2 h. ago Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths

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21 h. ago Fury as schools gives parents just four days notice of strike by 'selfish' London teachers in maternity pay row

The industrial action forced The Charter School in East Dulwich to cancel its enrichment activities for the end of the year and the headteacher apologised to pupils.

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37 h. ago Fury as London schools give parents four days notice of teachers' strike

Strikes over maternity pay taking place at Charter Schools Trust academies branded ‘damaging, selfish and grossly unfair on pupils’

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37 h. ago Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school

Teachers at a school in Beckenham have complained about being ‘severely overworked to the point of exhaustion’

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4 d. ago Can you see circles or rectangles? And does the answer depend on where you grew up? | Anil Seth

We may believe we see the world exactly as it is – but as studies of optical illusions show, it’s far more complex than thatAnil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of SussexDo people from different cultures and environments see the world differently? Two recent studies have different takes on this decades-long controversy. The answer might be more complicated, and more interesting, than either study suggests.One study, led by Ivan Kroupin at the London School of Economics, asked how people from different cultures perceived a visual illusion known as the Coffer illusion. They discovered that people in the UK and US saw it mainly in one way, as comprising rectangles – while people from rural communities in Namibia typically saw it another way: as containing circles. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago New London prepares to market former school with help of contaminant report

New London prepares to market former school with help of contaminant report  The Day

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7 d. ago London Welsh school's future uncertain as first minister has doubts

London Welsh school's future uncertain as first minister has doubts  BBC

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7 d. ago ‘Distraught’ families say they may have to homeschool SEND children if school forced to close amid VAT raid

Families in last-minute battle to save Bishop Challoner School in London which faces closure on last day of term amid financial pressures

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9 d. ago Atlanta Falcons' Drake London Delivers Huge Surprise To High School Alma Mater

Atlanta Falcons' Drake London Delivers Huge Surprise To High School Alma Mater  Sports Illustrated

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1 week ago Wimbledon expansion: School leaders say tennis club plan will bring 'crazy' pollution nightmare

A battle is raging over the future of Wimbledon Park due to plans for a massive expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

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1 week ago NFL'er Drake London buys California high school football team new cleats

NFL'er Drake London buys California high school football team new cleats  On3.com

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1 week ago How a psychotic episode led to a brutal schoolboy murder in London

How a psychotic episode led to a brutal schoolboy murder in London  NZ Herald

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1 week ago Man gets life in prison for killing a London schoolboy, injuring five others with a samurai sword

Man gets life in prison for killing a London schoolboy, injuring five others with a samurai sword  Los Angeles Times

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1 week ago Samurai sword murderer gets life in prison for a rampage that killed a London schoolboy last year

A man who was armed with a samurai sword when he murdered a London boy on his way to school has been sentenced to life in prison

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1 week ago Predator who raped schoolgirl, 13, in an alleyway near Croydon shopping centre is jailed

Sorosh Amini, 21, fled his home after attack but was tracked to Liverpool five days later

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1 week ago Man jailed for 40 years for sword murder of London boy Daniel Anjorin

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, given life sentence for killing 14-year-old, and attempted murder of three others in Hainault rampageA man has been jailed for at least 40 years for the “wicked” murder of the schoolboy Daniel Anjorin during a 20-minute rampage in east London.Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, fatally slashed Daniel with a samurai sword minutes after the 14-year-old left his home in Hainault on 30 April last year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man jailed for at least 40 years for sword murder of London boy Daniel Anjorin

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, sentenced for killing 14-year-old and attempted murder of three others in HainaultA man has been jailed for at least 40 years for the “wicked” murder of the schoolboy Daniel Anjorin during a 20-minute rampage in east London.Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, fatally slashed Daniel with a samurai sword minutes after the 14-year-old left his home in Hainault on 30 April last year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Leeds school drama group performs at London's National Theatre

Leeds school drama group performs at London's National Theatre  BBC

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1 week ago Two Met Police officers guilty of gross misconduct after ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

‘Child Q’ was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis when she was searched at a school in Hackney, east London, in 2020

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1 week ago Five central London schools in mergers as falling pupil numbers devastate school finances

Five schools to become just two in Westminster as school closures continue to mount in capital

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