2 h. ago Schoolgirl, 11, wakes up locked inside school and alone in the dark after being 'forgotten' at nurse's

The girl had fallen asleep in the school's infirmary after feeling ill - and was terrified when she woke to find herself in a dark and deserted school that had closed for the weekend

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9 d. ago School locked down after reports of man in area carrying knife

Officers are still on the lookout for the man who was reportedly wielding a knife near a Midlothian primary school this afternoon.

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9 d. ago Scots ‘primary school on lockdown’ after man with knife spotted nearby

A PRIMARY school was reportedly locked down after a man was spotted with a knife. Emergency services this morning rushed to the Eskbank Road area of Dalkeith, near to King's Park School. Pupils and staff was kept indoors during the school break due to the incident, according to STV News. Meanwhile, a manhunt has been...

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1 week ago School in lockdown after shooting with two suspects at large

Woodrow Wilson Senior High in Los Angeles' El Sereno area has been shutdown following a shooting near the school, with the two suspects remaining at large as police spot one sprint away

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1 week ago Three teens among five in hospital as school put in lockdown after 'chemical spill'

Crews arrived to find six patients requiring assessment after being exposed to a chemical substance

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1 week ago UK Primary school in lockdown as man with 'air rifle' spotted pointing weapon

Eskdale Academy in Hartlepool was placed in lockdown on Monday morning after a man was seen in the street carrying what appears to be an air rifle at around 8.55am

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2 w. ago School children 'too scared to drink water' after being locked out of toilets at East Lothian's Knox Academy

There are claims pupils are being locked out of toilets during the school day at the East Lothian academy

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2 w. ago Yorkshire school on lockdown with students 'barricading themselves in classrooms'

Students updated their parents on the situation via text

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2 w. ago School on 'lockdown' as pupils 'barricade themselves in classroom'

Parents said that students and staff at the school were forced to "barricade doors with metal bars".

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2 w. ago East Riding school on 'lockdown' as students 'barricade themselves in classroom'

A school in the East Riding of Yorkshire was placed in 'lockdown' this morning, with students forced to 'barricade doors with metal bars', a parent said

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2 w. ago Howden School in lockdown over 'gunman' reports as 'kids barricaded in classrooms'

Howden School in Yorkshire was put on lockdown after reports of a 'gunman' one parent has said - it reportedly led to staff and pupils being barricaded inside classrooms

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2 w. ago School put on lockdown over man reportedly 'chanting about demons and children'

The police were called to reports of a man acting suspiciously around a school in Solihull at around 3pm yesterday

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2 w. ago Solihull school plunged into lockdown as man 'chants about demons'

Children were put into lockdown at Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School in Solihull after reports of a man said to have been "chanting about demons"

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2 w. ago Solihull primary school in lockdown after man 'chants about demons and children'

Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School in Solihull was placed on lockdown for around 45 minutes after a man was reportedly seen acting suspiciously and 'chanting'

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2 w. ago Teen charged after Scots school locked down amid 'knife threat'

A 14-year-old boy has been charged after Stranraer Academy was forced into lockdown.

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3 w. ago Brianna Ghey’s mother praises plan to fund locking away phones at school

Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price said he wants the county to become the first where all state schools have pouches to lock away phones

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3 w. ago ‘Everybody comes from a place of mundanity’: northern gothic, the strange music scene rooted in small

Lurking at the fringes of electronic music, artists such as Richie Culver, Rainy Miller and Iceboy Violet are confronting the alienation and deprivation of the UK’s north‘What kind of god builds a world on this forgotten town?” Richie Culver seethes on Curse, closing out his dark, cinematic album I Trust Pain. He’s referring to Withernsea, a faded seaside resort near Hull, where he grew up and then desperately wanted to leave. “I remember feeling so resentful,” he says. “I heard Tracey Chapman’s Fast Car and thought: is this song about me?” He duly got out aged 17, eventually settling in London and finding success as a visual artist and musician.But in recent years, the 46-year-old began hearing younger avant garde musicians “talking about their satellite towns” in other often forgotten corners of the north. “I’d never looked at the north like that, in the way these artists are unravelling these narratives.” Having dabbled in music for decades, he was inspired by these acts to embar...

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3 w. ago Scared pupils ‘hid under tables’ as UK school placed in 'lockdown' after 'malicious' phone call

The incident took place on Monday afternoon (November 3)

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3 w. ago Primary school locked down in 'knife threat' as police race to 'critical incident'

A primary school in Wales was locked down following a threat about people armed with 'knives' - police said a 'critical incident' had been declared

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3 w. ago UK school locked down as 'scared' students 'hide under tables' after chilling call

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: 'We received a call around 2:30pm this afternoon (November 1) from Stourport High School. It was regarding an anonymous call they had received that caused them concern'

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