queue jumper” on a Briton, but of course the broader point here isn’t one about permits. (A spokesperson for Zuckerberg and Chan told the newsp...

Politics

3 w. ago Apple is giving students free AirPods 4 with every Mac or iPad – plus £150 off tech

Apple has launched a huge back-to-school giveaway for students – including free AirPods 4, £50 AirPods Pro 2 and big savings on MacBooks and iPads.

Society

3 w. ago Parents of man shot and killed by Colorado officer after scuffle sue

The parents of a man who was fatally shot by an officer after the two scuffled are suing the officer and accusing police in the Denver suburb of Aurora of failing to end racially discriminatory policing

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