14 h. ago Female teacher is banned from the classroom after swapping thousands of messages with boy pupil, 15, and meeting him outside of school

It was also revealed that the teenager had sent the teacher an explicit image of himself as well as a message containing pornography.

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24 h. ago Exactly who is eligible for free school meals as 500,000 more kids meet criteria

The free school meals scheme is set for a significant change as the eligibility criteria is expanded to help more than 500,000 children - here's exactly who is able to get the benefit, and the rules you need to know

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2 w. ago Oscar Piastri's private relationship with F1 WAG Lily Zneimer after meeting at boarding school

Oscar Piastri is in the driver's seat when it comes to being named Formula One world champion and he'll be cheered on through the final races of the season by his partner Lily Zneimer

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2 w. ago Activist strips down to a bikini during school board meeting in protest over bathroom policy for trans students

Beth Bourne was removed from the meeting after trying to disrobe for a second time

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2 w. ago I don’t like dating apps – I went to a ‘flirting party’ instead

It was me and 150 other millennials and gen Zers in Los Angeles. What could go wrong?The first – and only – time I’ve used dating apps was in the spring of 2021. I’d just moved to Los Angeles and wanted to see more of the city. But I soon grew tired of the actors, musicians and DJs who hounded me to attend their events; not to mention I didn’t feel safe with total strangers and I’m particular about hygiene.But ever since my parents cut me off from AOL chatrooms in middle school, I’ve never had trouble meeting people IRL. I’m a social creature who likes to meet people in the wild: I’ve gotten dates from chatting people up at concerts, dance parties, soccer games – I even met one ex in a cemetery, which may have foreshadowed our love’s bitter end. So when my friend invited me to a “flirting party”, it seemed like just the ticket. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sick of dating apps, millennials and gen Z are throwing ‘flirting parties’

I went to one of these flirty soirees along with about 150 other people in Los Angeles. What could go wrong?The first – and only – time I’ve used dating apps was in the spring of 2021. I’d just moved to Los Angeles and wanted to see more of the city. But I soon grew tired of the actors, musicians and DJs who hounded me to attend their events; not to mention I didn’t feel safe with total strangers and I’m particular about hygiene.But ever since my parents cut me off from AOL chatrooms in middle school, I’ve never had trouble meeting people IRL. I’m a social creature who likes to meet people in the wild: I’ve gotten dates from chatting people up at concerts, dance parties, soccer games – I even met one ex in a cemetery, which may have foreshadowed our love’s bitter end. So when my friend invited me to a “flirting party”, it seemed like just the ticket. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mom stuns school board meeting as she STRIPS to protest transgender students using girls' locker rooms

Beth Bourne, the chair of Moms for Liberty in Yolo County, stripped at the Davis Joint Unified School Board meeting on September 18.

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3 w. ago Meet Team USA's Ryder Cup WAGs – from high school sweetheart to former model

The United States will be hoping to reclaim the Ryder Cup from Europe in New York this weekend, with their stars having a host of WAGs supporting them at Bethpage Black

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3 w. ago Female teacher who sexually abused pupil, 16, at special needs school is jailed

Married mum-of-three Sandy Carazas-Pinez, 36, was sentenced on Friday for enticing a minor to engage in illegal sex, including persuading him to leave school so they could meet

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3 w. ago JD Vance pauses speech for boy who said he ‘skipped school’ to ask for a selfie

JD Vance paused his speech at a rally in Concord, North Carolina to get a selfie with a boy who had skipped school to meet him.

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3 w. ago Prince William and Kate meet family of Southport victims during visit to schools

Prince and Princess of Wales spoke with teachers about how the school had been affected by the tragedy before meeting Elsie Dot Stancombe’s parents

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3 w. ago William and Kate make emotional visit to school in Southport and meet family of stabbing victim

Prince William and Kate Middleton visited a school where one of the children murdered in the Southport attack was a pupil. The royal couple are carrying out the visit to Southport to show their ongoing support for families and the community after last summer’s fatal knife attack

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3 w. ago Prince William and Kate meet family of Southport stabbings victim during visit to her school

Prince and Princess of Wales spoke with teachers about how the school had been affected by the tragedy before meeting Elsie Dot Stancombe’s parents

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3 w. ago Kate stuns in pink and grey as she joins William to visit primary school in Southport to meet family and teachers of tragic stabbing victim

It is the future king and queen's second visit to Southport, which has showed immense bravery and solitary in the face of unmitigated evil, and forms part of their ongoing support.

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3 w. ago Sick teacher who 'subtly groomed' pupil, 15, and suggested 'move to Dubai' is jailed

Amir Makda, 32, would meet the girl after school, take her for rides in his car and sent her sexual messages over the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, where he first contacted her

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3 w. ago School board meeting holds crisis talk over member's Charlie Kirk post... then comes the 'butterfly' excuse

Misty Hunt, of the Homer-Center School Board, was ridiculed after a post emerged on her social media the day that Kirk was fatally gunned down in Utah.

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4 w. ago School board meeting descends into chaos over teacher's comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk

Tensions flared during a Regional School Unit 67 meeting on Wednesday night when Tim Bodnar, a social media personality, targeted a teacher.

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