19 h. ago Supernanny Jo Frost urges parents to avoid mistake when kids go back to school

Parenting expert Jo Frost, also known as Supernanny, has shared some advice to parents who allow their children to do one thing in the morning before school

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20 h. ago Supernanny Jo Frost urges parents not to avoid one thing when kids go back to school

Parenting expert Jo Frost, who is best known for her role on Supernanny, has taken to social media to share some advice to parents over a 'ridiculous' back-to-school trend

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39 h. ago Major update on school curriculum as kids to get new lessons on misogyny and AI

Bridget Phillipson said kids are being 'bombarded by manipulative content online', as she vowed for them to be taught how to 'separate fact from fiction'

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2 d. ago Irvine Welsh: ‘I’m often astounded that any relationships take place these days’

The follow-up to Trainspotting sees Renton, Begbie and co settling down. The bestselling author explains why now is the perfect time for romanceI was born in the great port of Leith. Stories are in my blood; listening to them, telling them. My family were typical of many in the area, moving from tenement to council scheme, increasingly further down the Forth estuary. I was brought up in a close community. I left school with practically no qualifications. I tended towards the interesting kids, the troublemakers. All my own fault. I was always encouraged to be more scholarly by my parents, who valued education. But I left school and became an apprentice technician, doing a City & Guilds course. I hated it. I was always a writer: I just didn’t know it. I cite being crap at everything else in evidence.It’s why I’ve never stopped writing stories about my youth and my go-to gang of characters from Trainspotting. Their reaction to events and changes in the world helps inform ...

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7 d. ago Parents fined for taking kids out of school for holiday told to pay more after losing fight

The pair went to Spain with their four kids for a cheaper break during term time.

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8 d. ago Manhunt launched after girl 'forced into Audi near school': Police release details of 'attempted kidnapper'

The young girl managed to escape after being bundled into a grey Audi close to Mark Hall Academy in Essex as police look to trace the driver and vehicle.

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8 d. ago If the mum whose complaint sparked Marcus Fakana's jail hell has anything shame left, she'd apologise to his parents

There are mums and dads like her in every school WhatsApp group. The ones who think their kids are better than everyone else’s. But it takes a special piece of work to call the police and leave another parent’s teenage son at the mercy of law enforcement in a foreign country

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1 week ago 'Even though I have a job I still can't afford school uniform for my kids'

'Cost of living is through the roof,' said Gemma Williams

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1 week ago Jewish parents say their kids were expelled from their school for reporting antisemitism on campus

The children were ‘shattered’ when they learned of their removal from the school, the family’s attorney says

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1 week ago Parents furious after housebuilder blocks off where they all parked to drop off kids at school

The developer said access had been closed off in the interests of health safety whilst it continued construction work on homes

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2 w. ago Parents furious at council decision to remove school transport from vulnerable Ayrshire kids

A petition was launched by one of the parents after East Ayrshire Council removed school transport for vulnerable children with ASN.

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2 w. ago Horror as school age kids found on squalid farm in nappies unable to speak proper language

The siblings, a nine-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister, were found to have never been registered with a school or doctor and were completely unknown to the outside world.

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2 w. ago Kids on 'cloud nine' over free school meals as they 'egg PM on' for more at No10

Schoolchildren were on 'cloud nine' as they today delivered a letter to Downing Street thanking the PM for the major expansion of free school meals - but they are fighting for more

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2 w. ago Driver accused of attempted kidnap 'loitered outside school and made foul sexual comments'

Adnan Khan denied five counts of attempted kidnap in relation to the ten girls, but admitted a harassment charge in relation to his course of conduct towards them

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2 w. ago You could get free £200 to buy your kids' school uniforms – here's how to apply

If you're on a low income, you could be eligible for a school uniform grant that could be worth up to £200. Here's how to check if you're eligible and how to apply

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2 w. ago Bus carrying school kids crashes through railings into river as 17 injured

The Bluestar bus carrying pupils from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College came off the road and ended up in a river at Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, at 10.07am on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Andy Murray: ‘I don’t have any plans to go to Wimbledon. I don’t go to watch tennis as a fan’

Double champion unlikely to be at SW19 this year but is enjoying helping out Britain’s next generation of tennis playersAndy Murray has always had a way of creating alchemy on a tennis court. But, even in retirement, he is discovering new tricks. For more than an hour he has little kids from West Byfleet junior school transfixed as he coaches them through the joys of mini-tennis. There are swings and wild misses, gentle advice and high fives. In fact Murray is so locked in, he even makes his familiar power-exhale noise while he gently lifts the ball over a tiny net.In short, he is a natural – even if he doesn’t quite see it that way himself. “I think they were just buzzing to get a few hours out of the classroom to be honest,” he says, typically self-effacing, as he chats during a quick break. “But it’s great. I love seeing kids on a tennis court having fun.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Toddler 'ripped open' by Cockapoo outside primary school as owner fled the scene

WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Rowan Skinley was walking is kids home from school when his three-year-old daughter Bunnie was suddenly mauled by a Cockapoo.

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3 w. ago Dozens of kids injured as school evacuated over suspected 'gas' incident

A total of 34 elementary school students were treated for injuries after tear gas was reportedly sprayed in a building of the education facility in Berlin's Moabit suburb

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3 w. ago Kids taught in cupboards as brutal school reality laid bare after neglect

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she was appalled at the lack of investment in schools as she vowed a huge cash injection would finally turn things around

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