12 h. ago Daughter a loses third of her bodyweight in selfless act to help save mum

Ealesa Evers, 33, managed to lose a staggering 120lbs and said she was fuelled by "determination and grit" to help her mum who has lived with kidney issues for years

Politics

27 h. ago Voices: Banning phones in schools is the wrong way to keep children safe

Esther Ghey's call for a phone ban in schools is understandable, but there is no quick fix for the problems our children face online, writes Lorraine Candy. The best we can do is teach them media literacy by engaging with it ourselves

Events

28 h. ago Canada’s Alberta pauses book ban after schools remove Handmaid’s Tale, 1984 and other classics

The province says it will review its controversial policy after outcry over removing beloved novels from classroomsThe Canadian province of Alberta says it will temporarily pause its controversial book ban “to ensure that our classic literary works remain in school libraries” after novels, including several warning of dystopian government overreach, were pulled from shelves.Premier Danielle Smith said the temporary pause would allow officials time to rework new rules that focus on how gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality are discussed in classrooms. Continue reading...

Culture

28 h. ago Canada: Alberta pauses book ban after schools remove Handmaid’s Tale, 1984 and other classics

The province says it will review its controversial policy after outcry over removing beloved novels from classroomsThe Canadian province of Alberta says it will temporarily pause its controversial book ban “to ensure that our classic literary works remain in school libraries” after novels, including several warning of dystopian government overreach, were pulled from shelves.Premier Danielle Smith said the temporary pause would allow officials time to rework new rules that focus on how gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality are discussed in classrooms. Continue reading...

Culture

37 h. ago The school ban Esther Ghey says ‘would have really helped’ daughter Brianna

The teenager was murdered in Culcheth Linear Park in a premeditated attack by Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe

Politics

44 h. ago Esther Ghey launches campaign to ban mobile phones in classrooms to protect pupils’ safety

Her murdered daughter Brianna had an addiction to her smartphone which had been raised as a concern by her school

Politics

44 h. ago Esther Ghey says school phone ban ‘would have really helped’ daughter Brianna

Brianna’s mother has launched a campaign calling for the Government to provide funding and implement a statutory phone ban in schools

Politics

51 h. ago Margaret Atwood releases short story critiquing book bans in Canada

Author quipped she wrote ‘suitable’ piece after Alberta school ban included her novel The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood has released a new short story critiquing elected officials for a wide-ranging book ban in the Canadian province of Alberta. The controversial decision to remove books purportedly containing “explicit sexual content” has seen numerous works of literature swept up in the dragnet, including Atwood’s, dystopian work The Handmaid‘s Tale.In a social media post, Atwood wrote that since her famed work was no longer permissible in Alberta schools, she had written a “suitable” short work for teens, adding the work was necessary because the province’s minister of education thought students were “stupid babies”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago 'Cowboy hat' dad drugs his newborn baby with Benadryl to 'spend alone time' with his wife

Adam Canales Jr, 33, was found to have unintentionally killed his baby daughter after giving his child several medications, including Benadryl, to help make her "drowsy"

Events

7 d. ago The London community group helping women with ‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome’

The London community group helping women with ‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome’  Middle East Eye

Politics

8 d. ago ‘Parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada amid Alberta book ban

Two such groups claim they persuaded Alberta to institute sweeping public school book banSocially conservative “parents’ rights” groups that have emerged as powerfully political lobbying groups in the US are quickly gaining ground in Canada, academics and free speech advocates say, after two such groups claimed they had persuaded Alberta to institute a sweeping public school book ban.Alberta recently directed schools to purge library books from shelves that fit its definition of “explicit sexual content” by 1 October. If the policy is applied precisely as outlined, a host of books face being purged, including George Orwell’s 1984 due to passages in the text that discuss sexual intercourse and rape. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Rightwing ‘parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada as Alberta book bans target LGBTQ+ titles

Two such groups claim they persuaded Alberta to institute sweeping public school book banSocially conservative “parents’ rights” groups that have emerged as powerfully political lobbying groups in the US are quickly gaining ground in Canada, academics and free speech advocates say, after two such groups claimed they had persuaded Alberta to institute a sweeping public school book ban.Alberta recently directed schools to purge library books from shelves that fit its definition of “explicit sexual content” by 1 October. If the policy is applied precisely as outlined, a host of books face being purged, including George Orwell’s 1984 due to passages in the text that discuss sexual intercourse and rape. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Girl, 11, 'robbed of childhood' as she gives birth at home in 'unsanitary' conditions

A couple face child neglect charges after their 11-year-old daughter gave birth at home with no medical help, with investigators finding she hadn't been to the doctor for over a year

Society

2 w. ago Daughter helps find missing mum's body on girlfriend's porch after 'foul smell'

Shannon McCarthy from Jacksonville has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing her partner, Heather Sheppard, whose remains were discovered on a porch

Events

2 w. ago 'Having the time and space to say our goodbyes to our daughter helped us grieve'

'Those three weeks were absolutely crucial'

Politics

2 w. ago Revealed: How the mother of a US hitwoman helped convict her own daughter for failed assassination plot

Jeanne Johnson, 64, the mother of Aimee Betro, 45, agreed to handover a DNA swab to the FBI when her daughter went on the run following the botched UK hit.

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3 w. ago How a trip to rural West Cork helped me reconnect with my teenage daughter

A slow escape, rich in nature, was just what the doctor ordered for Juliet Kinsman and her daughter

Politics