20 h. ago The school dinners and puddings we either loved or hated as kids

Whether you had school meals or were a packed lunch kid, this should bring memories flooding back

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7 d. ago Educating Yorkshire review – the joyful return of this school show is just the blast of optimism we need

The comeback of Channel 4’s fly-on-the-wall series is perfectly timed. It’s a moving, uplifting look at how children can shine with support. What a tonic for all the bad news stories about education in BritainThe trailer for the new series of Educating Yorkshire is a work of art. Shot in one take and clocking in at more than three minutes, it was written and performed by the children of Thornhill community academy in Dewsbury – in collaboration with Dougal Wilson, the director of Paddington in Peru – and takes in a school band, percussionist dinner ladies and a child seemingly being fired out of a cannon from the roof. It’s sweet and funny, but it’s pointed, too, in style and content.This hasn’t been a great year for the public profile of British secondary schools. The national orgy of hand-wringing prompted by Netflix’s superb Adolescence has led to something approaching despair at the state of education, entrenching the perception that overstretched and under-resourced teachers ac...

Culture

1 week ago Jamie Oliver claims he 'never took away Turkey Twizzlers away'

The TV chef and author, 50, exposed the dire nutritional state of Britain's school dinners in 2005 and villainised junk foods like Turkey Twizzlers.

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2 w. ago Britain's 'most hated mum' to throw £2,000 party when kids move out next month

Carla Bellucci's eldest kids Tanisha, 20, and Jayden, 18, will fly the nest in September to attend university and she plans to have a big bash to celebrate getting her life back

Economics

3 w. ago 'My mum was a dinner lady – here's how to make nostalgic sponge cake that everyone loved'

Have a hankering for a fluffy school dinner sponge cake with a side of delicious custard? Look no further than this viral TikTok recipe the Internet is drooling over

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3 w. ago Kid Cudi ‘hated every minute’ of Diddy trial testimony after twice refusing to take stand

Cudi, who briefly dated Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, was subpoenaed to testify at the disgraced music mogul’s sex trafficking trial

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3 w. ago Dear Coleen: 'I want to leave my husband for my lover but I'm scared my kids will hate me'

"I don’t want to hurt anyone, but feel if I stay in this unhappy marriage, I’ll suffer myself. Am I selfish for feeling this way? I don’t know what to do."

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3 w. ago I don't put my kids to bed until 12am... haters say it is child abuse but our family is thriving

Emily Boazman, 35, lets her children, aged nine, seven, and three, stay up until the wee hours of the morning - even on school nights.

Society

3 w. ago I don't put my kids to bed until 2am... haters say it is child abuse but our family is thriving

Emily Boazman, 35, lets her children, aged nine, seven, and three, stay up as late as they want, sometimes going to bed as late as 2 in the morning.

Society

3 w. ago 'Entitled neighbour hates my kids playing in the garden for ridiculous reason'

A woman has blasted her rude neighbour for her 'unreasonable' complaints about her children when they're simply 'running around laughing, doing normal kid stuff'

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4 w. ago The 'truly amazing' children's TV star loved and hated by kids

Carol Lee Scott died eight years ago today after a battle with cancer

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