58 h. ago Homeless kids tell heartbreaking stories of temporary homes with rats and no toilet

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa pleaded with ministers to take urgent action after new analysis showed kids who are frequently moved around during their school years do worse in exams

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3 d. ago Why parents are walking their kids to school armed and in combat gear in an Ohio suburb

Masked gunmen in black combat gear patrol Lincoln Heights, a proud, historic black community of 3,100 residents.

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3 d. ago Kelly Clarkson has a bone to pick with her kids’ school system over threat to her ‘emotional stability’

Clarkson revealed her gripe during the latest episode of Kylie Kelce’s ‘Not Gonna Lie’ podcast

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4 d. ago Man burgled parents' neighbours then walked round town wearing their clothes

The court heard how Stephen Howells then caused further distress by asking the victims for money after he had been caught burgling their home

Politics

4 d. ago Ofsted chief backs headteachers taking ‘tough’ decision to ban phones in schools

Sir Martyn Oliver told parents at a Q&A in London that he had walked into schools in ‘utter chaos’ where phones were rife.

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6 d. ago 'Man carrying two knives' puts school in lockdown as kids scramble under tables

Hampshire police are understood to have arrested a man, 44, at the scene near St Mark’s C of E School in Southampton – as one parent dubbed the lockdown 'madness'

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9 d. ago WWII veterans get letters from school kids and 'pass the baton of memory' for VE Day

Children across the country are being invited to write to a WWII veteran ahead of the 80th anniversary of VE Day - the pioneering project called ‘VE Mail’ aims to build a bond between our war heroes and the youth of today

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1 week ago Kylie Jenner defended after facing criticism for joke about wearing latex to pick up kids from school

Many fans pointed out that she was being ‘so unserious’ in the video about her latex outfit

Culture

1 week ago Mother, 36, who was so high on cocaine during school run other parents had to take her car keys and walk her children to class admits drug driving

Hayley Berry, 36, who sparked concern from fellow parents in Kent, was told by a magistrate it was 'one of the worst examples of drug-driving' he had ever seen.

Society

1 week ago Mother, 36, who was so high on cocaine during school run that other parents had to take her car keys and walk her children to class admits drug driving

Hayley Berry, 36, who sparked concern from fellow parents in Kent, was told by a magistrate it was 'one of the worst examples of drug-driving' he had ever seen.

Society

1 week ago Cocaine mum so 'out of it' on school run stranger had to take keys and walk kids to class

Hayley Berry, 36, had 'worst example of drug driving' after being arrested after stopping her Ford in the middle of the road with cocaine and GHB in her system

Politics

1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy replaces head of general staff of the armed forces

Defence minister says Ukraine ‘systematically transforming’ its military; Macron says allied security force does need Russia’s blessing. What we know on day 1,118The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has appointed Andriy Gnatov as chief of the general staff of the armed forces, replacing Anatoliy Bargylevych, who has been moved to chief inspector of the defence ministry. “He [Gnatov] is a combat guy,” Zelenskyy said. “His task is to bring more combat experience Everything that our brigades have learned from the war should be implemented 100% at the planning level.” Ukraine’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, posted: “We are systematically transforming the armed forces of Ukraine to enhance their combat effectiveness. This involves restructuring the command system and implementing clear standards.”Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv, its mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said early on Monday, adding that Ukrainian air defence units were responding. Reuters said its witnesses heard b...

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2 w. ago Parents fury as children forced to walk through stinking 'monstrosity' full of bottles of urine, rats and even a DEAD CAT to get to school

Fatima Alashinloye, 11, developed the school project to clear up the rubbish after seeing the 'dangerous' and 'horrible' mess she and her classmates are forced to be around.

Society

2 w. ago You don't need code to be a programmer. But you do need expertise | John Naughton

AI is so good at writing software that one father asked it to organise his kids’ school lunches. But that doesn’t mean it’s taking overWay back in 2023, Andrej Karpathy, an eminent AI guru, made waves with a striking claim that “the hottest new programming language is English”. This was because the advent of large language models (LLMs) meant that from now on humans would not have to learn arcane programming languages in order to tell computers what to do. Henceforth, they could speak to machines like the Duke of Devonshire spoke to his gardener, and the machines would do their bidding.Ever since LLMs emerged, programmers have been early adopters, using them as unpaid assistants (or “co-pilots”) and finding them useful up to a point – but always with the proviso that, like interns, they make mistakes, and you need to have real programming expertise to spot those. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The moment I knew: we were running late, but his optimism was contagious

As they sprinted towards their train, Megan Holbeck realised Guy’s sense of adventure was magic. Even if they missed it, they’d find a way to make their own funFind more stories from The moment I knew series hereIn 1992 I arrived for year 9 as a scholarship kid at a boarding school in the Victorian Alps. I was from Canberra and knew no one. Boring suburbia was replaced by a bush shed shared with 14 girls. We had to chop wood for warmth and hot showers, and spent weekends hiking and skiing. I got tougher, explored my limits (a half marathon and six-day hike by the end of the year) and made lifelong friends.One of them was Guy. He was in my French class, our desks separated by half the alphabet. A regular in my diary list of “top five boys”, he was witty, genuine and playful. We played pranks and games – table rugby, footsies, hid and stole each other’s stuff – and sent ridiculous notes at supper. Whatever we did, there was laughter. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mum takes kids out of school for three months after 'dictatorship' holiday fine of £480

Rachel Smith and her husband decided to take their three children out of school for a term to teach them at home after they were fined for taking them on holiday

Economics

2 w. ago ‘I like to do normal things’: Virgil van Dijk maintains sense of perspective

Liverpool captain watched his daughter star in the school play before taking centre stage in the Carabao Cup finalVirgil van Dijk’s attention was not on football on Thursday night or checking on the state of contract negotiations. Instead he was watching a school production of Fantastic Mr Fox. His daughter Jadi, like her father on the pitch, had a starring role: she was Mrs Fox, while Wataru Endo’s son was a rat. It was the perfect antidote to going out of the Champions League on Tuesday to Paris Saint-Germain and waiting for Sunday’sCarabao Cup final against Newcastle.“I’m also a normal father, husband, man, and I like to do normal things,” Van Dijk says. “And when you’ve been seen as normal as well, and it’s difficult, but going to school is a nice thing. Some of the kids are looking up, thinking: ‘What are you doing here?’ The most important thing in life is my kids and my wife’s life. These things are definitely important, but they fully understand as well when it’s time to ful...

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2 w. ago Labour MP pleads for major free school meal change to stop 500,000 kids missing out

Labour MP Peter Lamb called on the Commons to back a new Bill demanding that all those eligible for free school meals are automatically signed up - with an estimated 470,000 missing out

Events

2 w. ago Heartbreaking cries for help of boy held captive by evil stepmom revealed by his school principal

A man who was allegedly held captive by his stepmother for 20 years repeatedly cried for help as a child.

Politics

2 w. ago Scots mums in school gates rammy as neighbour dispute kicks off in front of kids

In the clip a woman can be seen arguing with another parent during school drop off at Roslin Primary School in Midlothian.

Culture