1 hour ago Girl, 12, 'scared to get bus home from school' after what driver said to her

Schoolgirl Lyssa Storey, 12, put her hand out for the bus to stop outside Lord Derby Academy in Huyton when it crashed into a van that was parked in the stop, her mum says

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2 h. ago Final moments of man found dead during lesson by 'screaming' 11

Smestow Academy in Wolverhampton closed today after pupils discovered a dead body during a PE lesson - police have now shed light on the man's final movements

Sport

4 h. ago School girl 'shaken up' after grim discovery of dead body during PE lesson

The girl made the horrifying discovery while making her way to the playing fields on the school grounds.

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5 h. ago Wolverhampton pupil, 11, rang mum 'screaming' after finding body during lesson

An 11-year-old girl rang her mum 'screaming' after she discovered a dead body during a PE lesson at school - Smestow Academy in Wolverhampton had to close earlier today

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7 h. ago Emergency crews race to scene near school after girl is struck by car

Police and paramedics were called to the collision in Salford

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11 h. ago Body found on Wolverhampton school grounds as pupils sent home

A school in Wolverhampton has closed following the discovery of a man's dead body within its grounds this morning - with police now investigating the circumstances around his death

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56 h. ago ‘Without strength training I wouldn’t survive’: the woman who joined a CrossFit gym in her 80s

At 81, Jean Stewart was frustrated by her growing frailty, so she decided to get active. Now 96, push-ups, kettlebell squats and pushing a weight-loaded sledge keep her strong I see people 30 years younger than me and they’ve given up,” Jean Stewart, 96, says. It’s not an attitude she relates to. “I like to do things for myself.”Stewart was very active in her youth: she played hockey and softball at school and worked for the Girl Scouts for years. As she got older, however, everyday tasks became harder. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Schoolgirl, 13, dies on top bunk after ‘bed was set on fire with a lighter’ and home gutted in blaze

A 13-year-old school girl tragically died on the top of her bunk bed after it was "set on fire with a lighter", an inquest heard. Firefighters arrived to the house on Kingsway, Prescot, and searched for Layla Allen - the only family member still inside the blazing house. The teenager was found lying on the...

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3 d. ago Woman ‘overwhelmed’ by loneliness killed herself and disabled daughter, coroner says

Full-time carer Martina Karos and Eleni Edwards, eight, were found dead at home in SalfordA translator who became a full-time carer for her severely disabled eight-year-old daughter killed herself and her child after becoming “overwhelmed” by loneliness, a coroner concluded.Martina Karos, 40, and Eleni Edwards were found dead at their home in Salford, Greater Manchester, after police were called when the girl did not turn up at school on 23 September 2024.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Teacher who refused to 'call a boy a girl' in trans row is freed from jail and vows to return to school despite warning he will be sent straight back to prison

Enoch Burke was jailed for contempt of court after repeatedly breaching an order banning him from entering his former workplace.

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6 d. ago Teacher sent girl video of himself performing sex act in the bath 'by mistake'

Johnathan Morgan, 35, was found guilty of causing a child to watch sexual acts and inciting sexual activity after contacting the teenage girl via his school email address

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6 d. ago Primary school teacher sent teen girl videos of himself performing sex act in bath

Johnathan Morgan, 35, was acquitted of sexual assault but convicted of inciting the teenager to engage in sexual activity and to watch a sexual activity

Culture

1 week ago First picture of teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted girl

Johnathan Morgan, 35, denies sexually assaulting the teenage girl while he was employed as a primary school teacher, a court has heard

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1 week ago Teen girl who accused teacher of sex assault faces gruelling cross

Johnathan Morgan, 35, sent the teenage girl pictures of his private parts and of himself performing a sex act but denies sexually assaulting the teenage girl while he was employed as a primary school teacher.

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2 w. ago In 2026, remember this: Britain is much better than it was in so many ways. Don’t swallow the right’s lies | John Harris

Populists rewrite the history of this nation because they were complicit in much of its ugliness. The progressive fightback must start nowA couple of the more disruptive boys in the class put red laces in their Dr Martens, because someone had told them that was how you showed your support for the National Front. “Jew” was an everyday insult and the N-word was in regular circulation. There were no more than four or five non-white kids in the whole school: I can recall one Asian girl finding her art folder had been covered in racist abuse, and some adolescent desperado singling out a black boy for a spoken version of the same treatment, before insisting that his victim was in on the joke. He wasn’t: he looked at the ground and rushed away, full of the hurt he must have felt every day.This was what it was like in a Cheshire comprehensive school in the early-to-mid-1980s. Teenage racism was there in plain sight, and there was a scattering of people who seemed to take their prejudices – ...

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2 w. ago Family of teenager found dead after going missing on Christmas Eve breaks silence following heartbreaking discovery

The medical examiner determined the body was that of Texas student 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos and that she had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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3 w. ago Beloved YouTuber found dead in his home as friend makes grim discovery

Adam Williams, who is best known under his YouTube name Adam the Woo, died on Monday. Authorities found him unresponsive in his bed after a friend called 911, it was reported

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4 w. ago Shock twist in mystery of Vatican girl Emanuela Orlandi, 15, who vanished after music lesson as pal faces investigation

THE childhood friend of a Vatican school girl who vanished more than 40 years ago could hold the key to her mysterious disappearance. Laura Casagrande, 57, has been placed under investigation by Roman police after it was revealed she allegedly lied to prosecutors. Casagrande may have been the last person to see Emanuela Orlandi after...

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