3 h. ago Trouble in paradise? Why wealthy homeowners in exclusive 'golden triangle' Cheshire village are furious over plans for riding school for SEND children

Several wealthy members of the Cheshire set in Over Peover claim that the plans threaten to turn a bridleway into a rat-run but the land's owner has blasted the village's 'nasty vocal minority'.

Society

16 h. ago Norovirus outbreak at primary school sees kids hospitalised with vomiting bug

Three chidren were taken to hospital after they contracted norovirus - the outbreak occurred at the Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School in Hampshire

Science

25 h. ago Schoolgirl dies just hours after being discharged from hospital with 'tonsillitis'

An inquest is due to be held into five-year-old Lila Marsland's death.

Events

35 h. ago ‘When power can define madness’: China accused of using mental health law to lock up critics

More than a decade after China passed a groundbreaking mental health law, victims and activists say that involuntary hospitalisation remains commonZhang Po was barely one year out of school when an out of control mine-cart barrelled into him deep in a pit in Anhui province, causing injuries that ended his brief career as a coalminer. Since the accident in 1999, he has been living off disability allowances provided by his former employer in Huainan, Anhui’s coal city. But in 2024 Zhang was sent to hospital once again – this time to a psychiatric ward.Zhang was sectioned for 22 days in June after he protested outside the office of his former employer, demanding an increase in his disability allowance. “I endured more than 20 days of humiliation in there. There was no phone, and my belt and shoelaces were taken away,” Zhang said in a recent interview with Chinese media. Zhang said that he was forced to take medicines and tied to his bed for several hours a day. After the three weeks in...

Society

48 h. ago North Lanarkshire councillors endorse plan supporting families and improving school attendance

The report, which was unanimously endorsed by North Lanarkshire Council’s education committee, described how the council is using additional funding from external bodies to provide preventative support at the earliest stage.

Culture

3 d. ago Banned food changes for Welsh primary schools 'look reasonable'

The Welsh Government is planning major changes to primary school meals, aimed at reducing childhood obesity.

Events

3 d. ago Name confirmed by councillors for new school in Bishopton's Dargavel Village

Thistle Primary School will be the title given to the additional school planned for the major housing development.

Economics

4 d. ago Plans to turn old school building into motorcycle showroom with café

The building was previously used as a cookery and teaching provision for the former independent Castle School

Culture

4 d. ago Major changes planned for primary school meals in Wales with new rules on milk, cheese, juice, meat, and more

Fruit juice and white bread are off the menu and fried potato products can only be served once a week among other huge changes aimed at reducing childhood obesity

Politics

6 d. ago The giant solar farm the size of Durham: Almost 3,000 acres of glorious Yorkshire countryside are to be carpeted with Chinese panels as tall as a double

Entrepeneur Mark Hogan owns the type of property most could only dream of. There's the outdoor pool, the bespoke putting green on the lawn, the home gym and the 'superb show garage'.

Politics

8 d. ago Cut speeds to just 10MPH on thousands of miles of roads in towns and cities, safety charity demands

This limit should be applied specifically around all schools, hospitals, as well as sporting, social and cultural venues but critics have said the proposals are 'so ridiculous it is simply laughable'.

Politics

8 d. ago Solar farm glare could cause Red Arrows jets to crash, Conservative MP claims

MP raises fears for historic display team, based at RAF Waddington, because of ‘glint and glare’ from solar panels on new farms.

Events

8 d. ago Schoolboy dies 'unexpectedly' after feeling unwell and being airlifted to hospital

An air ambulance took the 15-year-old to hospital but he sadly died soon after

Events

8 d. ago Boy, 15, dies after being rushed to hospital as he became unwell at school

Emergency services including an air ambulance and police rushed to Coopers School in Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, South East London, where a schoolboy fell ill

Events

9 d. ago Boy, 15, dies after falling unwell at secondary school and being rushed to hospital

The teenager was at the school in Hawkwood Lane near Botany Bay Lane, Chislehurst, south East London around 1.30pm on Tuesday when the incident happened.

Events

9 d. ago Three schoolchildren are hospitalised after puffing on 'vapes laced with illegal drugs' 

The teenagers became unwell at Unity City Academy in Middlesbrough shortly after 9am yesterday.

Events

1 week ago Primary school teacher sacked by head in 'revenge' for complaining about his plans to monitor lessons wins £370,000 tribunal payout

Award-winning teacher Carmen Wood-Hope has won £370,000 after 'dictatorial' head Michael Earnshaw orchestrated her sacking from The Friars Primary School in Salford.

Economics

1 week ago Boy, 14, fighting for life after horror school electrocution with parents 'constantly by his side'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A teenager who was rushed to hospital after being shocked by a high voltage cable at Millfield School in Somerset remains in a critical condition

Events

1 week ago Top private school offers 'healthy masculinity' workshops for parents to help them combat toxic influencers like Andrew Tate

The Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Suffolk is running 90 minute sessions to help families talk to their sons about resisting dark messages from the web.

Economics

1 week ago The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial

The US president has the leverage to force through a ceasefire. If he does not, he will implicitly signal approval of what looks like a plan of total destructionDonald Trump would like a big foreign policy win as he embarks on his tour of the Middle East this week. He could secure one – and save lives – by demanding that Israel agree to a lasting ceasefire in exchange for the release of all hostages held in Gaza. He might prefer to avoid the issue, but no other leader has the leverage to force its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to end this war. If Mr Trump instead backs Israel’s current proposals, he will put the US imprimatur on what looks like a plan of total destruction.Israel’s attacks have already killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities – the vast majority of them civilians, many of them children. Bakeries, hospitals and schools have been obliterated. Aid has been blocked for two months. Gaza faces famine. Last week, Isr...

Politics