23 h. ago Mum slams 'ridiculous' school fine after taking kids for very specific 'holiday'

Melanie Vermaak says she told her daughter's school about the family holiday months in advance and even asked for work for her to do while they were away, but she was still taken to court

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26 h. ago 'I'm taking my daughter out of school for holidays eight times this year'

Carla is currently in Egypt with her daughter and has a string of term-time holidays planned

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51 h. ago Savvy mum shares £10 hack to save for your family summer holiday

There's nothing better than spending quality time with your family on holiday, and with this savings trick, you can justify a yearly trip without the sudden expense

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6 d. ago Heartbroken family demands change at special needs school after their daughter, 4, dies when feeding tube got dislodged

The family of Faith Johnson has demanded accountability from Frederick Public Schools, and accused the institution of ‘severe negligence’

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6 d. ago Daughter’s school sports day led to man’s heartbreaking incurable diagnosis

The 44-year-old hopes to travel to Mexico in May for intense chemotherapy treatment after a defeat at his daughter’s sports day raised alarm

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1 week ago 'We went to Center Parcs abroad and it was cheaper than UK sites'

One savvy mum found that she paid less by avoiding the UK holiday parks in school holiday time

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1 week ago Mum's heartbreak finding 'vibrant' teen daughter dead hours after doing hair for school

Grace Billows, 15, was found unconscious on her bedroom floor by her mum Lisa after the pair had left the house that morning so her younger sister could go to hospital

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1 week ago We were treated like monsters for taking our child out of school for 16 days. I stood in the same dock as murderers, rapists and child abusers... things must change: LAURA GRAY

Murderers, rapists and child abusers had stood in the same dock in King's Lynn Magistrates' Court in Norfolk where my partner, Philip, and I were found guilty.

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1 week ago Helpless couple on holiday forced to watch neighbours steal their garden in real time

Rosa and Murray Bell had not seen their daughter for four years, so were looking forward to spending Christmas with her in Australia, but they were stunned to see builders working on their garden while they were away

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1 week ago Furious mum confronts daughter's 'bully' in school and shouts 'I'll slit your throat'

A 31-year-old woman was filmed furiously telling a teenage pupil in the classroom of an Adelaide school that she would 'slit her throat' in a foul-mouthed attack

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2 w. ago Helen Flanagan 'missing kids' as they spend half term away from home

Former Coronation Street star Helen admitted she is missing her kids as they spend time with their dad Scott Sinclair for the half term school holidays.

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2 w. ago 'Emotional' Myleene Klass admits 'my throat is closing' over huge family change

Loose Women panellist Myleene Klass is preparing to adjust a major family life change as eldest daughter Ava, 17, heads towards her final school year

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2 w. ago A new start after 60: I got divorced, became a lawyer – and began fighting for other women

After a spell as Isabella Rossellini’s hand model, Elizabeth Barbour went to law school at 54. Now, she is working on 50 domestic violence cases and says her career is a privilege, not a jobElizabeth Barbour didn’t start studying law until she was 54 and had a school-age daughter. “But once I decide to do something, I’m hard to stop,” she says.Law is an atypical later-life career choice. It certainly bore no connection to Barbour’s first and second vocations, as a hand model and then a real-estate developer. “Law school was hard. It was disheartening,” she says. “I was literally everybody’s mother’s age. I didn’t have a cohort of friends. I was like a foreigner. I felt really isolated. But three years of being pummelled with all this information really did expand my bandwidth.” Continue reading...

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