66 m. ago Ingredient red flags: how to spot the chemicals to avoid in food, kitchenware and cosmetics

Should your makeup be fragrance-free? Is it time to purge your kitchen of plastic? Are all food dyes dangerous? These are the everyday ingredients that could be harming your health‘Far from being a rock or island it turns out that the best metaphor to describe the human body is ‘sponge’. We’re permeable,” write Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie in their book Slow Death By Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things. While the permeability of our cells is key to being alive, it also means we absorb more potentially harmful substances than we realise.Studies have found a number of chemical residues in human breast milk, urine and water systems. Many of them are endocrine disruptors, which can interfere with the body’s natural hormones. “They can mimic, block or otherwise disrupt normal hormone function, leading to adverse health effects,” says Dr Shanna Swan, professor of environmental medicine and reproductive health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. We (often...

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5 h. ago Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama

Toronto film festival: adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy and co-starring Little Simz, Emily Watson and Tracey Ullman this brutal but ultimately hopeful story is fiercely affectingProducer-star Cillian Murphy and director Tim Mielants last collaborated on a superlative adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, and their new project together could hardly be more different: a drama suffused with gonzo energy and the death-metal chaos of emotional pain, cut with slashes of bizarre black humour. Max Porter has adapted his own 2023 novella Shy for the screen and Murphy himself gives one of his most uninhibited and demonstrative performances.Murphy is Steve, a stressed, troubled but passionately committed headteacher with a secret alcohol and substance abuse problem, in charge of a residential reform school for delinquent teenage boys some time in the mid-90s. With his staff – deputy (Tracey Ullman), therapist-counsellor (Emily Watson) and a new teacher (Little Simz) ...

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5 h. ago Judge temporarily blocks Alabama rule saying voucher students can't play sports for a year

A judge has sided with Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey in a dispute over where school voucher recipients can play sports this year

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7 h. ago Uncouth, haughty and entitled, Angela Rayner was an insult to working class women like me. She's let us all down: KATIE HIND

Her story is certainly impressive. Having grown up on a council estate in Stockport, and left school as a pregnant 16-year-old, Angela Rayner rose to become deputy prime minister.

Politics

9 h. ago Royal Military Police officer avoids jail for drunkenly groping colleague hours after attending course on 'unacceptable sexual behaviour'

Lt Liam Hulkes, 31, whose job involved investigating Army sex crimes, sexually assaulted his victim during a drinking session following the study day last June.

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11 h. ago Sylvia Young's funeral: Alexandra Burke, Denise Van Outen and Nicole Appleton lead mourners paying tribute to stage school pioneer who launched Amy Winehouse's career

The world of TV and music united at Sylvia Young's funeral at St.Marylebone Church on Friday morning.

Politics

12 h. ago No progress on new high school for town despite shortage of spaces

The new school plan was paused back in 2022 - there has been no movement since

Politics

12 h. ago London elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting female student

London elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting female student  CBC

Society

12 h. ago Elementary teacher accused of sexually assaulting student at east

Elementary teacher accused of sexually assaulting student at east-London school  CBC

Society

13 h. ago One in four vapes seized in UK secondary schools contains 'cheap and unpredictable' drug

Almost a quarter of vapes seized from secondary schools in England contain the 'cheap and unpredictable' synthetic drug spice, a new study has found

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14 h. ago Tesco shocks shoppers with 'back to school' display filled with alcohol

The supermarket was forced to issue an apology after a mum spotted a 'back to school' banner above shelves stocked to the brim with alcohol in her local Tesco Extra

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14 h. ago Staggering number of hard up British families can’t afford back to school essentials

Some 60% of struggling parents haven’t got the means to buy new uniforms and shoes, according to a survey by children’s charity Buttle UK

Politics

14 h. ago Gamers are fuelling a truancy spike as young Brit kids skive off school

Young Brits are skipping school and fuelling a fresh truancy crisis by emulating social media stars who became rich playing video games online

Politics

15 h. ago Heartwarming sign your dog truly loves you is shown when they're asleep

Dogs show their loves in weird and wonderful ways that don't always make sense to humans - but all you need to do is study up on animal body language to better understand what they're thinking

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16 h. ago Swiftie boyfriends face proposal pressure: ‘Taylor and Travis put you on the clock’

After Swift and Kelce’s blowout news, some diehard fans are eager to be engaged at the same time as their pop idolColleen O’Connor knows it sounds strange, but she thinks of Taylor Swift as a friend. The pop singer is 35; O’Connor, who works in public relations and lives in Long Island, New York, is just one year younger. “I’ve been a fan since day one, back in high school, and she’s been there through every phrase and journey of my life,” O’Connor said.So when Swift announced her engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce last week, O’Connor reacted as many thirtysomething women do when they learn that a girlfriend secured a ring. First, she screamed so loudly her boyfriend thought someone had died. Then she wondered aloud to him: “When’s it going to happen for us?”The day Taylor Swift got engaged,little girls screamed, grown women cried, Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Scots pupils 'stressed out and sweating' in £122m new eco school after being told to keep windows shut

The state-of-the art Dunfermline Learning Campus was built to strict Passivhaus standards in a bid to slash the building's energy bills.

Economics

16 h. ago 'Spacious' £30 Primark bag 'ideal for students' looks like £300 designer version

The leather bag has seriously impressed fashion fans who think the style is perfect for school or work

Economics

17 h. ago Parents fume at curvy 'Teacher Bae' who struts around school in skin

A teacher from then US named 'Ms. Williams' has been causing a stir online by parading around the school she teaches at wearing very tightly-fitted clothes and skimpy dresses

Society

17 h. ago Vapes bought by youngsters online contain ‘zombie drug’ Spice, shock study reveals

It comes after school pupils around the country were hospitalised last year and one was left in a coma after buying vapes spiked with the "zombie" prison drug Spice

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17 h. ago Celtic icon 'in psychiatric hospital after disturbing behaviour outside school'

Former Celtic defender Bobo Balde has been detained in a psychiatric hospital unit after allegedly making threatening and disruptive remarks outside of a school

Science