56 h. ago Sunrise alarm that helps kids 'gently' wake up for school drops from £49 to £30

For those who struggle to get their kids up in the morning for school, this alarm clock could be a great solution.

Economics

60 h. ago From bank robber to scholar: the Knoxville dropout fighting to change how we see addiction

Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made bad choices and wants society to stop treating addiction as a diseaseKirsten Smith was 16 when a boy from school injected her with morphine, 18 when she and a date Googled how to crush up and inject themselves with oxycodone, and 19 when she first shot up heroin. Living in Knoxville, Tennessee and modelling herself on Pulp Fiction’s freewheeling Mia Wallace, Smith spent her days experimenting with alcohol, cannabis, ecstasy, mushrooms, LSD and benzodiazepines. She read Kurt Vonnegut and the Beats, and wrote poems on an actual typewriter while listening to the Velvet Underground. For Smith, as for thousands of Americans who came of age in the early 2000s, drug use was a seemingly harmless lifestyle choice.That is, until she ran out of money. After Smith dropped out of high school and started regularly using heroin, she was caught stealing credit cards and chequebooks fr...

Events

5 d. ago Why children’s wellbeing plummets when they start secondary school

Paty Paliokosta reports on why wellbeing drops when children reach the important milestone of going to secondary school

Politics

6 d. ago SUSIE DENT: Has summer's end left you feeling all 'finifugal'? Never fear, it'll soon be 'bummock' season!

Right now, we might be feeling a little finifugal about one thing in particular: the slipping away of the summer and the speedy march towards school drop-offs, packed lunches and heating bills.

Politics

1 week ago Deliveroo driver floored by old school friend's reaction after food drop off

The man has struggled to find work related to his degree so took a job with Deliveroo to help make ends meet and support himself while looking for other income, but a former classmate had a strong reaction

Society

2 w. ago Mum's horror as son's arm snaps in two places 'like Mr Tickle' on school trip

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Julia had dropped her son Salvador, 11, off for his year six school trip to adventure holiday park PGL Bawdsey Manor in Suffolk on July 13 for a three-day residential stay

Events