8 h. ago One in 10 parents see no problem in letting kids use AI to help with homework

Researchers quizzed 2,000 Brits across all age groups about their views on AI, including how the technology is used and in which circumstances it is most appropriate

Society

1 week ago Police issue warning after several children reported missing on beach

Parents warned not to let their children go unsupervised on the beach

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2 w. ago Heartbreak as parents of terminally ill toddler who's spent entire life in hospital refuse to take him off life

Dezeioun Crudup Jr has spent the entire agonizing 27 months of his life in intensive care at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, with no prospect of recovery - but his parents won't let him go.

Science

3 w. ago ‘Too sticky. Too saucy. Too weird’: could I persuade my son to eat the food of my heritage?

Before she became a mother, Samantha Ellis secretly judged other parents who let their children subsist on white bread and pesto-pasta. And when her son was born she couldn’t wait to share the Iraqi Jewish food of her ancestors. Unfortunately, he had other ideas My family takes food very seriously. So seriously that when my mother’s family left Iraq in 1971, limited to 20kg of luggage each, they found room for not one but two rolling pins. The truth is that, having used the rolling pins, I think they were right. Born in England, I grew up on my father’s stories, too, of going to a Baghdad street stall to buy hot samoon, Iraqi bread shaped like a teardrop, with a puffy middle and a crunchy crust, with amba (mango pickle) oozing out of it. But he left Baghdad even earlier, in 1951, in a mass airlift along with most of Iraq’s Jews. I grew up in Britain, homesick for a place I’ve never been to, and will probably never see. There are now just three Jews left in Iraq.Scattered across the ...

Politics

3 w. ago Child at primary school suspended after taking knife into school

Benchill Primary School sent a letter to parents following the incident

Politics

3 w. ago London primary school consults on closure after 150 years amid dwindling birthrates and financial struggles

St Cuthbert with St Matthias Church of England Primary School sent out a letter to parents to announce the ‘sad’ news

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3 w. ago People stumped by simple homework question asking kids to guess a three

A puzzled mother, believed to be from the US, took to Reddit to share a snap of her child's homework and social media users where left scratching their heads.

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last month Kid's homework question so hard adults with 'advanced degrees' can't solve it – can you?

A question taken from a child's homework sheet has been going viral after leaving even the smartest adults confused as they can't work out the answer - can you solve it?

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