4 h. ago 'Unrealistic expectations, abuse and online hate campaigns': The parents who make teachers' lives hell

"I felt very low and dreaded opening my emails"

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4 h. ago Abusive parents 'banned from school site' as schools forced to employ lawyers to stop them

"I felt very low and dreaded opening my emails"

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10 h. ago Parents 'physically abusing' headteachers as shocking poll reveals surge in violence

School leaders are facing a surge in appalling verbal and online abuse, with many left suffering anxiety, depression and panic attacks and considering quitting their jobs

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17 h. ago Eilish McColgan blasts cruel online trolls after 'abusive' body shaming comments

Eilish, who is the reigning 10,000m Commonwealth champion, hit out at the cruel comments.

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18 h. ago ‘Stop the abuse’: Liz McColgan hits back at online criticism of daughter Eilish

Eilish McColgan is in training for London Marathon debut‘Stop the jealousy and abuse of women athletes’The Olympic silver medallist Liz McColgan has hit out at the “demeaning and abusive comments” received on social media by her daughter, Eilish, the reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion.McColgan, who also won the 1991 world 10,000m title and coaches Eilish, used screenshots in a post on X to highlight comments attacking her daughter’s body shape and questioning whether she has an eating disorder. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Fulham condemn 'abhorrent' Calvin Bassey online abuse after Manchester United FA Cup win

Fulham defender Calvin Bassey was subjected to offensive messages online following his team's FA Cup win at Man United.

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21 h. ago MAFS UK fans all saying same thing after Erica Roberts opens up on online abuse

Scots MAFS star Erica Roberts broke her silence on receiving online abuse following a feud with Sacha Jones, revealing she’s avoided her phone for days.

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24 h. ago Parents and teachers: how are you introducing AI to younger children?

We’d like to hear from parents and teachers who’re introducing AI to younger children and find out how they’re instructing them how to use itAcross the world since the release of ChatGPT, we have seen younger and younger people make use of artificial intelligence chatbots and image generators for their schoolwork and their lives at home. First, students in universities adopted AI, then teenagers in secondary schools, often with their parents unaware of it. Now, we’d like to know how the youngest among us are learning about AI.AI companies typically prohibit children under 13 from using their products in terms of service agreements. Some parents and teachers, however, are introducing ChatGPT and other AI to their children and their students in the hopes that an early familiarity with the technology will prepare them to succeed in the future. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Married at First Sight's Erica Roberts breaks silence amid online abuse

The Scottish reality star was forced to address the ongoing spat with fellow bride Sacha Jones after she confessed she has been unable to turn on her phone in days over the abusive messages.

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3 d. ago A Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for revealing abuses of prisoners

An independent online news agency in Myanmar is alleging that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights violations in the country’s main prison where he is being held

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3 d. ago Coronation Street star and wife, 84, bombarded with death threats from actor's brother

Stephen Banyard, who appeared on Coronation Street, was subjected to a terrifying hate campaign by his brother, who called him an 'evil narcissistic psychopathic b*****d'

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4 d. ago Parents calling for phone bans in schools to improve their youngsters' classroom behaviour

A poll of 1000 parents and 500 secondary school teachers by research agency Public First has found that both groups see classroom behaviour as the main cause of classroom disorder.

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5 d. ago Woman drugged and raped by convicted sex offender in 'carefully planned' attack

Jake Pinhorn, 33, met his victim on an online dating site and went on to sexually abuse her at a hotel in Caerphilly.

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8 d. ago Big Brother icon Brian Dowling reveals devastating impact of vile hate campaign

Brian Dowling has opened up on the horrific abuse he has received online after sharing his life with fans on social media.

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9 d. ago Sunderland vows strong action after Romaine Mundle suffers racist abuse online

The 21-year-old was targeted in the wake of Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by Hull.

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1 week ago SpaceX engineer 'murders' yoga teacher wife in the driveway of his parents' quaint home in Maine

Samuel Whittemore, 34, is accused of murdering Margaux Whittemore, 32, and almost killing his own mother at her home in Readfield, Maine, weeks after they returned from sailing the world.

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1 week ago Jaysley Beck inquest prompts flood of testimonies of abuse in UK military

The Ministry of Defence says the lessons learned from the teenager’s death will make the military safer, but victims and their families have heard it all beforeA soldier left suicidal after complaints about a senior officer were ignored. Two women told that they needed to grow up, or their heads would be banged together after they complained about sexual harassment by their major. A servicewoman raped and left with PTSD, while her attacker was given a slap on the wrist.Online army forums have been flooded with testimonies of abuse – and the military’s failure to tackle it – this week, sparked by the inquest into the death of 19-year-old gunner Jaysley Beck. The head of the army, General Sir Roly Walker, has expressed his disgust and suggested that senior ranks may even be “actively complicit” in abusive behaviour. The Ministry of Defence has promised that lessons will be learned. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mother of young woman, 32, who was killed by a van while out walking with her baby has 'no hate' in her heart for the driver

The mother of a young woman struck and killed by a van while out walking with her baby told mourners at her funeral there 'is no hate in our hearts' for the driver.

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1 week ago Sadiq Khan says a man jailed for sending malicious messages to him and Labour MP Jess Phillips was 'radicalised online'

The London Mayor made the comments after a man was jailed for sending 'utterly deplorable' emails to Ms Phillips just one day after X owner Musk labelled her a 'rape genocide apologist'

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2 w. ago Children will be ‘left exposed to sexual abuse online under current safety rules’

A group of charities have sent a joint letter to the Home Secretary and Technology Secretary over concerns about the Online Safety Act.

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