36 m. ago Girl's diabetic alert dog able to detect blood sugar swings before technology can

Kona, a one-year-old puppy, can detect her young owner's blood sugar swings before medical technology knows anything is wrong.

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2 h. ago Father called the police when school in London stopped letting children bring in mobile phones

One parent was so angered by the policy they contacted the authorities, and officers were subsequently sent to the school. The parent also reported the school to Ofstead

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2 h. ago Police admit arrest of parents over school WhatsApp group messages WAS unlawful

Hertfordshire Constabulary has admitted the arrest of two parents over a school WhatsApp group was unlawful as parents, Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine, receive a £20,000 payout. 

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3 h. ago David Tennant on unattainability of drama schools in 2025: ‘I had a full grant’

The actor said: ‘I couldn’t have gone to drama school now.’

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4 h. ago Chippy boss hits back at trolls by telling them where to stick their sausage

Chippy Gary Moss has developed a reputation for giving online critics a battering if they leave a one star review, but he insists he's justified in his responses and has no plans to tone it down

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4 h. ago Hertfordshire police admit unlawful arrest of couple in school WhatsApp row – report

Force said to have agreed to £20,000 payout to parents who complained about daughter’s school in BorehamwoodA police force has reportedly admitted it unlawfully arrested two parents in front of their nine-year-old daughter after they complained about her school on WhatsApp.Rosalind Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, said they were held at a police station for 11 hours over the complaints about their daughter’s primary school. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jude Bellingham gets the meme treatment as he swaps shirts with an Albania player at HALF TIME of England World Cup qualifier

The Real Madrid midfielder exchanged tops with Albania's Kristjan Asllani as the teams walked off in Tirana, with television cameras clearly showing the pair handing over their shirts.

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5 h. ago Horror as boy, 11, dies after being shot in fatal 'road rage incident'

The child had been on his way to school for the day when his stepfather got into an altercation with another driver, only for things to turn fatal when a gun was pulled out

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7 h. ago 'My daughter has a place at a private school in the UK, but she's stuck in Gaza'

“It feels difficult to eat when you know your daughter is hungry"

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7 h. ago He was the Colombian cartel's main man in Europe, now he wants to open a school

'I'm just trying to do something good in the community. I think if we can change the minds of just a few, that will be enough'

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9 h. ago Ronni Ancona and Alistair McGowan look back: ‘We would have killed each other if we’d stayed as a couple. Instead, our friendship is eternal’

The comedians on their Bafta-winning sketch show, the reason they split up – and why she reminds him of Diane KeatonBorn in Louth, Lincolnshire in 1969, and raised in Troon, Ayrshire, Ronni Ancona is an actor, writer and impressionist. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art and trained as a teacher before turning to comedy. Born in Evesham, Worcestershire, in 1964, Alistair McGowan studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama before becoming an impressionist. The pair met on the London comedy circuit in the 1990s. They co-created the Bafta-winning Big Impression, which aired between 1999 and 2003 and became one of the BBC’s most popular sketch shows. Ancona’s new podcast with Hal Cruttenden – Hal & Ronni in Pieces – is available now. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: I fear the Chancellor's about to destroy our pensions

A reader recently accused me of being a 'drama queen' after I penned a ­coruscating article about Labour's attack on our wealth in the forthcoming dog's dinner of a Budget.

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12 h. ago ‘I was just going to school’: legacy of New Orleans’ other desegregation pioneers

Gail Etienne has built a center at the former school she and her two six-year-old friends braved angry crowds to attend – the same day as Ruby Bridges’ better-known experienceGail Etienne still remembers her first day at McDonogh 19 elementary school in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. As her family pulled up to the school in the car with the federal marshals, they saw crowds of angry people screaming. Some carried garbage cans and sticks. Others were holding picket signs against school integration.“I’ll never forget it,” Etienne said. “I saw this one lady was pregnant and had a garbage can top in her hand. I’m wondering, at six years old, what could I have done at six years old to these people to make them act the way they were acting? I really thought that if they could get to me, they’d want to kill me. I didn’t know why. What had I done? I was just going to school.” Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Brit girl, 14, pulled from sea and given CPR on beach in Spain school trip horror

A British teen girl is believed to be in a critical condition after nearly drowning in the Costa Brava resort of Lloret de Mar while on a school trip. She was rushed to hospital

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13 h. ago 'Huge' and 'powerful' XL Bully leaves boy, 5, disfigured after vicious attack

The child had innocently asked to see the “puppy” after his mother brought him to the house where the dog was being kept.

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13 h. ago Dog owner who feared she would be scarred for life after her pet attacked her face 'can look in the mirror again' after pioneering treatment

Holly Taylor, 33, from South Shields, was watching TV with her dog, Splodge, when the five-year-old pooch suddenly lunged at her face, leaving her with a deep bite on her cheek.

Economics

14 h. ago Guess who! Aussie actor turned Hollywood megastar looks very different in resurfaced photo from boarding school days

An Aussie star who has been catapulted to Hollywood mega-stardom has been spotted in a resurfaced school photograph. 

Culture

15 h. ago Woman bit by her own dog can 'look in mirror again' after laser treatment

A 33-year-old woman was left feeling like 'a shadow of her former self' after she was bit by her dog

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15 h. ago Dog attack victim regains confidence after successful laser treatment

A woman was left with a deep bite on her cheek after her dog suddenly lunged at her face while they were watching TV

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16 h. ago Butter warning issued as 1 big change could alter your weekly shop

A warning has been issued urging shoppers to check their butter before adding it to their trolley, as one big change coming to supermarkets could alter your weekly shop

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