46 h. ago School district threatened with legal action after kids are shown video that acknowledges LGBTQ+ history month

The Thomas More Society accused the Kirkwood School District of ‘violating the First Amendment rights of many parents’

Culture

57 h. ago Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against UK government after seeing horrific phone videos at school

Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary.Flossie McShea, from Devon, says she also received threatening messages while at school, as she put her name to a judicial review in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against government after seeing horrific phone videos at school

Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary.Flossie McShea, from Devon, says she also received threatening messages while at school, as she put her name to a judicial review in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Teen, 17, is taking govt to court over failing to protect her from sick smartphones videos at school

A TEENAGER is taking the Government to court for failing to protect her from smartphones at school. Flossie McShea, 17, says she was traumatised when she was exposed to horrific images and videos from Year 7 onwards. It included graphic videos of a shooting, a beheading and extreme pornography sent and viewed on smartphones during...

Events

6 d. ago Sam Smith reveals they had liposuction at just 13 after being bullied at school

Sam Smith has revealed that they had liposuction on their chest when they were 13 due to relentless bullying about their weight.

Politics

2 w. ago Teacher who 'had sexual activity with a child' banned for life

Matthew Hindle was also accused of asking the pupil to remove her clothes on a video call while he was teaching at a Greater Manchester school

Society

2 w. ago Greater Manchester teacher, 36, banned for life after 'unacceptable conduct'

Matthew Hindle was also accused of asking the pupil to remove her clothes on a video call while he was teaching at a Greater Manchester school

Events

2 w. ago Grimes slams ‘disturbing’ online ‘high school level bullying’ of Selena Gomez music video

Canadian singer said, ‘Accounts shud be suspended for body shaming en masse’

Culture

4 w. ago ‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet is kicking out the old rules

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under wayIt’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmond Park, London, where a grand Georgian hunting lodge houses the Royal Ballet school. Enter through the classical columns and it feels like a bubble away from the world. “I was on a video call with my son,” says the school’s artistic director, Iain Mackay. “He said, ‘Where are you? Hogwarts?!’” This is indeed a place of magic for children who come here, hoping to follow in the footsteps of generations of leading dancers. They touch the middle finger of Margot Fonteyn’s statue for luck as they pass, the bronze rubbed shiny by their superstition.Getting a place at the school, founded in 1926 by the formidable Ninette de Valois, is a huge achievement. Two years ago, 40 students were accepted from more than 1,000 applications (all on merit – 90% are supported by bursaries). Mackay, 45, a...

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4 w. ago ‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet school is kicking out the old rules

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under wayIt’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmond Park, London, where a grand Georgian hunting lodge houses the Royal Ballet school. Enter through the classical columns and it feels like a bubble away from the world. “I was on a video call with my son,” says the school’s artistic director, Iain Mackay. “He said, ‘Where are you? Hogwarts?!’” This is indeed a place of magic for children who come here, hoping to follow in the footsteps of generations of leading dancers. They touch the middle finger of Margot Fonteyn’s statue for luck as they pass, the bronze rubbed shiny by their superstition.Getting a place at the school, founded in 1926 by the formidable Ninette de Valois, is a huge achievement. Two years ago, 40 students were accepted from more than 1,000 applications (all on merit – 90% are supported by bursaries). Mackay, 45, a...

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