6 d. ago School infestation horror as mice 'found in bags' and 'flies swarm Edinburgh building'

Staff at the special school claim mice and flies have been a persistent problem for months, leaving droppings in pupils' work trays and sparking serious health concerns - with one found in a staff member's bag

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8 d. ago Driver arrested after school coach crashes with 29 children on board

The driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving while unfit through drink or drugs

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8 d. ago Horror as school coach crashes into ditch near UK motorway with 29 kids on board

A school coach carrying 29 children and four teachers has crashed off a road and into a ditch by a motorway, with one of the teachers suffering a leg injury in the incident

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8 d. ago Bristol school coach crashes into ditch with 29 children and 4 staff on board

A school coach carrying 29 children and four teachers from Bristol has crashed into a roadside ditch on the A36 near Southampton, Hampshire, with emergency services at the scene

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1 week ago Travis Kelce and Andy Reid clash AGAIN as Chiefs star screams at head coach in latest sideline meltdown

The pair clashed at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas 18 months ago and they once again came face to face - or, more accurately, chest to chest - at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night.

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1 week ago Look to Myanmar for a vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power | Simon Tisdall

The brutality and repression there highlight the failings of a dysfunctional world order. Unless we do better, this is the futureThe children were sleeping when death came from the air. A military warplane dropped two 500lb (230kg) bombs on their boarding school, witnesses said. Imagine, if you can, the carnage and the horror. At least 18 died. Others suffered life-changing injuries. The ruling regime claims to be fighting terrorists. Yet more often than not, it is defenceless, blameless civilians who are killed, maimed and displaced. No, this isn’t Gaza. It isn’t Ukraine. It’s Myanmar, where appalling atrocities, including crimes against humanity, often go unreported and unpunished. That doesn’t render them any less heinous or less deserving of universal condemnation.Myanmar, formerly British-run colonial Burma, where civil war has raged since an army coup overthrew the elected government in 2021, is a microcosm of today’s fractured world. National leaders gathering at the UN gener...

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2 w. ago Grammy winner, 57, dies in horror plane crash near school with no survivors

A Grammy Award winning star is one of three people that died in a tragic plane crash after the aircraft wreckage was found in a field near a children's school

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last month Macmillan coffee morning is happening soon – these are the best board games to play

Forget Trivial Pursuit – our pick of the best board games will elevate your next get-together

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