84 m. ago Scotland's pupils should be 'banned from leaving school at lunchtime' to boost health

Brian Whittle MSP has raised some innovative ideas for boosting pupil health in Scotland’s schools

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86 m. ago How the HS2 shambles could have been avoided – if we’d copied the Swiss

Train Talk: After all the squandered billions, some lessons for the future of railway expansion

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1 hour ago ‘It’s a robot war’: eastern Ukraine faces onslaught of Russian glide bombs, rockets and kamikaze drones

Putin has escalated strikes on Donetsk region and is likely to demand Ukraine hands it over in talks with TrumpNataliya Petrovna pointed to a crater on the edge of a football field. Around it lay bits of twisted metal. From nearby came loud banging as residents fixed plywood to their damaged five-storey apartment block. Many of its windows were broken. “The last few days have been terrible. We could hear the drones buzzing over us. The one that exploded near the school opposite was a Russian Shahed. Maybe some kind of new type,” she said.Petrovna lives in the eastern garrison city of Kramatorsk, in Donetsk province, about 15 miles from the frontline. The distance is just beyond the range of Russian first-person view (FPV) drones, at least for now. But it is easily reachable by other kinds of enemy objects. They include air-dropped glide bombs, Grad rockets and unmanned kamikaze drones – now cruising Ukraine’s skies in overwhelming numbers. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago What newly released videos and records reveal about the Uvalde school shooting

Anguished pleas from parents

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6 h. ago Free football tickets, university courses, driving lessons and even hair extensions! ROSS CLARK reveals the astonishing list of perks taxpayers are funding for asylum seekers

Banned from working or claiming the benefits for which United Kingdom citizens can apply, it is commonly said they are surviving on as little as £8 a week.

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7 h. ago How crazed Target gunman shot girl dead in front of her grandfather before running naked out of porta pottty

Astrid, 4, died after she was shot in the back of her grandparents' car outside a target in Austin, seconds after her grandfather Adam Chow, 65, was gunned down, allegedly by Ethan Blaine Nieneker, 32.

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7 h. ago Experts warn that progress in cancer survival rates is ‘slowing’

The study, led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and funded by Cancer Research UK, analysed long-term trends in the cancer survival index (CSI)

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7 h. ago Revealed: The area where parents would pay £81,000 MORE to buy a home near a good school

Parents are willing to pay tens of thousands of pounds extra to live in the catchment area of a top state school, as private school fees hike intensifies competition.

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7 h. ago Speed of improvement in cancer survival rates ‘slowing’, say experts

The Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan earlier this year.

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7 h. ago Boy, 15, is charged with rape after 'teenager attacked near tennis courts'

The teenage boy has been charged after a 17-year-old girl was reportedly attacked at Cripplegate Park in Worcester.

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8 h. ago Target shooter 'coldly executed girl, 4, in back seat of car after making her watch as he murdered her grandpa'

Target worker Hector Machuca, 24, was killed along with Adam Chow, 65, and his four-year-old granddaughter as Ethan Blaine Nieneker, 32, rampaged through the store in Austin.

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8 h. ago Guatemalan judge finds six people guilty over deaths of 41 girls in 2017 fire

Two officers and four ex-child protection officials found guilty after fire at state shelter that had a history of abuseA Guatemalan judge has found six people guilty over the deaths of 41 girls in a raging 2017 fire at a state shelter for vulnerable youths that had a history of abuse.The sentencing is a step towards closure in one of the most horrific and deadly events in Guatemalan history. The tragedy drew international attention and highlighted pervasive abuse in the government’s shelter system. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Andy Carroll 'dumps' girlfriend Lou Teasdale after cops quizzed boozy holiday rows

The former Newcastle and Liverpool frontman, who now plays for non-League outfit Dagenham and Redbridge, was reportedly frustrated with Lou Teasdale's social media antics

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8 h. ago Andy Carroll 'splits' with girlfriend Lou Teasdale after cops quizzed boozy holiday rows

The former Newcastle and Liverpool frontman, who now plays for non-League outfit Dagenham and Redbridge, was reportedly frustrated with Lou Teasdale's social media antics

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9 h. ago Gen Z given lessons on how to take phone calls to prepare for clearing

Teachers have role-played and carried out mock interviews and calls with teenagers

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9 h. ago Andy Carroll 'splits from Lou Teasdale due to her demands' weeks after public row

Footballer Andy Carroll is said to have split from his girlfriend Lou Teasdale just weeks after their public row on holiday as her social media behaviour gets the blame

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9 h. ago Woman saw a ‘spiderweb’ in an Arkansas park and decide to kick it. It was really a $27,000 diamond

‘I got on my knees and cried, then started laughing,’ the woman said of the moment she found out she had discovered a 2.3-carat diamond

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10 h. ago Historic ‘courthouse’ sixth form buildings with potential for 25 flats for sale at £1.2m

The building, part of Bury Grammar School, still has its original cells in the basement

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10 h. ago The spicy favorite that can help protect your vision and your heart

But eat the whole pepper at your own risk...

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10 h. ago Grieving mother discovers body of daughter, 7, found with missing tongue and throat after autopsy

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The horrific story has emerged out of Taiwan, leaving many in the East Asian country looking for answers as to why the girl's body was not returned to its original state

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