11 h. ago Three children killed after train rams into school bus in India

Railway officials say a level crossing gatekeeper has been arrested for negligence

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16 h. ago First Minister says Labour are taking Reform threat in Wales ‘seriously’

Eluned Morgan told Sky News voters in Wales needed to understand Reform as a "threat", warning that "things that they're used to" such as free prescriptions and free school meals for primary school children "could be snatched away"

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36 h. ago Families urged to check for school meals support during the summer holidays

Households with two children could be entitled to between £150 and £288 over the school holidays this summer.

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60 h. ago Bodies of two school girls discovered as 27 children still missing after Texas floods

Blair Harber, 13, and Brooke Harber, 11, were among those killed in the flooding in Kerr County, Texas.

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3 d. ago British father reveals he is leaving the UK with his family because the school system is 'terrible', 'rising bills' and it's becoming too 'unsafe'

Dale, from Nottinghamshire, revealed he is leaving the UK with his wife and two children because school system is 'terrible', 'rising bills' and it's becoming too 'unsafe'.

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4 d. ago Councils will have to set targets to improve number of children ready for school

Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

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5 d. ago Councils to have to set targets to improve number of children ready for school

Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

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5 d. 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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5 d. ago Tesco announces extra support for children and families facing hunger over the school holidays this summer

With the school holidays now underway, Tesco is providing extra help to support children and their families this summer, as part of its Stronger Starts programme. The initiatives are in response to the crucial need to support children who would normally receive free school meals during term time and are therefore at risk of missing meals during the holiday period.

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6 d. ago School children put in detention because parents can’t afford uniform

42 per cent of parents said school uniform was not more affordable this school year

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6 d. ago Runaway lynx rescued after illegal release in Highlands named by local kids

Children from a local primary school chose the named of the wild cats.

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6 d. ago Women in India don’t want ‘safe zones’ – they want to enjoy public spaces as equals | Nilanjana Bhowmick

Segregation does not make going outside any safer or more comfortable for women – it only reinforces the idea that the public sphere belongs to menA couple of weeks ago, I was in an upmarket neighbourhood in Delhi for a photoshoot. The sun was already unforgiving, and only a handful of walkers and joggers had dared to step out in the heat. A few children, on their summer break from school, gave curious glances in our direction, but they quickly lost interest and returned to their games. Women walking by offered quick looks, but the men stared – every single one who passed us.Then one went a step further. Mid-shoot, he walked straight up and interrupted us. At first, we smiled – out of habit, out of conditioning – thinking that he would leave. But he didn’t. Instead, his questions turned increasingly personal. From “What are you doing?” to “Do you have an Insta page?” and “Where do you stay?”, the questions grew increasingly intrusive. Continue reading...

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6 d. 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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7 d. ago ‘Distraught’ families say they may have to homeschool SEND children if school forced to close amid VAT raid

Families in last-minute battle to save Bishop Challoner School in London which faces closure on last day of term amid financial pressures

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7 d. ago Donald Macdonald dies as tributes paid to popular kids TV presenter

Famed for hosting children's show Play School, the "showbiz great" lost his short battle with cancer on Monday.

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8 d. ago Special needs crisis: Transporting SEN children to school is costing £1.5bn a YEAR as numbers with EHCP entitlements soar

The sharp increase comes amid mounting fears over pressures on the system from youngsters requiring additional support.

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9 d. ago US Catholic school fires teacher after husband’s obituary reveals his marriage to a man

Mark Richards says a parent complained to New Orleans’ St Francis Xavier school after reading his late husband’s obituaryA longtime music teacher at a Catholic school in the New Orleans area recently lost his job when it was revealed to an evidently “disgruntled” parent that he was another man’s widower, igniting a scandal within an archdiocese that has otherwise largely been occupied with trying to reorganize its finances in federal bankruptcy court after its clergymen spent decades sexually molesting children.In an email to community members at the archdiocese-run school from which he was dismissed, Mark Richards explained that he had been fired because a parent notified officials about an obituary for his husband, who died of a heart attack in September 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago What to know about the US Supreme Court's ruling on public school lessons using LGBTQ books

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks

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1 week ago The rules on taking children out of school for a term time holiday

Parents can save hundreds, if not thousands of pounds, by taking holidays in term time. But they risk fines and disrupting their child's education

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1 week ago Colombia gangs lure children to join ranks via TikTok and Facebook, UN warns

Armed groups post videos of weapons, cars and parties to social media to depict ‘perks’ of lifestyle, say expertsGangs in Colombia are increasingly recruiting children into their ranks, with a notable number coerced over TikTok and Facebook, the United Nations has warned.The UN Human Rights Office in Colombia said it had verified 474 cases of recruitment or use of under-18s between 2022 and 2024, and that the situation was “worsening in 2025”. In 36 cases children were recruited at school, while recruitment through social networking platforms was of “grave concern”, it said. Continue reading...

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