10 h. ago Glamorous drug mule caught trying to smuggle 35kg of cannabis into UK wants to visit SCHOOLS so she can urge kids to stay away from life of crime

Shamed ex-nurse Levi-April Whalley, 31, from Blackburn, Lancashire, said she would like to 'open people's eyes' to the risks of drug smuggling, after she was arrested in 2023.

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18 h. ago Our world affairs editor answers your questions as former MI6 chief says Britain must get ready for war

The Conversation continues as world affairs editor Sam Kiley tackles some of your questions on Russia, Trump, war in Europe, and conscription in the UK

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19 h. ago Trump tariffs live: US stocks plunge on opening after EU warns it is ready to retaliate in trade war

US president describes sweeping tariffs as ‘medicine’ as billionaire Trump backer calls for pause to avert ‘economic nuclear winter’

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23 h. ago Germany tells teachers to get children ready for WAR: Schools urged to give 'greater focus' to civil protection after EU told citizens to prep 72

The unprecedented move, confirmed in a statement to Handelsblatt newspaper, would see German schoolchildren taught how to respond in volatile war-like scenarios.

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25 h. ago 'I quit my stressful job as a teacher and now work half the hours but earn twice as much'

Harriet Bermingham, 31, from Worsley, Salford, left her role as a primary school teacher and now has 85 children on her books, earning twice what she did before for half the amount of hours

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64 h. ago Trump administration apologizes for telling Ukrainian refugees to leave US

Some resettled Ukrainians reportedly were told Homeland Security would terminate their legal protectionsUS protests live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s presidential administration has acknowledged and apologized after it says it accidentally informed some Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country’s invasion by Russia that they needed to leave the US because their legal status was being revoked.Some 240,000 Ukrainians have been settled in the US as part of the Uniting for Ukraine – or U4U – program launched during Joe Biden’s presidency. But according to CBS News, some resettled Ukrainians received emails this week telling them that the US Department of Homeland Security would be terminating their legal protections. Continue reading...

Politics

66 h. ago Work on 100 rebuilding projects for crumbling schools kicks off this week

The government is spending £1.4 billion this year on urgently improving the condition of school buildings - some of which Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said were “falling apart"

Politics

3 d. ago ‘We can’t sit back and watch’: Former MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe

Exclusive: As a Russia-Ukrainian ceasefire looks no closer, Sir Alex Younger tells The Independent how the UK is too detached from the threat posed by Putin – and that our ‘collective effort’ needs to change

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3 d. ago Voices: As former MI6 chief says the UK must be ready for war – should Britain bring back national service?

Have your say: As former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger warns Britain must revive national service to face global threats, the debate over military readiness intensifies

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4 d. ago School locked down as teacher 'attacked and bloodied' and children in tears

Two teenagers have been taken into custody as parents were urgently summoned to collect their children from the secondary school.

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4 d. ago Hartlepool school in lockdown with parents urgently called and children in tears

One frightened pupil at the Hartlepool school said: "We saw one of the teachers bleeding and crying - there was blood on his face. It was awful. It all just went crazy"

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4 d. ago Warning to parents over certain drinks after 'public health risk' fears

Parents have been urged not to give pre-school children sweetened soft drinks amid health concerns

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4 d. ago Education Secretary urges schools to recruit more male teachers to head off 'toxic online influences' after Adolescence drama highlighted 'defining issue of our time'

Bridget Phillipson said schoolboys needed 'strong, positive male role models to look up to' as she highlighted a lack of men forging careers in the classroom.

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5 d. ago Families urged to claim up to £200 for school essentials before applications close

Thousands of eligible families are yet to claim

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8 d. ago Children as young as five kicked out of class for attacking teachers amid rise in badly behaved pupils since Covid

In the 2022/23 academic year, 3,599 children in reception and nursery were either suspended or expelled for physical assault against an adult.

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9 d. ago How and why parents and teachers are introducing young children to AI

Guardian readers share the ways and reasons they are preparing their children and students for a future that may necessitate familiarity with generative artificial intelligenceSince the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence has trickled down from adults in their offices to university students in campus libraries to teenagers in high school hallways. Now it’s reaching the youngest among us, and parents and teachers are grappling with the most responsible way to introduce their under-13s to a new technology that may fundamentally reshape the future. Though the terms of service for ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and other AI models specify that the tools are only meant for those over 13, parents and teachers are taking the matter of AI education into their own hands.Inspired by a story we published on parents who are teaching their children to use AI to set them up for success in school and at work, we asked Guardian readers how and why – or why not – others are...

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9 d. ago Married teacher, 40, struck off for sexually assaulting schoolgirl set up a children's party business for tots as young as one

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Cotton, 40, (pictured) was working as a computing teacher at Perins School for 11 to 16-year-olds in Hampshire when he was accused of feeling up one of his female pupils.

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9 d. ago Bodies of 12 children and teacher found in aftermath of South East Asia quake as death toll surges

Dozens more children are feared trapped under the wreckage of the West Mye Mye Kyi preschool in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar following Friday's earthquake.

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1 week ago Jelly Good Show! But enjoy frogspawn magic in its natural home

RSPCA experts have appealed to children, parents and teachers to resist the temptation to take frog and toad spawn home to watch it grow into adult amphibians.

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1 week ago Urgent police update as young girl 'followed on way to school by man'

An alert was sent to parents after police received reports of a young girl being 'followed' by a man - police said while 'there is no indication a crime took place', enquiries are ongoing

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