18 h. ago Boy, 5, in serious condition after being struck in Lancashire hit

Police said two men, aged 20, have been arrested while the boy remains in hospital

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35 h. ago Urgent police appeal after boy, 5, in hospital following 'hit

Two men have been arrested

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43 h. ago Car deliberately torched on Glasgow street as cops hunt for suspects

Fire crews were called to Kenmure Street in Pollokshields after the alarm was raised at around 3am on Saturday.

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63 h. ago Three teenagers killed in horror Scottish Highlands car crash

Police Scotland have issued a statement about the Highlands crash.

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2 d. ago 'Inspirational' school teacher killed at equestrian event when horse fell on her

Tributes have been paid to the primary school teacher who had a 7-year-old daughter and was said to be a 'committed and passionate event rider'

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3 d. ago Man charged with theft of iPads and laptops from Airdrie primary school

A 39-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with the housebreaking.

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3 d. ago British rider Sarah Yorke, 37, died after getting trapped underneath horse when it failed to jump a fence and landed on top of her, inquest hears

Primary school teacher Sarah Jayne Yorke, 37, died from chest and abdominal injuries following the horrific accident at the horse trials in Northamptonshire on August 8.

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3 d. ago No childhood vaccine in England reached 95% uptake target last year, data shows

Health officials also warned almost one in five children will start primary school without protection against a number of serious diseases.

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4 d. ago Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system

Caro Giles had to home-educate three of her four daughters when they grew so distressed at the prospect of school that they made themselves ill. Why is our approach to education failing so many young people?There are things Caro Giles will never be able to forget. The moment when Emmie, her “shiny bookworm” of a daughter, crouched “wide-eyed with terror” in the footwell of the car to avoid going to school. Or when another daughter ripped out her eyelashes in distress. Or when she had to carry her eldest, Matilda, then 11, out of the house because she was so scared to go outside.These behaviours, Giles believes, were predominantly caused by the experience and prospect of school. Giles, a single mother of four daughters, watched as Matilda endured a miserable two years in primary school before withdrawing her – making her “electively home-educated” in official jargon. Ada, her second eldest, was mostly home-schooled until 2018, when Giles’s marriage ended and her children had to retur...

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4 d. ago Welsh village primary school set to be sold as council ignores community pleas

It has been on the market since 2024 but has so far failed to attract any offers

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4 d. ago Boy laid on floor squealing with blood all over after horror hit

Lisa Bright has spoken of the moment she found her son, Joey, covered in blood after he was knocked down in a hit-and-run collision – and what she is doing now to take action

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4 d. ago Renfrewshire primary school top of the class after inspection verdict

Education Scotland inspectors visited Rashielea Primary in March and were pleased with what they saw.

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4 d. ago Police in Minneapolis confirm two children killed in primary school shooting

The gunman opened fire through windows as a group of children celebrated Mass

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4 d. ago Parents seen running from school shooting as 20 gunned down in 'our version of 9/11'

Police have confirmed that two people have been killed in a shooting at a primary school, with eyewitnesses comparing the atrocities to '9/11' as several students remain in critical condition

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4 d. ago 'Mass casualty response' as shooter dressed in black guns down 20 at primary school

The horrific situation is unfolding in the US city of Minneapolis at Annunciation Church and Primary School on 500 block of West 54th Street with reports of at least two dead

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4 d. ago St Mungo's Primary: Man, 20, charged after alleged indecent exposure at Glasgow primary school

Glasgow City Council said no children witnessed the alleged incident

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4 d. ago Man storms Glasgow primary school and 'strips off' as parents left outraged

Police were called to St Mungo's Primary School on Parson Street after the alarm was raised at around 11.30am on Tuesday.

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5 d. ago ‘I sit alone and talk to myself’: a family ripped apart by Europe’s migration crisis

An Algerian mother blames people smugglers and opportunists for the death of both her daughters. Now she cares for four grandchildren aloneEach morning Zahia leaves the home she shares with her four grandchildren in the Algerian coastal city of Bou Ismaïl and heads to her job cleaning a primary school. For the past year she has lived alone with them, after the death of both her daughters ripped their family apart.Their tragic story started on 5 October 2021, when Zahia’s youngest daughter, Feryal, then 23, decided to leave Algeria with her husband, Aissa, and their son Amjad, aged 2. At the time neither had jobs – although Aissa worked occasionally as a horseback tour guide – but they were both determined to improve their lives. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Edinburgh roads: Pedestrian, 76, dies after being hit by a car on busy Edinburgh road

He died in hospital after being rushed for treatment on Thursday following the collision

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5 d. ago China’s Hangzhou makes AI classes compulsory in schools amid nationwide push

Primary and secondary school students to get 10 class hours per academic year

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