10 h. ago Football transfer rumours: Bruno Fernandes to consider Saudi move again?

Today’s rumours are wetIt’s been a quiet transfer window, all things considered, with even the worst internet attention-seekers refusing to don their yellow ties and take a day off school for its final day, their mum’s toy spaceship left idling in a shoebox under the bed. But there might yet be some action – not like that, how dare you – so let’s dive in.Crystal Palace are enduring a miserable season, rapidly slipping down the table and now in danger of relegation, the perfect example of how to ruin unexpected success. On the other hand, Steve Parish’s quiff still looks pristine, so swings and roundabouts, but he’s now faced with a problem: does he stop lovingly tending it to consider Nottingham Forest’s £35m bid for Jean-Philippe Mateta, or simply pretend that no such thing ever happened? Continue reading...

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37 h. ago 'Phones are not calculators' as UK schools urged to go 'phone

Phones should not be used in schools throughout the entire school day and teachers should not use their devices in front of pupils, according to a letter from Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson

Politics

4 d. ago Our family has a unique approach to grievances: ‘if you make peace, you heap coals of fire on your enemy’s head’

Advice about how to deal with barbs and those who throw them has trickled down from the Bible and through the generations for Meg Keneally and her father ThomasRead more in the Home Truths seriesI’ve always been a dramatic soul. As a young teenager, I would stumble home from early high school, fresh from another day of taunts about my weight, the strange protrusions developing on my chest, or the perm I gave myself from a home kit at the weekend (it was the 1980s!). And, of course, I would relay every insult, every slight, every barb to my parents. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Economic blackout in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’

Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violationsA “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions on Friday in protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge in the state.The “Day of Truth & Freedom” protest comes in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, the unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. ago Economic strike in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’

Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violationsICE protests – live updatesA “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions on Friday in protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge in the state.The “Day of Truth & Freedom” protest comes in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, the unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. ago Minnesotans strike to protest ICE surge in state: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’

Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violationsICE protests – live updatesA “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions on Friday in protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge in the state.The “Day of Truth & Freedom” protest comes in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, the unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. Continue reading...

Economics

5 d. ago I went back to school for a day – and discovered some very unsettling facts about learning | Adrian Chiles

I thought my articles and radio shows made an impact on people. A notice in the staffroom suggested otherwiseI recently spent a day at a secondary school in Birmingham. I agreed to do it because I like being in Birmingham and I like going to schools, and also because the teacher asked nicely. It was only the day before that I read the invitation properly and saw, to my horror, that I was leading what they call a Deep Learning Day. What could they learn from me? Moreover, what could they learn deeply from me? Whenever I go to schools, I always come away feeling that I’ve learned a lot more from the experience than any students have learned from me. This visit was no different. I came away enriched, but also completely knackered. I’m in awe of the stamina not only of teachers, but also of students. I mean, a whole day of learning, deep or otherwise, is exhausting. Whichever side of it you’re on, it’s a lot. A notice on the staffroom wall jumped out at me. Apologies to any teachers rea...

Politics

5 d. ago Edinburgh girl's 'growing pains' turn into devastating diagnosis

Ava Ferguson, 9, returned from a day at school in November with extreme discomfort in her leg

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7 d. ago School forced into lockdown as parents receive worst nightmare texts

Parents received texts from the school saying that their kids would not be leaving at the end of the school day.

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1 week ago Hundreds of homes evacuated in middle of the night after WW2 bomb blown up at sea and school shut for another day

ONE of two WW2 bombs that caused thousands to be evacuated from their homes has been blown up - and the second will be detonated this morning. A major incident was declared in Devon yesterday, with schools and hotels closed and thousands of people evacuated. Bomb squads raced to a building site and a marina...

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1 week ago Abandoned UK village 'sealed off from world' in WW2 found as 'unsettling' discovery made

Ghost hunter Emma Watts visited Imber, an abandoned village in Wiltshire evacuated in 1943, and experienced unexplained phenomena during her paranormal investigation

Politics

1 week ago A moment that changed me: the Brexit result came through – and my life in Britain fell apart

I had my first teaching job lined up and a mortgage application in process. Now it looked like I would have to return to Germany and start training again from scratch. There were just 72 hours to save my dream of living in the UKIn the early hours of Friday 24 June 2016, the result glowed on my phone: 52%. Barely a majority, but nonetheless a verdict. I lay in my rented bedroom in Devon, still in pyjamas, watching everything I’d planned dissolve. When I saw the headline “UK votes to leave EU”, my first thought wasn’t political. It was: “What does this mean for me?”It was the final day of my second school placement, the culmination of my teacher training for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). I’d moved from Germany the year before to train as a Religious Education teacher, convinced I’d found a profession and a place to call home. In Germany, RE meant teaching Protestant children Protestantism or Catholic children Catholicism – separate lessons, separate truths. Here, I ...

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1 week ago AD FEATURE: Fairview International School invites families to February Open Day

The school in Bridge of Allan is welcoming prospective students and families to its upcoming Open Day on February 7

Society

2 w. ago Bankrupt darts legend who owed £500k breaks down in tears after winning Tour Card

The final day of UK Qualifying School was an emotional one for several high-profile names playing for their PDC Tour Card at Arena MK in Milton Keynes on Sunday

Economics

2 w. ago ‘A celebration of the carefree’: why Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers celebrating their favourite comfort watches is an ode to John Hughes’s 1980s classicIt’s hard to ignore a film’s message when the main character is addressing you directly down the barrel of the camera. Granted, the first time I watched the 1986 teen comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, I was the impressionable age of 11 and “Look people in the eyes when they’re talking to you” was on constant rotation in my household. So my green eyes met Ferris’s brown ones and I took it all in.Centred around Matthew Broderick’s playful turn as Ferris Bueller, a high school senior faking illness to skip school, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is certainly a celebration of the carefree, though the story is by no means languid. Made frantic by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do with the aid of a red Ferrari, the day speeds by in comparison to the fictional days of other American teen films, such as American Graffiti and Dazed & Confused – which, to be fair, featur...

Culture

2 w. ago Darts star who was declared bankrupt and owed £500,000 breaks down in tears after regaining PDC Tour Card

MERVYN KING broke down in TEARS after regaining his PDC Tour Card just two months before his 60th birthday. The oche veteran reached the semi-final of the last day of Qualifying School in Milton Keynes to secure his return to the professional circuit. It is a huge moment for the cult darts hero after he...

Economics

2 w. ago Scotland Weather: New yellow warning for snow and ice disruption across Scotland as Storm Goretti batters UK

Thousands of pupils are off school for a fourth day due to the weather, with more snowfall and ice likely to cause further chaos.

Events

3 w. ago Disney World summer 2026 ticket prices plummet up to 25% in January sale

AttractionTickets.com is offering up to 25% off Disney World 14-Day Magic Tickets for summer 2026 school holidays with a special discount code

Economics

3 w. ago Snow shuts schools and roads as Met Office alert continues into fourth day

There is widespread disruption across Wales with a second day of school closures

Events

3 w. ago Full list of school closures as 2nd day back CALLED OFF for 1,000s while snow and ice hit – are your kids affected?

THOUSANDS of pupils will remain home for a second snow day as the Met Office issues amber weather warnings for ice and snow. The first day back to school and work was called off for many as temperatures plummeted below freezing on Monday. Overnight a Baltic blast saw figures plunge as low as -10C in...

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