3 h. ago Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick reveals sliding doors moment when he lost out on acting role to a young Colin Farrell on Ballykissangel

The popular Channel 4 star has opened up about his younger days going to drama school and aiming to prove successful on the small screen but in dramatic roles.

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4 h. ago NSPCC shares when to let children walk to school alone as days get brighter and warmer

The days are getting brighter and warmer meaning kids may be itching to head off to school themselves

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6 h. ago The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?

The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal oneWith an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and school songs lifted directly from Harrow’s songbook, Pretoria boys high school is every inch the South African mirror of the English private schools it was founded in 1901 to imitate.Elon Musk, who has rapidly become one of the most powerful people in US politics, spent his final school years in the 1980s as a day pupil on the lush, tree-filled campus in South Africa’s capital, close to his father’s large detached home in Waterkloof, a wealthy Pretoria suburb shaded by purple jacaranda blossoms in spring. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Canadian military flies the flag in frozen north as struggle for the Arctic heats up

Operation Nanook, carried out in conjunction with allies, aims to ‘project force’ in a region attracting growing interest from Russia and ChinaThe winter sun hasn’t yet risen above Inuvik’s jagged horizon of black spruce trees, but already, more than 150 nervous soldiers have gathered in a community recreation centre.Tables clear of their breakfast and fingers fiddle with pens, a giddiness akin to the first day of school settles over the room. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago MP says police have dismissed claims that men from a migrant hotel are stalking schoolgirls in affluent Home Counties town

EXCLUSIVE: Parents near Reading raised the alarm after reportedly seeing men behaving suspiciously and chasing schoolgirls in Maiden Place, located a three-minute drive from a so-called 'migrant hotel'.

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2 d. ago 'Wonderful' man 'shot dead outside Wolverhampton primary school during kids' home time'

Neo Graham, 24, was allegedly shot dead outside a primary school in broad daylight in Wolverhampton this week, while a second man was rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds

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4 d. ago World Book Day 2025: Children don adorable fancy dress outfits to celebrate favourite literary characters

Children across the country are going into school dressed as their favourite literary characters to mark World Book Day.

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5 d. ago Boy, 12, stabbed in broad daylight 'altercation' at school as two teens arrested

Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested after an 'altercation' at a school in north London where a 12-year-old was stabbed and rushed to hospital, police have said

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7 d. ago Secondary school admissions: What to do if you don't get your first choice?

National Offer Day comes at the start of March when pupils learn if they have been accepted into their top secondary school choice

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7 d. ago Thousands of Greater Manchester schoolchildren get a decision on their future today

March 3 is National Offer Day when pupils find out whether they've got their chosen high school place

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9 d. ago The number of people with chronic conditions is soaring. Are we less healthy than we used to be – or overdiagnosing illness?

Are ordinary life experiences, bodily imperfections and normal differences being unnecessarily pathologised? One doctor argues just thatSchool was a difficult time for Anna. It still haunts her. She recalls being a sociable child, good at making friends. But she also remembers becoming hyperfixated on one friend, then another and another in succession. She tended to be impulsive and, wanting to please others, easily led. One distressing incident in particular has never left her. On the first day after moving to a new school, she was relieved to be taken under the wing of two girls. At lunchtime, in fits of giggles, the girls egged each other on to do naughty things. Anna spat orange juice at the boys. She did it with relish, only to reproach herself later. She feels the episode coloured her whole school experience.As a child and an adult, Anna felt sanctioned, judged and misunderstood. She considers herself a chameleon who adapts to new environments and survives by being funny, but ...

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9 d. ago I skipped school once. Now the local kids seem to do so on a daily basis and with teachers’ approval

Stephen Jardine met children in Malawi who walked five miles every day to get to school, knowing that education was the one chance they had for a better life

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1 week ago When ‘Mr Charisma’ met ‘Mr Logic’: body language expert’s verdict on the Trump

Caroline Goyder described Trump as a “silverback” while she said Starmer looked more like a boy on his first day of school.

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1 week ago Woman had four kids with her uncle and never taught them how to eat or talk

The children were found to be malnourished, nonverbal, unable to walk, wearing diapers and had never attended school, according to court documents, as the mum faces a lengthy prison sentence

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1 week ago Teachers at a Stockport high school plan six days of strike action over 'violence and abuse from pupils'

The first day of strike action is planned this Thursday

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1 week ago Boost in school attendance in Merthyr after parents fined over kids skipping days

A council committee report has given the latest data on school attendance in Merthyr Tydfil

Culture

1 week 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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2 w. ago Children's playtime being 'squeezed out' of school day, major report warns

Generations of kids are also spending less time outdoors and with friends as a result of hundreds of playground closures and cuts to park budgets

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2 w. ago Children face walking six miles a day due to school transport cuts

Primary school pupils have been spared but secondary-aged children are set to lose out as the council mulls over its future policies on home to school transport

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2 w. ago Open Day: Discover how outdoor learning creates the ‘Glenalmond spirit’ at school in spectacular setting

Glenalmond College is an education based on adventure, with pupils experiencing outdoor activities including mountain biking, rock climbing and mountaineering. Discover more at the school open day Saturday, 22 March.

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