43 h. ago Kim Kardashian's daughter North West raps about body piercings, tattoos and skipping school

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's precocious 12-year-old shared a sample of her new song to her Instagram Stories in which she raps about wanting more piercings - and tats, too.

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5 d. ago Mum bursts with rage after school attendance officer asks for ‘photographic medical evidence’ of daughter’s sickness bug

A MUM has been left bursting with rage after her daughter's school asked for "photographic medical evidence" of her sickness bug. Cam's daughter started throwing up in the early hours of Sunday, with her mum emailing the school at the weekend - predicting "they're going to cause me problems" on Sunday morning. And her prediction...

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2 w. ago Sophie Winkleman says she 'failed spectacularly' at banning her daughter, 12, from having a phone after she complained it was 'ruining her life' by making her 'so isolated' at school

The Peep Show star, 45, shares two daughters, Maud, 12 and Isabella, nine, with her husband Lord Frederick Windsor - the son of Prince Michael of Kent.

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3 w. ago The Fife family who moved to London so daughter Caoimhe could attend school of the stars

The Fife family who moved to London so daughter Caoimhe could attend school of the stars  The Courier

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3 w. ago 'My daughter was killed at school and I had 10 year fight to catch her killer'

The girl was just seven years old when she was killed inside her own school during a graduation ceremony in 2015 - her mum Lucinha became a congresswoman in her quest for justice

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3 w. ago My daughter was in the Brown University library, hiding under the desk | Sarah Ruhl

This normalization of gun violence in the US – who is it serving? Why can we not collectively make this not normal again?On her first day of fourth grade, wearing her magenta spectacles, my daughter Anna arrived to the Big School where she couldn’t reach the drinking fountains. She was small for her age, in terms of stature, though she had big ideas.I went to pick her up that afternoon, the first day of school, and I looked eagerly at all the young faces streaming out the door, but no Anna. The high schoolers flooded out, then the middle schoolers. Still no Anna. I started to get that mother panic vibration thing in my belly and I called the lower middle school office.Sarah Ruhl is a playwright, essayist, teacher, mother of three and Brown University graduate. Her most recent book is Lessons from my Teachers, from preschool to the present. Her collaboration with A Great Big World, the musical Wonder, is at American Repertory Theater in Boston through February Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lanarkshire school receives £5k donation from Persimmon Homes West Scotland as part of homebuilder’s Community Champions initiative

North Lanarkshire Council leader Jim Logue joined Persimmon’s land director Craig Moore and local parent and Persimmon customer care office manager Claire Eadie - whose daughter attends the school - to present the cheque.

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3 w. ago Scots schoolboy gets out of hospital just in time to play angel in school nativity

Rory Grant, five, was given the chance to play an angel in his P1 Nativity after needing surgery due to complications with a head wound.

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3 w. ago Inside Helen Flanagan's very racy Christmas after taking aim at ex Scott Sinclair

Helen Flanagan has stunned fans with a slew of Christmas-themed lingerie shots for Anne Summers - following her angry swipe at ex Scott Sinclair for missing their son's nativity play

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4 w. ago Mum 'itching' to call out school over daughter's 'disgusting' role in nativity play

A mum has been left feeling angry and 'itching' to speak to the school after her young daughter was given her role in the Christmas play – but people say she should be 'lucky'

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4 w. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Kate Moss is living a 'stable' life... by helping out at the local Nativity play

TALK OF THE TOWN: Kate Moss, 51, was 'instrumental' in organising the Nativity play in her Cotswolds village this Christmas, according to reports.

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4 w. ago The bleakest winter: Ukrainians face exhaustion and uncertainty as Trump demands concessions

People torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and diplomatic tacticsThe ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle.The nativity play, performed on a recent evening at Kharkiv’s puppet theatre, was a reminder that conflict has seeped into the fabric of almost everything in Ukrainian life over the past four years. “We can’t just put on comedies and escape from reality,” said Oksana Dmitrieva, the nativity play’s 48-year-old director. “The stage is a mirror, and we have to live through our emotions again, but this time from outside ourselves, together with others,” she said. Continue reading...

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