39 m. ago Gen Z students 'raised on the internet' who are so socially awkward they can't speak on the phone are being taught empathy and time management in UK

The UK-first trial, which will be conducted on students in Greater Manchester, will teach young children 'everyday but essential' tools.

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49 m. ago Elder Scrolls IV Remastered reveal event: How to watch and what to expect

Finally, after months of leaks, Microsoft and Bethesda are seemingly ready to reveal The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered via an event today at 4PM BST — here's what to expect

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62 m. ago Dog owners rate their bond with their pet as MORE satisfying than their relationships with their friends, partner and even their children, study finds

Most dog owners will tell you that their pet is a key member of the family. But a new study has revealed just how strong the connection between owners and their pets really is.

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82 m. ago Last year, a town’s primary schools banned smartphones. This is what happened

Just under a year ago, headteachers at primary schools in St Albans told families their learning environments would be smartphone free and urged parents not to give their children the devices until the age of 14. Nearly a year into the experiment, Holly Bancroft explores the impact at one school

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88 m. ago Pete Hegseth’s children cringe as father attacks media over Signalgate 2.0

Pete Hegseth’s children appeared to cringe as they listened to the defense secretary hit out at the media over Signalgate 2.0.

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1 hour ago Drag Race UK star The Vivienne kept ketamine addiction secret ‘to protect family’

James Lee Williams died in January of a cardiac arrest

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2 h. ago Wellwater by Karen Solie – landscapes in distress captured with raw candour

In this blazingly honest collection, the Canadian poet catalogues humanity’s destructive impact on the natural worldIt is human nature to prefer our landscapes neatly framed – walls and wooden fences create the illusion that the great outdoors can be controlled and contained. Yet Karen Solie’s wildly unpredictable collection Wellwater flips the script. In this blazingly honest catalogue of human-made hazard and harm, we celebrate instead the contemporary landscapes refusing to be tamed.Solie, who teaches at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in western Canada, where vast prairies supply much of the world’s pulse crops. This fertile expanse in Wellwater, however, seems tired of endless service. The poem Red Spring witnesses how “weeds jump up unbidden, each year a little smarter”. They are trying, almost courageously, to outwit what Solie condemns as “zombie technology”, whose genetically modified “terminator seeds” sprout terrifying plants...

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2 h. ago Coronation Street star admits 'history' secret as 'villain' Carl Webster's Weatherfield future teased

Actor Jonathan Howard has teased more about what Carl Webster is hiding following his sudden appearance in Weatherfield

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4 h. ago Goldbeak review – kids cartoon sends baby eagle to live in a chicken coop

Low-budget visuals drain the charm from this animated tale strangely reminiscent of Jonathan Livingston SeagullBirds of a feather flock together, unless you’re an eagle being raised in a community of chickens, per this animated family adventure. Orphaned in a plane crash (yes, eagles use planes), young Goldbeak is from a prominent political family and, naturally enough, he comes to realise he doesn’t exactly fit in with the hens and roosters with whom he is living. Notably, chickens are not known for their prowess at flying, and so he finds his literal wings metaphorically clipped, though he is desperate to soar above his contemporaries.Thematically, this is vaguely reminiscent of 1970s publishing hit Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a short allegorical fable about a frustrated gull who refuses to accept the limitations of his community and yearns to go beyond the limits of what seems possible. Here, though, Goldbeak’s exceptionalism is firmly rooted in biology, so maybe he’s more like ...

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4 h. ago 'Our baby name choice caused huge family row over text – I don't know what to do'

A man explained how his baby name choice had caused an uproar with his wife's family - and when he tried to confront the issue, he was accused of being 'aggressive'

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5 h. ago Britney Spears' holiday with creepily lifelike plastic doll branded 'oddest thing'

Rumours circulated Britney Spears had become a mum again when eagle-eyed fans spotted what seemed to be a "baby’s foot" sticking out from beneath swaddling blankets, held by her bodyguard

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6 h. ago It turns out you’re never too old to go Interrailing around Europe | Phil Mongredien

Having missed out in my youth, I thought that was that – until I took a revelatory trip with my sons. We’re going again this yearYouth might not be wasted on the young, but for the longest time I thought Interrailing was. When I was a student, as the 1980s became the 1990s, many of my friends took the opportunity to discover Europe by train and they all returned with amazing stories of discovery. But for long-forgotten reasons, it was something I was always going to do but never actually got round to. And then suddenly I was in my late 20s and reluctantly resigned myself to never doing it, having been reliably informed by so many people that it was an opportunity only open to those under the age of 26.Fast forward a few decades to spring 2023 and I’m trying to decide where to take my teenage children for our first holiday in five years – a gap caused largely, but not wholly, by the pandemic. My most memorable childhood holiday had come in 1981 when, over the course of a few days, my...

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6 h. ago Child poverty in larger families soars in Scotland after introduction of two child benefit cap

EXCLUSIVE: Official figures show the poverty rate for kids in households where there are three or more children is 41%.

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9 h. ago Australia’s gen Z men aren’t monsters in the making – they just feel short

Instead of alarmism or shaming, we need to create spaces where young men feel heard, challenged and supportedGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFor years, we’ve looked at democracies like the US, Germany and South Korea, disturbed by what a nation divided along gender and generation lines could look like. Australia, by comparison, seemed less polarised, but new research hints that something’s starting to shift – slowly, unevenly and with plenty of caveats – among young Australians too.But let’s not jump the gun – because the story is more complicated than it first appears, and framing “young men” as a purely reactionary force isn’t going to get us anywhere helpful. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Dad arrested for shooting a bear that ‘came within feet’ of his children at their Connecticut home

Todd Topicz of Bethelehem, Connecticut said he has ‘now idea’ why he was charged

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10 h. ago Billy Ray Cyrus kept his relationship with Elizabeth Hurley 'a secret' from superstar daughter Miley

Billy Ray Cyrus reportedly hid his new relationship with actress Elizabeth Hurley from his daughter Miley, with sources claiming the singer, 32, 'won't be happy'.

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10 h. ago Trump praised for sweet interactions with kids at Easter egg roll after years of awkward Biden moments

Donald Trump was handing out high fives and celebrating the holiday with children at the annual White House Easter egg roll, earning favorable comparisons to predecessor Joe Biden.

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11 h. ago EastEnders spoilers: A secret murder exposed and Joel's real plan for Avani

EastEnders spoilers have revealed big moments ahead on the BBC soap, with a death possibly exposed and someone's real intentions and behaviour coming to light next week

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12 h. ago Parents trap kids in scorching hot car killing toddler, 2, while another dies from malnutrition

Deja and Justin Rollins were each handed a 70-year prison sentence to conclude what prosecutors said was one of the most 'disturbing' cases they’ve ever seen - after two of the couple's young children died

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13 h. ago Wood caps Forest’s blistering start at Tottenham to refuel European dream

There is no need to attempt to rewrite history by arguing that Tottenham Hotspur failed to see what they had in Nuno Espírito Santo. All that matters now is that this meticulous, softly spoken manager is the perfect fit for Nottingham Forest. They have provided Nuno with the perfect platform for his counterpunching tactics and, in what would surely be the story of the Premier League season, are ­closing in on Champions League football after cruising to victory over Ange Postecoglou’s limp and ­uninterested Spurs side.This was cool, clinical and resilient from Forest as they bounced back from two successive defeats by rising into third place with five games left. Nerves, it seems, are not for them. They struck early through Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood, who punished diffident defending, and then leant on their defensive prowess to claim the points. Spurs, stuck in 16th after falling to their 18th defeat in 33 games, were beaten inside 16 minutes, a header from Richarlison coming to...

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