61 h. ago Michael Vaughan criticises Ben Stokes’s ‘staggering’ decision to put India into bat

Tourists end opening day at Headingley 359-3Former England captain Vaughan questions choiceThe former England captain Michael Vaughan said he was “staggered” that Ben Stokes chose to bowl first after winning the toss on the opening day of the Test series against India. The tourists proceeded to plunder 359 runs for the loss of three wickets on a flat pitch with Yashasvi Jaiswal and the new captain, Shubman Gill, both scoring centuries.The last six Tests played at Headingley had all ended in victory for the side that bowled first, and Vaughan, a former Yorkshire batter, accused England of making their decision based on the history books rather than the conditions on the day. “I am an old-school traditionalist here at Leeds that when the sun is shining, with dry weather, you bat,” said the 50-year-old Vaughan, who played 51 first-class matches at Headingley including four as England captain. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Cat Deeley leaves This Morning fans stunned as she reveals her real name live on air

This Morning host, Cat Deely, reunited with her teacher live on air today and revealed what she used to be called in school in celebration of Thank a Teacher Day

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5 d. ago Scottish cat who walks boy to school every day could be UK's 'cat of the year'

The sociable feline joins 10-year-old Sonny on his daily walks to school and then waits for him to finish.

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8 d. ago Bus driver dad finds son, 9, dying in street and makes devastating Father's Day plea

This Father's Day will be Jamie's first without his son Deacon, nine, who tragically passed away on the way to school after suffering from a cardiac arrest - 'I never thought that day would happen'

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9 d. ago 'Britain's most tattooed mum' avoids sports day after teacher asks her to hide

Melissa Sloan, who has more than 800 tattoos which almost cover her entire face and neck, says she was asked to watch her children's school sports day through a window by a teacher

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1 week ago Elimination of New London school crossing guards prompts city ultimatum

Elimination of New London school crossing guards prompts city ultimatum  The Day

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1 week ago Little superheroes help launch new attendance campaign in South Lanarkshire schools

Under the banner ‘Every School Day Matters’ the council is keen to remind families of the educational, social and lifelong benefits of education.

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1 week ago Unmasked: The Godolphin and Latymer Deputy Head teacher who started sexual relationship with pupil in his office but escaped justice for a decade

Phil Culling, 52, began a sexual relationship with the teenager who was a talented musician and singer at the Goldophin and Latymer school in West London where day fees are now £33,000.

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1 week ago Fat cat uni boss who claimed £37,429 of expenses on foreign travel slammed by staff

“His expenses might be first class but his leadership is third rate.”

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1 week ago Cat missing for two years reunited with Scots family thanks to microchip

Spot the cat vanished from her home in Aberdeen in 2023.

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1 week ago Teaching assistant killed in knife attack at school in north

Fifteen-year-old suspect arrested and Emmanuel Macron condemns ‘senseless violence’ after stabbing in NogentEmmanuel Macron has condemned what he called a “senseless wave of violence” after a 15-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a teaching assistant at a school.The 31-year-old woman died in hospital after she was stabbed during a bag search at the start of the school day outside a middle school in Nogent, in the Haute-Marne department in north-east France. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Teaching assistant fatally stabbed by pupil at school in north

Fifteen-year-old suspect arrested and Emmanuel Macron condemns ‘senseless violence’ after stabbing in NogentEmmanuel Macron has condemned what he called a “senseless wave of violence” after a 15-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a teaching assistant at a school.The 31-year-old woman died in hospital after she was stabbed during a bag search at the start of the school day outside a middle school in Nogent, in the Haute-Marne department in north-east France. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dream Big Day returns for 2025 to continue inspiring young minds

CareerMap Media Group is thrilled to announce the return of Dream Big Day 2025, a nationwide celebration dedicated to inspiring primary school children to explore limitless career possibilities and focus on their bright futures ahead.

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1 week ago Father is fined £80 for taking his son out of school for 20th anniversary of Boxing Day tsunami that killed his two brothers

Jack Coop, who was 16 when his siblings perished in the horror wave in 2004, flew out with his family to Thailand at Christmas time last year to remember the tragic event.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on child poverty: free school meals are a help, but not a panacea | Editorial

Giving lunch to more pupils is a good move – but poor nutrition points to deeper problems that ministers must faceIt was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at the same time as child benefit. No doubt Rachel Reeves, who has a picture of Wilkinson on the wall of her office, is aware of this – and also that the Treasury subsequently decided the policy was unaffordable. The meals were subsidised instead.Despite these initial charges, and later price rises, poorer children did gain, and keep, an entitlement to free school meals. The announcement last week that this is being extended in England to all those whose parents or carers claim universal credit – rather than restricted to families with incomes lower than £7,400 – should be welcomed by all objectors to child poverty. Being assured of a hot lunch in the middle of the school day makes pupils’ lives be...

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2 w. ago Anneka was told she had kidney failure in her 30s. The cause? Undetected high blood pressure. As cases skyrocket, she now reveals the signs that were missed

It was only by chance that Anneka Murphy discovered the awful truth. While at work one day, the primary school teacher was accidentally pricked by the needle of a diabetic pupil's insulin syringe.

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2 w. ago Terrifying moment two children cheat death after falling from bouncy castle blown 40 feet into the air during school fund

The horror happened during a fund-raising day at a school in South Africa when an unexpected gust caused the apparently untethered inflatable to take flight.

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2 w. ago Police swarm after 'boy, 15, seen walking streets with a gun' in Liverpool scare

Police were called to Merthyr Grove in Childwall, Merseyside, just after 3.05pm on Tuesday to reports of a suspicious item being seen in the male's pocket.

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2 w. ago Man, 20, is arrested on suspicion of murder after teenage pedestrian killed and e

The incident, which took place in Sheffield, saw a grey car appear to swerve towards a group of e-bike riders before ploughing into the boy as he walked along the pavement.

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2 w. ago Horrifying moment teenage pedestrian is killed in 'hit and run': Video shows Audi in sickening crash that killed boy, 16, and left e

The incident, which took place in broad daylight, saw a grey car appear to swerve towards a group of e-bike riders before ploughing into the boy as he walked along the pavement.

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