24 h. ago Simone Biles slams ‘sore loser’ Riley Gaines over attacks on trans athlete

Biles calls Gaines ‘sick’ in response to softball postGymnast defends trans girl targeted after title winGaines calls Biles’ stance on inclusion ‘disappointing’Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles has publicly condemned former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines for her repeated attacks on transgender athletes, calling Gaines “sick” and a “sore loser” in a strongly worded social media post.The exchange erupted Friday night after Gaines mocked the Minnesota State High School League for turning off comments on a post celebrating Champlin Park High School’s girls’ softball team, which had just won the state championship. One of the team’s players is a transgender girl. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Girl, four, choked to death on vegetarian meatball lunch at nursery school, inquest hears

Lyla Eden Windell, four, stood up from the table where she was eating with her classmates and tried to pull food out of her mouth at her nursery in West Sussex, an inquest heard.

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68 h. ago Team from Cumbernauld school celebrate winning Girls National Handball Championships

St Mary's Primary School recently installed a new Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) as part of a broader plan to replace old red blaes pitches across North Lanarkshire.

Culture

4 d. ago School deputy safeguard did not expect girl, 15, to be strip searched by police

The schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis in December 2020.

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4 d. ago Residential treatment school closes in North Carolina after deaths of 2 girls

A residential treatment school for girls in the North Carolina mountains has closed after a state investigation and the recent deaths of two of its students who took their own lives

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5 d. ago Black schoolgirl, 15, was 'physically violated' by Met Police officers who strip

The 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, had arrived at the school in Hackney, East London , for a mock exam when she was taken to the medical room to be strip-searched.

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5 d. ago How to watch Wisconsin high school girls soccer: New London vs. Campbellsport, June 3

How to watch Wisconsin high school girls soccer: New London vs. Campbellsport, June 3  USA TODAY High School Sports

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6 d. ago Transgender athlete sends defiant message to critics after dominating girls' high school track meet

Veronica Garcia of East Valley of Spokane won the 400m by nearly a second at the championships on Saturday. Garcia also helped their school win the 4x100m relay.

Culture

8 d. ago Disgraced businessman and sex attacker Mohamed al Fayed 'bought Princess Diana's old school to groom and rape underage girls', sensational new book on dead monster claims

A former teacher at West Heath School in Sevenoaks, Kent has revealed how the disgraced businessman bought the school on the promise to protect Diana's legacy.

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9 d. ago How to watch Connecticut high school girls lacrosse: Sheehan vs. New London, May 30

How to watch Connecticut high school girls lacrosse: Sheehan vs. New London, May 30  USA TODAY High School Sports

Politics

1 week ago School support worker called little girl 's**g' and 'fat wh*re on Snapchat

Gillian Sorbie, a former primary school support worker, went on to call the child a "fat whore".

Politics

1 week ago Harrowing moment little girl is seen running through burning school after deadly Israeli strike on Gaza

The former school in Gaza City, which has been housing displaced Palestinians, was targeted as part of 200 attacks in Gaza in the past 48 hours, Israel's military said.

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2 w. ago Horrific twist of fate that saw girl, 13, killed by a javelin thrown into her EYE during school lesson emerges

Anastasia R, 13, died in hospital four days after the freak incident in Prokhladny, Russia on May 3.

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2 w. ago Heavy periods harm exam results and school attendance, study finds

Difficulty accessing toilets during lessons is harming the attendance and exam results of girls

Culture

2 w. ago 3 girls and 2 soldiers killed in Pakistan school bus bombing are buried

Hundreds of mourners in Pakistan have attended the funerals of three schoolgirls and two soldiers killed in a suicide bombing that targeted a school bus

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2 w. ago Moment police catch paedophile with girl he took from London school

David Cheneler, 73, who has a history of child sexual offences spanning six decades, picked the child up from school after gaining the trust of her mother - who was unaware of his criminal past

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2 w. ago Moment dangerous paedophile, 73, confesses to police he took girl, six, from her school in south London

David Cheneler might have abused the child but triggered live facial recognition technology deployed on Denmark Hill, Southwark

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2 w. ago Girl, 15, leaves school after being told she can't go to the toilet during class

Holly Hicks says girls are being left humiliated and embarrassed when on their period because they are prevented from going to the toilet during lesson at Radyr Comprehensive

Politics

2 w. ago Teenage boys, 14, arrested on suspicion of raping girl, 12, in field outside a secondary school

Police received a report at around 7.45pm on Sunday that the girl had been raped in a field outside The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester, Dorset.

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2 w. ago Pupils’ enjoyment of school suffers ‘substantial decline’ in Year 7 – study

Girls increasingly feel less safe at school than their male peers in the early years of secondary school, the report also suggests.

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