89 m. ago Pushy parents are ‘biggest problem in sports performance’, say psychologists

Unsportsmanlike conduct in grassroots football and on the sidelines at school events is on the rise. How can parents support their child in the right way?Pushy and shouty parents are the “biggest problem in sports performance”, sports psychologists have said, amid growing concern that pressure and abuse is hampering competitive sport in the UK.This week parents were banned from attending sports events at a number of south London primary schools due to “concerning behaviours”, including abuse towards officials and children and creating “too much pressure around performance and winning at all costs”. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Activist group says ‘no’ to police in schools at London, Ont. rally

Activist group says ‘no’ to police in schools at London, Ont. rally  CTV News

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17 h. ago Two London secondary schools named top of 2025 UK league tables

Two London secondary schools named top of 2025 UK league tables - see where yours ranks  MyLondon

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20 h. ago Shocking video shows schoolchildren riding between carriages of DLR

Shocking video shows schoolchildren riding between carriages of DLR  East London Advertiser

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21 h. ago South London scaffolders win planning appeal that centred on road safety outside school

South London scaffolders win planning appeal that centred on road safety outside school  MyLondon

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22 h. ago London schools to get filters to cut classroom air pollution

London schools to get filters to cut classroom air pollution  BBC

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30 h. ago Police release man’s 999 call after ‘gentle’ school teacher murdered 30 years ago in east London

Devout Christian Joy Hewer - ‘who hurt no one’ - was sexually assaulted and stabbed six times before her Walthamstow flat was torched in October 1995

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33 h. ago How to watch Texas high school football: Edna vs. London, Oct. 17

How to watch Texas high school football: Edna vs. London, Oct. 17  USA TODAY High School Sports

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40 h. ago 2 charged in London Thomas case, Network outage reported at Mich. district school, other top stories

2 charged in London Thomas case, Network outage reported at Mich. district school, other top stories  CBS News

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56 h. ago Londoners forced to move out of capital to have children, experts warn

Experts have told the London Assembly that the capital risks becoming a child-free city

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3 d. ago Amal Clooney bursts with pride as lookalike niece Mia, 23, follows in her footsteps and graduates from London law school with a distinction

Amal Clooney was bursting with pride this week as her lookalike niece Mia Hamiyeh officially followed in her footsteps to become a lawyer.

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3 d. ago 'It's amazing to have one of our own here': At high school alma mater's game in London, OLB Nik Bonitto serves as inspiration

'It's amazing to have one of our own here': At high school alma mater's game in London, OLB Nik Bonitto serves as inspiration  Denver Broncos

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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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4 d. ago Shouting abuse at children, cutting up finish lines and urinating in bushes: How badly behaved parents are being banned from school sporting events

The Merton School Sport Partnership wrote to disappointed parents last week to inform them they would no longer be welcome at 40 primary schools across southwest London.

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4 d. ago Parents banned from school sports day in London borough due to bad behaviour

Parents in south London told they’re no longer welcome at ‘the sports events we deliver to our affiliated schools during the school day’

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4 d. ago Parents banned from school sports in London borough due to bad behaviour

Parents in south London told they’re no longer welcome at ‘the sports events we deliver to our affiliated schools during the school day’

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4 d. ago Parents banned from school sports days due to badly behaved parents

Parents banned from school sports days due to badly behaved parents  London Evening Standard

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4 d. ago Black Londoners nearly three times more likely to be strip searched than white suspects

Met Police accused of discriminatory practices as force remains under scrutiny after strip search of 15-year-old Child Q at school in east London

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6 d. ago The Croydon home for sale close to shops, public transport and schools

The Croydon home for sale close to shops, public transport and schools  This Is Local London

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