5 h. ago Schools close in New Zealand after play sand recalled over asbestos fears

Six coloured sand products recalled in New Zealand after testing in Australia found asbestos in similar itemsMultiple schools have temporarily closed in New Zealand and hundreds of education facilities are seeking advice from officials after asbestos was detected in several brands of widely used coloured play sand.Last week, the ministry for business, innovation and employment confirmed a voluntary recall was under way for two brands of coloured sand sold in New Zealand, after testing in Australia found asbestos in similar products. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago BAFTA Scotland Awards 2025: All winners announced at Glasgow awards ceremony

Stars including Ewan McGregor, David Tennant and Alan Cumming gathered for the BAFTA Scotland awards in Glasgow.

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10 h. ago David Tennant on unattainability of drama schools in 2025: ‘I had a full grant’

The actor said: ‘I couldn’t have gone to drama school now.’

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19 h. ago ‘I was just going to school’: legacy of New Orleans’ other desegregation pioneers

Gail Etienne has built a center at the former school she and her two six-year-old friends braved angry crowds to attend – the same day as Ruby Bridges’ better-known experienceGail Etienne still remembers her first day at McDonogh 19 elementary school in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. As her family pulled up to the school in the car with the federal marshals, they saw crowds of angry people screaming. Some carried garbage cans and sticks. Others were holding picket signs against school integration.“I’ll never forget it,” Etienne said. “I saw this one lady was pregnant and had a garbage can top in her hand. I’m wondering, at six years old, what could I have done at six years old to these people to make them act the way they were acting? I really thought that if they could get to me, they’d want to kill me. I didn’t know why. What had I done? I was just going to school.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Bafta Scotland Awards: 14 celebrities including Ewan McGregor and David Tennant attending Scottish Baftas

David Tennant and Ewan McGregor are among the dozens of celebrities confirmed to be attending the BAFTA Scotland Awards on Sunday.

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3 d. ago Ewan McGregor and David Tennant among stars attending Bafta Scotland awards this weekend

The annual ceremony is to honour McGregor with an uutstanding contribution award

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3 d. ago Ewan McGregor and David Tennant among stars to attend Bafta Scotland awards

The ceremony takes place in Glasgow on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Texas sees massive spike in whooping cough cases as vaccination rates decline

Whooping cough cases are rising as national vaccination rates drop, with 92.1 percent of kindergarteners vaccinated in the 2024-2025 school year, down from 95 percent pre-COVID-19 pandemic

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6 d. ago 'Gripping' true crime series about notorious Scots killer lands on Netflix

The three-part series Netflix with David Tennant playing the Scots serial killer is now streaming on Netflix

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6 d. ago David Tennant's chilling ITV drama based on true story drops on Netflix

David Tennant starred in the harrowing ITV drama Des, which is now available to watch on Netflix, and tells the story of one of Britain's most notorious serial killers

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8 d. ago David Tennant's famous wife makes desperate plea to police over death threats

Georgia Tennant met her husband David Tennant when they were both working on the set of Doctor Who and have been inseparable ever since

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8 d. ago David Tennant's wife Georgia forced to call police after receiving more vile death threats

The actress, 40, took to her Instagram Stories on Friday with snaps of the distressing messages that saw her branded a 'dirty w****' who deserved to 'die for good'.

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9 d. ago At least 54 people injured in explosions at Indonesian school mosque

Authorities say suspect is 17-year-old male student and warn against terrorist attack speculation after Jakarta blasts At least 54 people have been injured in explosions that shook a mosque at a high school during Friday prayers in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Authorities later said the suspect was a 17-year-old male student who had been injured and was undergoing surgery.Witnesses told local television stations that they heard at least two loud blasts at about midday, just as the sermon had started, from inside and outside the mosque at SMA 72, a state high school within a navy compound in Jakarta’s northern Kelapa Gading neighbourhood. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago My verdict on the 'woke' review of England's school curriculum? It isn't radical enough | Simon Jenkins

When I heard it was dumbing down education, my heart sank. In fact, it’s outspoken about the chaos of Michael Gove’s reforms and the changes neededSchooling in Britain today is where medicine was in the days of bleeding and leeches. It is trapped in the past, between teachers wedded to their subjects and politicians obsessed with tests. Doctors generally know if they have cured you, lawyers know if you are found not guilty. Educators have only exams to measure their professional success. The result is that English schools cower beneath an examination mountain – a global outlier in terms of the volume of assessment.This week’s report on reforming the curriculum in England was greeted by conservative critics with cries of wokery, dumbing down and falling standards. My heart sank, until I read its 200 pages. As a former education correspondent, I can only say I found it uplifting. There was the odd reference to diversity but it was hardly “woke”. What shocked me was its outspoken comme...

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1 week ago Two Massachusetts men arrested after explosion at Harvard Medical School, says FBI

Logan David Patterson and Dominick Frank Cardoza face charges of conspiracy to damage by fire or explosiveTwo Massachusetts men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with a weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School, authorities said.Logan David Patterson and Dominick Frank Cardoza face charges of conspiracy to damage by means of fire or an explosive, according to the charging document. Patterson, 18 and from Plymouth, and 20-year-old Cardoza from Bourne were arrested on Tuesday morning and due to be arraigned in federal court later in the day. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Backlash after New Zealand government scraps rules on incorporating Māori culture in classrooms

Minister says obligations for school boards to ‘give effect’ to the treaty are unfair while critics argue the move will sideline Indigenous educationNew Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi – explained in 30 secondsA plan by New Zealand’s government to scrap a legal requirement on schools to incorporate local Māori culture in classrooms has been condemned by teachers, principals and school boards.Since 2020, school boards have been obligated to “give effect” to the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document signed in 1840 between Māori tribes and the British Crown and instrumental in upholding Māori rights. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A Hawaiian princess bequeathed her inheritance to her people. The schools they set up are being sued

Lawsuit against Kamehameha schools by Students for Fair Admissions, a neoconservative non-profit, alleges discrimination against non-HawaiiansAdvocates for a private school system established to educate Native Hawaiians say a new lawsuit targeting the admissions process is an ugly attempt to ignore the wishes of a Hawaiian princess who bequeathed her inheritance to secure a brighter future for her people nearly 140 years ago.The Kamehameha schools were established in the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter of Kamehameha I and the last royal descendant in the Kamehameha line. At the time of her death in 1884, the princess’s estate held about 9% of the island chain’s total acreage. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Is this the end of Kim Kardashian the brand? Star reveals she plans on giving up her influencer lifestyle to become a lawyer and tells Graham Norton she'll be qualified in two weeks

Kim has spent the past six years grinding through an apprenticeship, the unconventional path that allowed her to bypass law school, before wrapping the program on May 21, 2025.

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3 w. ago Gout Gout breaks record to end school sprint career and magic year on high

Gout breaks his own 400m meet record to win in a personal-best 46.14sThe 17-year-old thanks his coach as he signs off as a schoolboy athleteAthletics prodigy Gout Gout farewelled his junior career and one of the most dazzling years on the track for an Australian sprinter with sadness and gratitude.The 17-year-old thanked his coach, Di Sheppard, and Ipswich Grammar school for the wild ride as he signed off as a schoolboy athlete by breaking his own meet record at the GPS Track and Field championships in Brisbane on Friday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘The loss of education is the loss of the future itself’: Gaza’s children and teachers on two years without school

With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education. Three students and a teacher share their stories – and their hopesJuwayriya Adwan, 12, al-Mawasi, Khan Younis Continue reading...

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