16 h. ago Bullied girl, 14, took her own life after she stopped going to secondary school she 'absolutely hated', coroner rules

Leah Bishop, from Lydd-on-Sea in Kent, was found dead in her bedroom last year after battling mental health issues at her school.

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19 h. ago Armed terrorists burst into Catholic school and abduct '52 kids'

An armed gang entered St Mary’s Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School, Papiri, in the state of Niger in Nigeria, and have reportedly kidnapped more than 50 students this morning

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33 h. ago The Guardian view on devastation in Gaza: the world wants to move on, but Palestinians can’t | Editorial

Drenched by floods and abandoned amid the ruins, people in Gaza can draw no comfort from US plansThe declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza in October brought initial relief to its inhabitants. Yet officials there said Israeli strikes killed 33 people, including 12 children, on Wednesday; Israel said its troops had come under fire. Another five Palestinians were killed on Thursday. Hundreds have died since the ceasefire was declared. Even if the shelling stops, the destruction of Palestinian life will carry on as Israel continues to throttle aid, and the consequences of two years of war unfold. The World Health Organization warned last month that the health catastrophe would last for generations.Food remains in short supply. While displaced families shiver in flooded makeshift shelters, with many facing a third winter of homelessness, aid organisations say they cannot deliver stockpiles of tents and tarpaulins. Israel, which denies blocking aid, has designated tent poles ...

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37 h. ago Emotional Holly Hagan fights back tears as she explains how her 'world has stopped' in the 'toughest four weeks' of her life since sister Darci's death aged just 19

Holly Hagan has shared an emotional 'life update' as she navigates her grief following the death of her sister Darci at the age of 19.

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4 d. ago Nigeria sees 25 school girls snatched and staff member shot in horror mass kidnap

Armed attackers have stormed a secondary school in Nigeria and kidnapped 25 schoolgirls, police have said

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4 d. ago 'Terrific' Netflix film based on 'tragic' true story takes number 1 spot

Netflix viewers are being urged to watch the drama, which was originally released on the BBC, and fans can't stop talking about the real-life story that inspired it

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4 d. ago Nigerian gunmen abduct 'dozens' of girls from boarding school after killing deputy head teacher in chilling echo of Chibok kidnappings

The assailants attacked the Maga Comprehensive Girls' Secondary School in Kebbi state, at around 1am on Monday morning. Pictured: Boko Haram with the Nigerian schoolgirls they kidnapped in 2014.

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5 d. ago Moment former Popstars: The Rivals finalist stops his van to save the life of a man hanging by his hands from overhead bridge

Matt Johnson, who appeared in the hit ITV series Pop Stars: The Rivals, spotted the man hanging by his fingertips over a road in Flintshire, North Wales.

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5 d. ago Moment former Popstars: The Rivals finalist stops his van on motorway to save the life of a man hanging by his hands from overhead bridge

Matt Johnson, who appeared in the hit ITV series Pop Stars: The Rivals, spotted the man hanging by his fingertips over a road in Flintshire, North Wales.

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7 d. ago Scots pupils forced to flee from burning school bus on busy Scots road

The bus was transporting pupils home from a nearby secondary school when it caught fire, prompting an emergency response which saw two fire engines sent to the scene.

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8 d. ago London secondary schools numbers set to decline in similar scale to primary school crisis

Experts have warned that schools are having to merge classes and even year groups due to a sharp drop in the capital’s birth rate

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1 week ago Government issues statement on calls to lower price of new school uniforms

The average cost of a secondary school uniform in the UK is around £422

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1 week ago BBC presenter's death following Canada car crash was 'unnatural', rules coroner

Lynda Shahwan was on a family holiday in Vancouver when she was involved in a car crash which saw the vehicle overturn

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1 week ago Shoppers 'don't feel safe' as third city centre stabbing in a month leaves woman fighting for life after being knifed in the neck at bus stop by 'random attacker'

The victim, aged in her 30s, suffered a 'serious injury' in the attack that unfolded in Birmingham city centre shortly before 9pm last night.

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1 week ago Moment gang boss who loved his crime life of luxury is stopped in his tracks by police

Keiron Leonard was the head of the gang supplying cocaine to drug dealers across Greater Manchester

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2 w. ago Father 'comes back from the dead' as family notice him breathing after loved

The man was withdrawn from life support, leading the family to believe he stopped breathing and died - until they received an unexpected surprise.

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2 w. ago ‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals

A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainabilityStudents at Mariebergsskolan, a secondary school in Karlstad, Sweden, make their way to the canteen to grab a juice shot. This morning’s options include ginger and lemon, apple, golden milk, lemon and mint, or strawberry and orange. There’s also the choice of overnight oats with caramelised milk.It’s just after 9am and the space is usually empty, but thanks to a project launched in 2018 by Vinnova, Sweden’s national innovation agency, students are starting their day with a boost from the energy bar. All the ingredients are donated by local supermarkets which are giving away surplus fruit and vegetables to minimise food waste. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Top Tory Susan Hall faces backlash after suggesting some hate crime victims need to 'toughen up'

Stop mollycoddling people and teach them life skills to cope with abuse, suggests Conservative leader at City Hall

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2 w. ago Is Kim Kardashian’s legal drama All’s Fair really the worst TV show of all time?

Ryan Murphy’s glossy, star-packed new show has received some of the most shocking reviews we’ve seen for a long time, including many zero star takesIf you get a secret thrill from reading bad reviews, this week has basically been your Christmas. This is when the embargo dropped for Ryan Murphy’s new Kim Kardashian-starring Hulu legal drama All’s Fair, and hoo boy. Lucy Mangan’s zero-star extravaganza was a classic of the form, starting with the line “I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad,” and only getting more despairing from there.But then something incredible happened. More All’s Fair reviews started popping up, and they were just as scathing. Every last one of them, without exception, absolutely hated it. In his zero-star review, The Times’s Ben Dowell observed that the show felt like it had been written “by a toddler who couldn’t write ‘bum’ on a wall.” USA Today’s Kelly Lawler wrote: “It’s so stilted, artificial and awkward not even a glass of wine a...

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2 w. ago Sam Smith reveals they had liposuction at the age of just 13 after being 'brutally' bullied at school

Sam Smith has revealed they had liposuction surgery after being 'brutally' bullied at secondary school about their weight.

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