41 h. ago Teenage girl awarded scholarship at British boarding school trapped in Gaza

Exclusive: A gap in the Home Office’s evacuation rules means that high school students with prestigious scholarships like teenager Dania Alfaranji have slipped through the cracks, reports Maira Butt

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3 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford dodges execution 'after Keir Starmer plea'

The drug mule spent 12 years behind bars.

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3 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford dodges firing squad in Bali 'after plea from Keir Starmer'

Indonesian authorities said they agreed to transfer drugs mule Lindsay Sandiford back to the UK after an application by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

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3 d. ago Brit drug mule gran returns to UK after 12 years on Death Row as she faced firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford, a British woman, has been in a brutal legal battle with Jakarta in a bid to fight her drug smuggling sentence – where she was placed on Death Row

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3 d. ago Drug mule gran to be released from Indonesia jail after 12 years on death row

The gran was slapped with a death sentence in 2013 after being found carrying cocaine in her suitcase.

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3 d. ago Drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford to return to UK after 12 years on death row in Indonesia

Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death for trafficking drugs into the Indonesian resort island of Bali

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1 week ago Teenage boy takes his parents to court after being enrolled at Ghanian boarding school over fears he would fall into gang violence in Britain

The boy, known as S, started a family court case after his parents left him in west Africa in March 2024 over concerns he was at risk of engaging in criminal activity or being killed due to knife crime.

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1 week ago I endured sexual abuse at the hands of sadistic teachers at boarding school

Marcus Pollett, 65, who lives in Brighton, says he's spent his adult life trying to find peace after he was subjected to horrific sexual abuse at the hands of his boarding school teachers.

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2 w. ago Mother's fears for daughter, 16, were not properly recorded by private school before she stepped in front of lorry and took her own life

Georgia Scarff, from Bury St Edmunds, died after being hit by a lorry in the early hours of April 15, 2024, the night before she was due to return as a boarder to Royal Hospital School in Suffolk.

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2 w. ago Pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley's freedom hopes dashed as family fail to pay fine

The family of pregnant Brit, Bella May Culley, 19 has been given more time to raise the £215k needed to release her from an ex-Soviet jail in Georgia after being accused of drug trafficking

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2 w. ago BREAKING: 'Drug mule' Bella Culley could be freed from jail as plea deal being 'finalised'

The British 19-year-old, who is about six months pregnant, is behind bars after allegedly taking drugs into the former Soviet state of Georgia earlier this year

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2 w. ago Bella Culley's distraught family are given three weeks to raise £215,000 to free the pregnant 'drug mule' from prison in Georgia

The Teesside teenager is expected to give birth by Christmas and had hoped to walk free today but authorities said the vast sum has still not been handed over to local authorities.

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2 w. ago Indonesia school collapse: 61 students dead as rescuers find more bodies

The ceiling of a prayer hall caved in at an Islamic boarding school last week

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2 w. ago Indonesia school collapse: search for victims ends as 67 confirmed dead

Grief and confusion gripped East Java last week after foundational failures caused the Al Khoziny Islamic school to collapse during afternoon prayersIndonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East Java, after retrieving more than 60 bodies, disaster authorities said.Grief and confusion gripped the small town of Sidoarjo last week after foundational failures caused the Al Khoziny school to cave in on hundreds of people, mostly teenage boys, while they were at afternoon prayers. Most escaped. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Death toll in Indonesian school collapse rises to 61 as more bodies are recovered

Indonesian recovery crews have found a dozen bodies as they searched for young people missing after the ceiling of a prayer hall caved in at an Islamic boarding school last week

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2 w. ago Indonesia school collapse death toll reaches 49 as search for missing students continues

Excavators used to remove rubble while 14 people reportedly still unaccounted for and police allege building work was being carried out without a permitIndonesian rescuers searching for missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week recovered the bodies of dozens of students over the weekend, bringing the confirmed death toll to 49.Using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands, rescue teams removed tons of rubble in an attempt to find the 14 students reportedly still missing. Rescuers found 35 bodies over the weekend alone, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Indonesia school collapse death toll reaches 54 as search for missing students continues

Excavators used to remove rubble while 14 people reportedly still unaccounted for and police allege building work was being carried out without a permitIndonesian rescuers searching for missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week recovered the bodies of dozens of students over the weekend, bringing the confirmed death toll to 54.Using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands, rescue teams removed tons of rubble in an attempt to find the 14 students reportedly still missing. Rescuers found 35 bodies over the weekend alone, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Indonesian rescuers search for missing students after school collapse kills 40

Indonesian rescuers have recovered over two dozen bodies over the weekend alone after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed five days ago

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2 w. ago Indonesia school collapse death toll jumps to 36 as desperate search reaches seventh day

The death toll following the collapse of an Islamic boarding school has reached 36

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2 w. ago ‘We’ve been inundated’: European private schools report surge in interest from wealthy British parents

VAT on school fees has led to a rise in overseas interest and even relocations as UK fees have jumped by as much as 22.6%Wealthy British parents are turning to boarding schools in continental Europe as rising private school fees push families to look for cheaper options abroad.German and Swiss institutions have reported rises in the number of queries from British parents who face higher fees at home, after the Labour government imposed 20% VAT on private education from January. Continue reading...

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