3 h. ago Parents given urgent warning over children wasting teachers' time in school

Teachers are wasting a total of 2.4 hours of teaching time each day - 1.4 hours of which is taken up with kids not being toilet-trained, such as nappy changing or multiple accidents

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31 h. ago Peter Andre makes urgent plea as he warns parents are under 'enormous pressure'

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall told MPs taking action to limit children's social media use carries "risks" whatever the approach but promised the Government "will act robustly"

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5 d. ago Heartbroken mum left 'terrified of water' after daughter's tragic sea death

A heartbroken mum who tragically lost her daughter has sent an urgent warning to other parents to be honest with their children about the dangers of water

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6 d. ago Parent arrested by ICE while waiting at a bus stop with their child, Minneapolis school principal says

A school official described it as ‘an incredibly difficult time’

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6 d. ago Star Trek: Starfleet Academy review – Holly Hunter is a transgressive thrill in this horny high

This hormone-fuelled tale of the training college for space voyagers is like Grange Hill, with phasers – and it has a female lead unlike any captain beforeThe original Star Trek TV series debuted in 1966, so trying to get your head round all the sequels, prequels and timeline-splitting spin-offs can often feel like homework. It was only a matter of time before the venerable sci-fi franchise used a school as a setting. But Starfleet Academy, the latest streaming series, is not some random cosmic polytechnic for aliens to study humanities or vice versa. This is the oft-referenced San Francisco space campus sited right next to the Golden Gate Bridge. With James T Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard on the alumni list, it is basically Hogwarts for wannabe starship captains.Or at least it used to be. As this newest Trek opens we are in the 32nd century: as far into the future as the franchise has ever gone, boldly or otherwise. (The original 1966 five-year mission for Kirk and co took place in the ...

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9 d. ago Construction of new Paisley Grammar School 'on time' and 'on budget' as Renfrewshire Council issues update

Local authority confirms job is scheduled to be finished by this summer, with large parts of interior progressing to completion.

Economics

1 week ago ‘Make schools screen free again’: The bipartisan push to digitally detox American students

Educators and state legislators across the nation are pushing to banish smartphones from the classroom as evidence mounts that compulsive tech use is harming young people, reports Io Dodds

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1 week ago 'Vicious class war': ANDREW PIERCE reveals why Labour's VAT on private school fees will have a detrimental impact on the state sector

Yet another Labour Party lie exposed. The government, in one of its first acts, imposed VAT on private school fees. It was the first time it ever happened in this country.

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2 w. ago NHS lists 10 illnesses children should take time off school for

Millions of school children across the country will be heading back to school this week following the Christmas holidays

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2 w. ago What is cereulide, the food poisoning toxin linked to baby formula

The Food Standards Agency has issued an urgent 'not safe' warning to parents

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2 w. ago Outrage as price of school meals goes up for thousands of families for the first time in nine years

FAMILIES and experts have been left outraged after the price of school meals was hiked for the first time in nine years. The latest price increases have been introduced across Northern Ireland in January, but families in England are also being hit as individual schools raise meal costs amid soaring food and staffing expenses. The...

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4 w. ago Parents warned to check under tree for potentially lethal toys on urgent recall

The popular toys could prove dangerous posing choking hazards to small children, as people are warned not to give the gifts to loved ones over the Christmas period

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4 w. ago Urgent warning to parents over 'dangerous' fake Labubu dolls seized in UK

Fake Labubus, Jellycats and PlayStation controllers containing 'toxic chemicals' have been seized at the border

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