44 h. ago German MPs rubberstamp military service plan amid school pupil protests

All 18-year-old men to be screened for suitability for armed forces, but proposal falls short of conscriptionThe German parliament has rubberstamped a new model for military service that aims to boost its armed forces as thousands of school pupils demonstrated across the country against the plans.The change will include the obligatory screening of all 18-year-old men to gauge their suitability to serve in the military from 1 January, but does not include conscription, as favoured by some conservative politicians. Continue reading...

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2 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

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2 w. ago School bans singing KPop songs from Netflix hit Demon Hunters over fears it is not in keeping with 'Christian ethos'

In a message to parents, Liliput Church of England Infant School in Poole, Dorset, said some pupils had found the themes raised in the movie 'challenging'.

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3 w. ago What was wrong with Chris Eubank Jr? Veteran ‘went through hell’ before Conor Benn defeat

Eubank Jr looked a shadow of his former self at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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3 w. ago In the name of their fathers: Eubank v Benn began and ended a heady era of British boxing

Their dads lit a fire that consumed me but Eubank Jr v Conor Benn embodies all that has gone wrong with the Dark TradeThirty-five years ago this month, on 18 November 1990, my life changed course when I watched Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn fight each other in Birmingham with a ferocity which left me astonished and breathless. After that savage and surreal contest, I began working on a book about boxing, Dark Trade, which allowed me to become a full-time writer.Benn and Eubank were so different that my already deep interest in boxing caught fire. I became consumed by the fight game for decades until, earlier this year, I finished writing The Last Bell, my fifth and final book about boxing. I still loved the most interesting fighters and their incredible life stories, but the controversies around the manufactured rivalry between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr left me sick at heart. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘What’s wrong with me?’ – Conor Benn reveals trauma of attending school that ‘thought I had demons in me’

CONOR BENN opened up on the trauma of attending a religious school who believed he was possessed by demons. Benn's family moved to Majorca in 2002 after his dad - ex-world champion Nigel - needed a fresh start. The British boxing legend battled sex addiction and substance abuse - leading to a suicide attempt -...

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3 w. ago School put on lockdown over man reportedly 'chanting about demons and children'

The police were called to reports of a man acting suspiciously around a school in Solihull at around 3pm yesterday

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3 w. ago Solihull school plunged into lockdown as man 'chants about demons'

Children were put into lockdown at Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School in Solihull after reports of a man said to have been "chanting about demons"

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3 w. ago Solihull primary school in lockdown after man 'chants about demons and children'

Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School in Solihull was placed on lockdown for around 45 minutes after a man was reportedly seen acting suspiciously and 'chanting'

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