20 h. ago Rutherglen MSP insists investment from Scottish Government is reducing NHS waiting lists

The SNP’s Clare Haughey spoke out after new figures showed a 16.1 per cent drop in waiting times in NHS Lanarkshire for scoping procedures, a 14.9 per cent drop for ophthalmology waits and a 9.3 per cent drop for orthopaedics.

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3 d. ago Parents' fury as paedophile given permission from school to attend kids' dance

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The man was seen pointing his phone camera in the direction of students aged between five and eleven on a dance floor at an Elementary School in Kansas - leaving parents horrified

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4 d. ago Win or Lose review – at points this feels set to be a Pixar classic

The animation studio’s softball series is occasionally tender and wise, with moments that are rich and funny – even if the characters don’t get enough airtimeEveryone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. It’s a cliche because it’s true, and it could be the motto for Pixar’s best creations – its animations have revealed the hidden feelings of toys, monsters, even cars. That idea powers Win or Lose, the studio’s latest TV series – and in the moments where it commits to its ethos fully, it delivers a powerful appeal for empathy with a knowing smile.We watch the Pickles, a middle-school kids’ softball team led by blustering dad-coach Dan (Will Forte), as they play a crucial match. They win! Thus they have the chance to play in the state championship seven days later, which is as scary as it is exciting. That is the foundation every instalment is built on. Like a sporting version of multiple-perspective arthouse classic Rashomon, we keep replaying the same week’s events ...

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4 d. ago Cycling to school almost became extinct – until one man revived the bike bus

Sam Balto took the idea from a local school to the White House and beyond, inspiring a global movement in which children feel the benefits of cycling together“It’s a movement, not a moment.” That’s the mantra from Sam “Coach” Balto, a former school teacher from Portland, Oregon who quit his day job to stoke a revolution called the “bike bus” – groups of kids and families cycling to school together.How did one person in a mid-sized American city turn a weekly bike ride into something of a phenomenon? He leaned on the power of social media. In the past two years his videos have been viewed by hundreds of millions of people. Continue reading...

Transport

4 d. ago Parents planning to move their kids abroad to avoid VAT on private school fees

A third of parents with children in private education plan to move abroad because of VAT fees, with one in ten doing so to avoid the fees, a survey has found

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5 d. ago Rutherglen MSP encourages town's school kids to enter joke competition

Clare Haughey is telling youngsters to take part in the VoiceBox event for pupils.

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5 d. ago Girl, 11, takes own life after being bullied by fellow pupils over family's immigration status

Jocelyn Rojo Carranza, 11, died five days after she was found unresponsive at home with her mother claiming she was bullied at school with kids threatening to call immigration services

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