51 m. ago Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast

From misogynist content creators such as Andrew Tate to the ubiquity of pornography, boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers about the pressures and joys they experienceThe release of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence this month has unleashed a wave of panic around teenage boys. Keir Starmer said the UK “may have a problem with boys and young men”, while parents began worried conversations about their children’s online lives. But how true to life is it?Michael Conroy, who has been going into schools to train teachers and professionals about boys’ personal development for years, says he has seen a shift in what he hears about. “Just 10 years ago, we didn’t have young men speaking in very sexualised ways to female teachers, quite a few in the same school.” He sees the ubiquity of pornography as a huge factor, with boys as young as 11 using it obsessively. “I’m getting invited to work with primary schools now.” The knock-on effect, he says, is an unrealistic a...

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67 m. ago Heavy hand of the law: Couple arrested for criticising their daughter's school on WhatsApp and a forager is warned over mushrooms... while robbers are on the loose

It comes after officers handed out a warning letter to a woman for alleged mushroom picking and a mother and father were arrested for criticising their daughter's school over WhatsApp.

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2 h. ago Mother claims she was 'treated like a US school shooter' after blazer row sends classrooms into lockdown

Police stormed Harris Academy in Wimbledon, southwest London, after a pupil called her mother after being 'aggressively screamed at' and 'forced' into her undersized jacket by a teacher.

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2 h. ago Heavy hand of the law: Couple arrested for criticising their daughter's school on WhatsApp and a forager is warned over mushrooms... while robbers are on the lose

It comes after officers handed out a warning letter to a woman for alleged mushroom picking and a mother and father were arrested for criticising their daughter's school over WhatsApp.

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3 h. ago Heavy hand of the law: Couple arrested for criticising their daughter's school on WhatsApp and a forager is warned over mushrooms... while robbers are on the lose

It comes after officers handed out a warning letter to a woman for alleged mushroom picking and a mother and father were arrested for criticising their daughter's school over WhatsApp.

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3 h. ago Almost half of Scots worried about energy bills as price cap rises, poll finds

The poll found that 46% of people are concerned about their ability to pay for gas or electricity.

Economics

4 h. ago BBC Tribe critic gives verdict on moment Bruce Parry 'loses his mind on drugs'

Tribe With Bruce Parry on BBC Two sees the explorer visit three tribal communities who have never had outsiders to stay before - and the results are fascinating

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5 h. ago Dreamers review – this teen dance drama is too subtle for its own good. Where’s the debauchery?

Where other teen shows ramp up the sex, drugs and scandal, this Leeds-set saga about rivalries in a dance school keeps it real – so real it almost refuses to be entertainingThe implausibility of the teen drama may well be the genre’s defining feature. In the 00s, we were subjected to untold glamour and relentless wisecracking by US imports such as The OC and Gossip Girl. The UK equivalent was Skins, in which a group of Bristolian party animals managed to make practically every personal problem known to man look intimidatingly cool. More recently, we’ve had mind-blowing levels of debauchery from Euphoria, mind-blowing levels of sexual literacy and candour from Sex Education and mind-blowing levels of heartwarming niceness from Heartstopper. All of it is ludicrous in its own way.Dreamers is different. It is realistic – jarringly so. That’s both a pro and a con for this Channel 4 drama about a group of teenage dancers living in Leeds. The series – written by Lisa Holdsworth (Waterloo R...

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6 h. ago Teacher accused of having sex with boy, 15, also sent him ‘25,000 texts’

Allison Havemann-Niedrach has been charged with seven counts of sexual crimes against a 15-year-old middle school student she was 'obsessed' with, but she denies the charges

Politics

7 h. ago Art teacher who was school 'favourite' abused young boys in 'secret sex club'

James Waters, 82, was given a 'death sentence' this week years after he used his position as a favourite teacher to lure boys to a 'secret sex club' where he abused them repeatedly

Society

7 h. ago I've been hit with a £250 fine after a row over a £2.70 hospital parking ticket... I won't back down

Gordon Clark, from Medburn near Newcastle, has been 'driven mad' by the ordeal but insists he won't pay a £252 court letter 'as a matter of principle'.

Economics

8 h. ago Preston’s attempts to bore Aston Villa to distraction crumble like pastry | Jonathan Liew

Championship perennials are beige down to their signature snack but their existence is still something to savourThe man behind the counter at Greggs on Fishergate has never heard of a butter pie, but try Poundbakery over the street. Poundbakery doesn’t do butter pie, but try Greenhalgh’s on the corner. Greenhalgh’s: closed on Sundays. The chip shop on Market Street does meat pie, meat and potato, steak, steak and kidney, chicken and mushroom, cheese and onion. Butter pie? A shake of the head.You’ve got to try the butter pie. That’s what everyone says the first time you visit Preston. It was created in industrial times, for the largely Catholic working population to eat on Fridays when meat was forbidden. Often you hear it described as a “delicacy”, but even this is to overstate its intensely yeoman nature. It’s layers of potatoes, onions and butter in a pie. It’s cheap. It’s hearty. It’s unpretentious. It exists to be consumed and then immediately forgotten. It is – with deepes...

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8 h. ago Lady Gaga at London O2 Arena seating plan, capacity and map for UK tour 2025

Lady Gaga will visit the London O2 Arena for three dates in September and October 2025

Politics

9 h. ago Columbia alumni rip up diplomas to protest activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

Group of Sipa graduates demonstrate against government’s jailing of graduate student, who spoke up for PalestiniansA handful of alumni from Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs (Sipa) ripped their diplomas in a show of protest against the federal government’s jailing of graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s over his activism for Palestinians.On Saturday, instead of participating in the university’s annual Sipa alumni day, a few dozen alumni and students gathered outside campus as part of a protest organized by Sipa’s and Barnard Alumni for Palestine groups. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Premier League cult hero, 38, who snubbed Man Utd move is still playing in Brazil

Dimitri Payet was a one-of-a-kind player - and he's still strutting his stuff in South America after leaving the Premier League in almost one decade ago

Politics

10 h. ago Richard Chamberlain dead at 90 as fans pay tribute to Dr Kildare and Three Musketeers star

Richard Chamberlain, famed for his starring role in the 1960s medical drama Dr Kildare, has died at the age of 90, his publicist has confirmed

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11 h. ago Brutal student brawl breaks out at school as teachers filmed barely trying to stop it

A Texas junior high school student had his head stomped on by a vicious classmate and adults on the scene failed to intervene to help him - one of them didn't put down his coffee

Society

11 h. ago Texas private school slammed for 'covering up' piano teacher's abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward

Trent Muse, a former teacher at Trinity Valley High School in Fort Worth, is accused of sexually abusing 16 students ranging in age from six to 11 years old.

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12 h. ago Richard Chamberlain dead: Dr Kildare and The Three Musketeers star dies as fan pay tribute

Richard Chamberlain, who was best known for playing the title role in the 1960s medical TV show Dr Kildare, has died at the age of 90, his publicist has confirmed

Events

13 h. ago Shocking moment 'dine and dash' mums scoff Chinese meal and flee without paying

Shocking footage shows the two mums fleeing the eatery without paying.

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