16 h. ago South Wirral High School lockdown after boy threatened with blade in horror incident

A Merseyside school was locked down this morning after a 15-year-old boy was reportedly threatened by two males with a bladed weapon near the school. Police are hunting the suspects

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19 h. ago Emile Heskey: ‘Gone are the times when you just ignore abuse. No. Why should we?’

The former England striker on stepping up to tackle racism, protecting his sons and Liverpool’s woesEmile Heskey was about 14 years old when he was chased from Leicester City’s old Filbert Street stadium all the way into town by a man shouting racist abuse. He was a Leicester fan who had no idea he was abusing a player who would go on to help his club win promotion to the Premier League and two League Cups before a move to Liverpool for what, at the time, was the club’s record transfer fee.“Fast forward three years that same guy would’ve been chanting my name in the stadium,” Heskey says now. “This is our reality.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Dramatic moment armed cops swoop on ‘cowardly’ killer, 39, who stabbed three people as he lies face down in road

THIS is the dramatic moment armed cops swooped on a knife killer in the street. Officers pointing automatic guns shout at thug Kane Kotwica to get down on the floor in the footage, caught on body cameras. The 39-year-old, seen with his hood up, lays on double yellow lines on the edge of the road...

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5 d. ago Minnesota schools forced into lockdown as mountain lion roams through suburban neighborhoods

Second time this year Duluth schools have enacted emergency animal-related protocols due to a mountain lion

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7 d. ago Melbourne school in lockdown after 'principal stabbed by member of staff'

A school was placed in lockdown as an attack took place after the school bell rang

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2 w. ago Schools plunged into lockdown amid major police firearms scare sparked by 'toys'

There was a big police presence and schools were placed on lockdown following reports by worried locals of a man walking with firearms, but cops eventually discovered he just had harmless toys

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2 w. ago Several schools on lockdown after person seen walking with firearms in Beaumont Hills

Several schools were plunged into lockdown and the public was warned to stay away as a major police operation in response to a firearms scare unfolded in Sydney’s north west

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago ‘Do we live in a war zone?’: how US schools prepare for a shooting

In the troubling HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, the $3bn active shooter preparedness industry shows the bleak reality of being a child in the USTalking about changes experienced by kids Ttday often runs the risk of sounding reactionary, not to mention naive. No, there wasn’t as much talk about autism, or transgender kids, or any number of topics growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, because they weren’t understood or discussed in the same way – not because they didn’t exist. But it’s striking, watching the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, the degree to which it shows a demonstrable change from the experiences of someone growing up 30 or 40 years ago versus today: the absolute universality of emergency action plans that go beyond the scope of the fire drills you might remember. Thoughts and Prayers surveys many of those lockdown drills, and the many supplements available to contemporary schools designed to offer further protection from an active shooter: bulletproof backpa...

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3 w. 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 w. ago Update after schools 'put on lockdown' with man arrested after 'making threats'

Two schools implemented lockdown procedures due to the police incident

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3 w. ago Schools sent into immediate 'lockdown' as man 'shouting the street'

Police officers have descended on a street, it has been reported

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3 w. ago Schools sent into immediate 'lockdown' as man 'shouting in the street'

Police officers have descended on a street, it has been reported

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3 w. ago Manchester schools in 'lockdown' over fears for safety as police swarm area

A man in his 40s was subsequently arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, according to Greater Manchester Police - it comes after at least two schools were locked down

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