2 h. ago Cold blooded killer who ripped diamond ring off dying victim executed in record breaking year

Kayle Bates, 67, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the 1982 killing of Janet White, who was abducted at her place of work

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2 h. ago Why is the New Zealand government cutting Māori words from some school books?

Changes to readers for young children have sparked criticism from academics, authors and teachers, who have called it ‘an assault’ on Māori identityA shake-up of New Zealand’s curriculum has resulted in Māori words being scrapped from a selection of books used to teach five-year-olds and a decision not to reprint a well-loved book for young readers because it contained too many Māori words.The changes have sparked widespread criticism from academics, teachers and authors, who have called it “an assault” on Māori identity and the latest in the coalition government’s efforts to prioritise English over the Indigenous language – criticisms the education minister has strongly rejected. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Lessons about periods for boys and girls should be compulsory at school, study finds

A study says school children are not provided with adequate menstruation education

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2 h. ago Shower screens will be shining when using one natural item that cleaners love

One cleaning specialist has shared a natural alternative to white vinegar for fighting limescale and it's particularly effective on shower screens and glass shower screens

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2 h. ago Boys and girls should be taught about periods together in school, academics say

Mixed sessions could help male pupils understand menstruation better and support the females in their lives, a study suggests.

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2 h. ago Sanction Putin if he won't see Zelensky, says Sir Keir Starmer after Washington DC visit

Sir Keir Starmer yesterday led calls to force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table after Europe's unprecedented White House diplomacy put the ball back in the Russian dictator's court.

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2 h. ago Shower gel advert banned for depicting black skin as 'problematic' and white skin as 'superior' by advertising watchdog

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned the ad after investigating complaints that it perpetuated a 'negative and offensive racial stereotype'.

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2 h. ago One in five secondary pupils have felt pressured into sharing explicit images of themselves using smartphone, study reveals

The shocking study by Vodafone shows that nearly two thirds of the 11 to 17-year-olds later discovered that their images or videos had been forwarded on without their consent.

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3 h. ago White House just watered down the only concession it can claim Trump won from Putin — Ukraine security

The U.S. won’t send troops, and Russia won’t accept forces from NATO states in Ukraine, writes John Bowden. So what kind of security guarantee is it really?

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3 h. ago Recap: Putin suggests hosting Zelensky peace meeting in Moscow during Trump phone call but offer is swiftly rejected

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky will meet, Donald Trump has said after a White House summit with European leaders aimed at bringing an end to the Ukraine war.

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3 h. ago Why where you live can affect your school grades – and the gap between areas is only widening

Educational inequalities in England have ‘grown wider and more pronounced’ since the Covid pandemic

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3 h. ago Poor white pupils' low test scores exposed amid fears they've been 'written off' in 'national disgrace'

A study from the Institute for Government (IfG) suggests ethnicity may be a factor in how badly poverty impacts on educational attainment.

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3 h. ago Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes, review says

The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”

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3 h. ago Young graduates most likely to be wrong about student loan repayments – poll

The study revealed a number of misunderstandings about universities.

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3 h. ago Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes – report

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a ‘disgrace’ that so many white, working-class children are being written off at school.

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3 h. ago Sanex shower gel ad banned for stereotype that black skin is ‘problematic’ – ASA

The watchdog said the ad was likely to reinforce the offensive racial stereotype that black skin was problematic and that white skin was superior.

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3 h. ago Young vape users three times as likely to start smoking, study finds

Review warns e-cigarettes could act as gateway to smoking and are also linked to higher asthma and other health risksYoung people who vape are three times as likely to start smoking, develop asthma and have poor mental health as those who do not, according to a study that lays bare the health impacts of e-cigarettes.Vaping among young people is consistently linked to later smoking, according to the largest umbrella review of all the evidence on youth vaping, which warns that e-cigarettes could act as a gateway. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump White House seeks ‘Swiftie’ justice by suing reseller for grabbing over 2,000 Taylor Swift tickets

The Federal Trade Commission claims that KIG bought over 379,000 tickets – worth around $57 million – in just over one year, and resold them at a ‘significant markup’ for $64 million

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4 h. ago Trump's new White House portrait slammed as many point out disturbing detail

A new portrait of Donald Trump was unveiled by a senior official, but critics were quick to point out a number of obvious issues with the painting

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5 h. ago Rangers collapse early against Club Brugge to leave Martin facing fans’ wrath

Russell Martin’s eighth match of a Rangers reign already riddled with doubts proved close to a living nightmare. Championship promotion races and playoffs, the ill winds of struggling in the Premier League have nothing on the fever-dream pressures of failing to turn around one of Glasgow’s giants.Martin may be a believer in his own processes but in an environment where snap decisions are often sustained, he does not have long to set them in place. The chances of Rangers playing Champions League football rather than the Europa League are an outside chance after a first-half performance of rank ineptitude, the tone and probably the two-legged tie set by a horrible opening 20 minutes in which three soft goals were conceded. So early in his stewardship, Martin is still in the experimental phase and until a revival in the second half the experiment looked likely to be abandoned some time soon. Continue reading...

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