6 h. ago Where you can find the best Christmas toy sales, from Argos to B&M and more

Here’s where Santa should go for his last-minute gifts

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7 h. ago Stirling prison staff help children in hospital enjoy Christmas with toy appeal

The children spending the festive season in Forth Valley Royal Hospital will be able to unwrap a gift thanks to the fundraising efforts of a prison officer based at HMP and YOI Stirling.

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3 d. ago Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged there was an airstrike on a general hospital in western Rakhine state, which a local rescuer and media reports said killed over 30 people, including patients, medical staff, and children

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4 d. ago Senate parents shred Trump’s call to limit doll purchases for US kids: ‘What is this, the Soviet Union?’

Senators with children weren’t impressed with the billionaire president’s call for tariff-weary parents to limit Christmas toy purchases

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5 d. ago ‘What is this, the Soviet Union?’: Senate parents shred Trump’s call to limit doll purchases for US kids

Senators with children weren’t impressed with the billionaire president’s call for tariff-weary parents to limit Christmas toy purchases

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6 d. ago Black teaching assistant called Miss Moody wins race discrimination case after pupils and staff said they were scared of her because she had an 'angry face'

Sandra Moody was accused by students and staff of having a 'harsh' tone and being 'aggressive' towards the children at Dog Kennel Hill Primary School before she was fired, a tribunal heard.

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7 d. ago ‘This is the real Santa’s workshop’: a trip to Germany’s toy village

You don’t have to be a child to enjoy Seiffen, the magical ‘home of Christmas’ where they’ve been making traditional wooden toys for hundreds of yearsI feel terrible I’ve left the children at home and Seiffen, nicknamed Spielzeugdorf (The Toy Village), is literally a Christmas wonderland. Every street is alive with sparkling fairy lights and soft candlelight. There are thousands of tiny wooden figurines, train sets and toy animals displayed in shop windows, wooden pyramids taller than doorframes and colourful nutcracker characters. Forget elves in the north pole, this is the real Santa’s workshop. For hundreds of years, here in the village of Seiffen, wood turners and carvers have created classic wooden Christmas toys and sold them around the world.Near the border of the Czech Republic, Seiffen may be well known in the German-speaking world as the “home of Christmas”, but so far it has been largely missed by English-speaking seasonal tourists. Tucked away in the Ore Mountains, about...

Economics

1 week ago How to get £20 Bluey talking plush toy 'perfect' for Christmas for free at Argos

Normally, the interactive Bluey toy is sold for £20, but we've found a way for parents to snap it up for free using a trick at the Argos checkout

Economics

1 week ago Roman Kemp says Harleymoon has 'hated him' ever since he made their dad Martin Kemp cry

Roman Kemp shares how a vintage Johnny 7 gun toy became the perfect Christmas gift that left his dad Martin Kemp in tears - and his sisters playfully jealous

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2 w. ago Major Scots shopping centre opens two new toy shops in time for Christmas

Families can now visit the two shops to get in all their gifts and stocking fillers for Christmas.

Economics

2 w. ago School staff believe children’s education is suffering due to shortages

More than three-quarters of staff surveyed say there were not enough workers to meet pupils’ needs

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2 w. ago Stirling prison noise action plan praised by MSP after neighbours' fury

The issue of noise coming from HMP Stirling has been a regular bug-bear for those living on the edge of the prison complex - with the Justice Secretary outlining efforts to tackle the problem.

Events

3 w. ago Monklands Christmas Toy Appeal back for another festive season

Donation points have already been set up at Airdrie supermarkets Morrisons and Tesco and at Asda in Coatbridge.

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3 w. ago The most popular Christmas toy the year you were born: How many dolls and games can you remember on this nostalgia

New research from the Toy Retailers Association has unveiled what the top five most popular trinkets have been each year over the past decades, starting from 1970 up until today.

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3 w. ago 'The help people need is going up all the time, this year is no different'

Canolfan Pentre hands out hundreds of toys from our Christmas toy appeal

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3 w. ago Fifty pupils escape after mass kidnapping in Nigeria, bishop says

Christian Association of Nigeria says students reunited with parents but 253 children and 12 staff still with kidnappersFifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday.The pupils escaped between Friday and Saturday and have since been reunited with their parents, CAN’s chair, Bulus Yohanna, said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty reveals Christmas toy disaster live on

The BBC Breakfast presenter discussed iconic Christmas gifts from childhood with co-stars Charlie Stayt and Simon King on Saturday morning (November 22)

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3 w. ago The Hamilton Advertiser Christmas Toy Appeal needs your help

We have always relied on our kind readers to provide toys and gifts to the hundreds of needy children and families in our area each festive season.

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3 w. ago Stirling driver told prison "inevitable" after crash which killed three

The incident took place on a rural road near the village of Dunmore in July last year - with evidence presented in court revealing she drove at more than 85mph in the lead-up to the crash.

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4 w. ago Wishaw church launches annual toy appeal and various Christmas activities

Since 2021, Pathway Church in Wishaw have partnered with MADE4U IN ML2 on their annual community Christmas Toy Drive to help children in the ML2 area.

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