13 h. ago Messiest school mum brawls from 'biting finger off' to TV star playground ban

Parents up and down the country have lost their cool as they pick up their children from school, with some ending up in court and others left battered and bruised

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34 h. ago As a child I showed little interest in my mum’s sewing skills. After she died, I realised what I’d missed out on | Nova Weetman

She filled my wardrobe with patchwork skirts and home-knitted vests and a dark-green corduroy coat – things that I would kill for nowThere is a photograph of a very young me wearing a homemade A-line denim dress with a peace sign boldly embroidered on the front. Mum made me the dress for an anti-nuclear rally sometime in the mid-1970s. I don’t remember wearing it that day, or being carried on my dad’s shoulders as we marched with thousands of protesters, but I do recall wearing many of the other clothes Mum made me as a child.There was a lemon floor-length cotton number that she pintucked by hand for my role as the narrator in the school play that would swish around my ankles as I walked across the stage. And a white cropped top that she splattered with neon paint, designed to show up under the fluorescent lights of the Blue Light disco when I was in my Wham phase and trying to attract a boy I liked from school. But my favourite was the spotted taffeta bubble skirt of my dreams that...

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38 h. ago Love triangle sees mums trade blows on the playground in savage school run brawl

Mother of four Natasha Sherlock, 29, accused Samantha Rylance, 28, of sleeping with her ex-boyfriend before the fight broke out as parents waited to collect their kids from primary school

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39 h. ago Mothers brawl in primary school playground after one accused the other of sleeping with her ex

Mother-of-four Natasha Sherlock, 29, and mother-of-three Samantha Rylance, 28, had a fight while collecting their children from Sommerville Primary School in Seacombe on the Wirral.

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4 d. ago Simone Biles says Riley Gaines looks like a MAN in furious attack on anti

Simone Biles has launched a withering attack on Riley Gaines, after the she criticized a Minnesota high school softball team for competing with a trans player.

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4 d. ago Simone Biles gets personal in nasty attack on Riley Gaines for criticizing trans athletes

Simone Biles has launched a withering attack on Riley Gaines, after the she criticized a Minnesota high school softball team for competing with a trans player.

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4 d. ago Parents rip into 'crackers' primary school over 'mock wedding' school trip to a church where seven

The teacher, thought to be based in the UK, arranged for the year one and two pupils to head to a nearby church, where boys and girls would be selected to play a bride and groom.

Society

1 week ago Sydney Sweeney says she has to ‘prove’ herself as an actor and businessperson

The 27-year old actress rose to fame after starring in the hit HBO series Euphoria, playing the popular and troubled high school pupil Cassie.

Politics

1 week ago Cheer coaches accused of putting a team member in hospital after grueling workout

Several of Heath, Texas’s Rockwall Heath High School football players were hospitalized and reportedly diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis in 2023

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1 week ago Lights, camera, fractions: how Harry Potter TV actors will juggle Hogwarts with real lessons

Dozens of child actors will feature in HBO’s new Harry Potter series, all of them needing on-set tuition to be conjured up between scenesHarry Potter may have been overjoyed at going to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, but the children playing Harry, Ron and Hermione in the forthcoming HBO TV series will vanish from their own schools for the rest of their childhoods.Instead the child actors – along with those playing Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley and the other Hogwarts pupils – will get much of their education from tutors at a “mini-school” to be conjured up at Warner Brothers’ Leavesden studio in Watford, north of London, when filming starts later this year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain play proud parents as they hug Infanta Sofía, 18, on her graduation day from 'hippie Hogwarts' school

Infanta Sofía of Spain has graduated from Hippie Hogwarts after completing two years of International Baccalaureate studies at the Welsh boarding school popular with European royals.

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2 w. ago Paedophile admits flying drone over primary school but insists he 'had no control over it' when it was following a  crying child

A court heard that on one occasion, paedophile Jeremy Bird, 47, caused one pupil to 'run and cry' as he used the drone to follow them in a primary school playground.

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3 w. ago Boredom, injuries and ‘weird guru vibes’: seven signs it’s time to change your workout

It can be hard for gym-goers to know what’s reasonable to expect from a workout or class. Here, trainers and coaches share common problems – and their solutionsIt’s an uncomfortable feeling: you walk out of your fitness class and know the vibe was off but can’t say exactly why. The coach was perfectly polite and the workout itself was fine, but you’re sure you won’t go back. How come?I have a few hunches because I’ve spent a lot of time in gyms. I played three sports in high school, was on the swim team in college, started CrossFit in 2016 and have been a CrossFit coach and personal trainer for the past four years. I’ve written for Men’s Health for almost a decade, and dropped into at least 50 gyms, from luxury boutiques to basement sweat boxes. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Teaching assistant who played twisted 'truth or dare' sex games with boys may have abused 'over 81' children

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: A teaching assistant at a special needs school who preyed on vulnerable boys by playing twisted 'truth or dare' sex games has been jailed

Society

3 w. ago Primary pupils ask Education Minister for more maths and play time during visit to North Lanarkshire school

Jenny Gilruth MSP was in Wishaw to see how Pupil Equity Funding from the Scottish Government was benefitting young people.

Politics

3 w. ago Four injured Man Utd stars absent from training a week before Europa League final

Manchester United may be forced to field a depleted defence against Tottenham in the Europa League final next week, with Ruben Amorim currently missing four defenders

Sport

3 w. ago Travellers invade school playing fields forcing furious head teacher to relocate lessons and admit it will be difficult to evict them

Ysgol Emrys Ap Iwan headmaster Matt Wildsmith has cordoned off areas of the school site in Abergele, Conwy, to protect pupils and issued a warning over vehicles speeding down a road.

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