69 h. ago Girl, 13, suspended from school for four days after breaking 'ridiculous' uniform rule

A mother has criticised her daughter's school after the 13-year-old was suspended for refusing to follow their request to remove an accessory

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3 d. ago Mum claims school suspended daughter, 13, over uniform despite wearing item for 2 years

Rachel Dawson, 42, said her daughter Izobella, 13, was suspended from Kirk Balk Academy in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, for four days following the breach of the 'no jewellery' rule

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3 d. ago India Hicks reveals why she took her daughter out of school to go to Paris Fashion Week

King Charles 's goddaughter, India Hicks , has revealed why she took her daughter out of school to attend Paris Fashion Week.

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6 d. ago 'Daughter refuses to go to school, and my marriage is suffering because of it'

Agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader who's struggling to cope with her daughter's anxiety around going to school, and her relationship is under pressure too

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7 d. ago Dear Coleen: 'Daughter won’t go to school so I had to quit my job'

The mother told Coleen: My marriage is hanging by a thread because my husband and I argue over our daughter all the time.

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8 d. ago Why do I keep waking up at 2am – and how do I get back to sleep?

Experts say it’s common to wake up at night, but maintenance insomnia can cause trouble sleeping againI have no trouble falling asleep. Most nights, my head hits the pillow, and that’s all I remember.But several times a week, I find myself wide awake at 2.00am – stressing about a work deadline, wondering if my daughter is adjusting to her new school or making a note on my phone to get the car washed. Usually, I get back to sleep in an hour, but when my 8am alarm goes off, I feel groggy, wishing I’d had that extra shut-eye. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Dad arrested at school and held for eight hours amid row over 'racist flag' lesson

The parent turned up at Broadoak School in Partington to complain and withdraw his his daughter

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9 d. ago Army Sergeant 'punished partying trainees by making them iron their uniforms and perform kit inspections until 3am', military court hears

Sergeant Timothy Boyden stormed into an Army accommodation block at 3 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment, at Gibraltar Barracks in Surrey, at around 10pm on February 24, 2024.

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1 week ago Woman who'd 'sleep for several hours' after dropping daughter at school soon found out why

Lisa Pengelly is now on the road to recovery thanks to an organ donor and has thanked their family for her 'life-changing gift' and urged others to consider going on the organ donation register

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1 week ago TikTok stars reveal ‘devastating’ news about the ‘loss of our baby girl born far too soon’

TIKTOK stars have shared heartbreaking news with fans, revealing the “devastating” loss of their baby girl, who was “born far too soon.” TikTokers Matt Howard and Abby Howard announced that they were expecting their third baby together earlier this year. The high school sweethearts are already parents to son Griffin, 3, and daughter August, 2 - and they...

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1 week ago Inside Tyson Fury’s daughter Venezuela's life from quitting school at 15 to engagement

Tyson Fury’s daughter Venezuela announced her engagement at her 16th birthday party after quitting school at 15 – following in the footsteps of her famous mum Paris

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2 w. ago My daughter was kicked out of school because her ‘unnatural hair’ – I’m furious, it doesn’t affect her learning

A MUM has blasted her daughter's school after the teenager was banned from class due to her ''unnatural hair''. Lydia Beaumont's daughter Calliah, 13, was sent home from Lliswerry High School in Wales after turning up to a class with muted tones of pink and purple in her tresses. Within minutes, the teen was told by...

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2 w. ago Mum blasts daughter's school as she's banned from class due to her haircut

Lydia Beaumont's 13-year-old daughter Calliah was sent home from school after turning up on a Monday morning with pink and purple hair - which the school said was against its policy

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2 w. ago I took my daughter on a holiday to Hong Kong to visit family. I didn’t realise how hard it would be to leave | Lucille Wong

I recognised the longing to be in two places at once. When you have two worlds, you always have to say goodbye to oneLast school holidays, I took my daughter to Hong Kong, my birthplace and home for the first eight years of my life.I had taken her plenty of times before, but every visit had been fleeting. Accommodation is expensive, so we usually stay just enough to share a meal or two with close family. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mum slams school over 'ridiculous' response to her daughter's piercings

Amanda Shannon claims her 14-year-old girl has been left feeling excluded

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2 w. ago Furious mum pulls 'traumatised' daughter, 12, out of school after teacher's reaction to her skirt

Cola Glenny says she received a tearful call from her daughter, Pearl, who said school staff measured her skirt with a ruler

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3 w. ago Schoolgirl punished over skirt being 2cm too short in 'military

Cola Glenny, 34, removed her daughter Pearl from school after she was left traumatised by the 'military'-style inspection of girls' skirts - with several other parents doing the same

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3 w. ago 'School punished my daughter because her skirt was 2cm too short'

Cola Glenny, 34, has accused teachers at the Hundred of Hoo Academy of carrying out "military"-style inspections to check whether her daughter Pearl's skirt was 8cm above her knee - and punishing her when it was not

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3 w. ago Mum pulls daughter from school after 'military inspection' with rulers

Parebts say the children were lined up and had their uniforms inspected 'down to the centimetre'

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3 w. ago ‘Extreme nausea’: Are EVs causing car sickness – and what can be done?

Phil Bellamy’s daughters refuse to ride in his electric car without travel sickness tablets. Are there other solutions?It was a year in to driving his daughter to school in his new electric vehicle that Phil Bellamy discovered she dreaded the 10-minute daily ride – it made her feel sick in a way no other car did.As the driver, Bellamy had no problems with the car but his teenage daughters struggled with sickness every time they entered the vehicle. Research has shown this is an issue – people who did not usually have motion sickness in a conventional car found that they did in EVs. Continue reading...

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