3 h. ago 'We lost everything, now we're being asked to move miles away from my son's school'

Fortunately, the family survived the house fire

Politics

13 h. ago Kim Kardashian is mortified when sons Saint and Psalm start FIGHTING on stage at law school graduation party

Kim Kardashian was embarrassed after her sons got into a fight on stage at her surprise law school graduation party on the latest episode of Hulu's The Kardashians.

Society

18 h. ago A stiff dose of ‘weak sauce’: Paul Dano’s best films – ranked!

After Quentin Tarantino’s unfavourable comments about the actor’s performance in films including There Will Be Blood, we run through the roles that show just how potent he really isThis disquieting narrative debut from the British director James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) is a kind of minor Cape Fear. Gael García Bernal plays a sociopathic outsider threatening the apparently perfect life of his long-lost preacher father (William Hurt). In what now looks like a dry run for There Will Be Blood, Dano is the earnest son campaigning for creationism to be taught at school, and sideswiped by the emergence of his sinister half-brother. Variety labelled the film “noxious”. It’s undoubtedly nasty, but Dano helps to lend it a pulse. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago How neurodivergent households design ‘a home that knows your brain’

From dark, sound-proofed rooms to clever storage solutions, families with autism and ADHD are finding inspired ways to adjust their environmentsIn the middle of Cherie Clonan’s bright Melbourne home sits a room in total darkness, “for our son to retreat to”, she says. “It’s all black in there. You wouldn’t believe it’s the same home!” The space, lined with sound-blocking panels, is a sanctuary for her autistic son: a quiet cocoon for decompressing after school. “He loves to go in there to game online with his mates,” Clonan says.Diagnosed autistic at 37, Clonan lives in a weatherboard cottage with her husband, Chris, and her two neurodivergent teenagers. Since buying the house five years ago, she has been reshaping it around their needs. “Our family’s split half-half – 50% sensory-seek versus sensory-avoidant,” she says. “I chase light. I love light-filled everything. But my son really is the opposite.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mum hours from death with ‘winter bug’ rushed to hospital after ‘traumatised’ sons tried to wake her up after school

A YOUNG mum almost died in bed in front of her children - when a 'winter flu' turned out to be a deadly sepsis. Roberta Alisauskaite began feeling "under the weather" in October but thought she had picked up a winter bug from work. Grappling with cold-like symptoms, Roberta says she's also recently suffered an...

Events

5 d. ago Mum 'in tears' after son's Christmas school play leads to dramatic police call

The youngster was left distraught after being forced to take part in his school's Christmas play - and things escalated when he was given a bigger role in the performance

Events

6 d. ago Mum cancels Christmas so teach son, 11, him a lesson he'll never forget

A mother has sparked debate after cancelling Christmas for her 11-year-old son following allegations he took £20 from his school's fundraising collection

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6 d. ago Young brothers find their 'bubbly and caring' mother dying on the sofa from 'brain bleed' after coming home from school

Lorraine Probert, 45, had dropped her two sons at school before collapsing soon after returning home.

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6 d. ago Heartbreak as young brothers find their 'bubbly and caring' mother dying on the sofa from 'brain bleed' after coming home from school

Lorraine Probert, 45, had dropped her two sons at school before collapsing soon after returning home.

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8 d. ago Mystery deepens as elderly couple is found dead in rural New Mexico five days after leaving Texas Thanksgiving dinner

Charles and Lori Lightfoot were in their early 80s and did not own cellphones. They may have gotten tragically lost as they were found hundreds of miles from home

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8 d. ago Dramatic moment FIVE cars swoop on Brazilian mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew to hurl her in ICE detention

Bruna Ferreira was nabbed by officers on November 12 while attempting to leave her condo in Revere, Massachusetts, to pick up her son Michael, 11, from school.

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9 d. ago School to close after teaching assistant found 'murdered' and son, 18, charged

Rhyl High School is set to close for the funeral of teaching assistant Angela Shellis, 45, who was found dead near football fields in Prestatyn - her son has been charged with her murder

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1 week ago 'My son made a sexualised comment he didn't understand – we've been referred to social services'

This week, Lala offers advice to a reader who has been left distraught after her 10 year old son made a sexualised comment in after school club, resulting in them being referred to children’s social care services

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1 week ago Tom Read Wilson's father wasn't his mother's teacher at school: I'm A Celeb star's parents say their son was 'factually incorrect' about their relationship on 8 out of 10 Cats

I'm A Celebrity's Tom Read Wilson's parents have refuted his claims that they met while his father was a teacher at his mother's school when she was 18 years old.

Society

2 w. ago Karoline Leavitt's family member was swarmed by ICE agents while picking up son from school as child's father tell her to 'self deport'

A woman with family connections to Karoline Leavitt was 'terrified' and 'frantic' as she was swarmed by ICE agents and arrested while trying to pick up her son at school.

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2 w. ago Benedict Cumberbatch insists his three sons won't be going to boarding school

Drama was elementary to Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, who learned acting at £64,000-a-year Harrow School.

Politics

2 w. ago Starmer calls Farage ‘spineless’ over tackling racism in Reform party

Prime minister says Reform UK leader has ‘questions to answer’ about alleged comments at school which included songs about HolocaustKeir Starmer has accused Nigel Farage of being “spineless” when it comes to tackling racism in his party after the Guardian revealed allegations he made xenophobic and antisemitic comments while he was at school.The prime minister said the Reform UK leader had “questions to answer” about the comments and chants alleged, which included songs about the Holocaust and accusations of bullying towards ethnic minority schoolboys. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ride the Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse Elephant review: slight but darkly joyful

This story of six kids from a school choir trapped in limbo boasts sharp and witty songs, performed with norm-subverting glee

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3 w. ago School bans children singing KPop Demon Hunters songs over ‘Christian ethos’ fears

‘For some Christians, references to demons can feel deeply uncomfortable’, acting headteacher says

Culture

3 w. ago Mum 'stabbed son behind ear with fork' after argument over being late to school

Leticia Puentes, 39, was arrested after law enforcement arrived at her family home to discover her son bleeding from a wound behind his ear, after an argument concerning his behaviour

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