9 d. ago Stockport College issues new statement after students put in lockdown with nine arrested in huge brawl

Stockport College was locked down for an hour after a huge brawl

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2 w. ago ‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal

At a youth detention centre in north-east England, the paedophile Neville Husband raped and assaulted countless boys. Why was his reign of terror allowed to go on – and why hasn’t there been a public inquiry?When I met Kevin Young in 2012 he was in his early 50s, handsome, charismatic, smart – and utterly broken. The moment he started talking about Medomsley detention centre he was in tears.Young was born in Newcastle, in 1959. At two, he was taken into care, and his parents were convicted of wilful neglect. At eight, at a school in Devon, he was sexually abused by the gardener. At 14, at St Camillus, a Catholic residential school in Yorkshire, he was sexually assaulted by the headteacher, James Bernard Littlewood. But none of this compared with his experience at Medomsley, a youth detention centre in north-east England. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Yorkshire school on lockdown with students 'barricading themselves in classrooms'

Students updated their parents on the situation via text

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3 w. ago School on 'lockdown' as pupils 'barricade themselves in classroom'

Parents said that students and staff at the school were forced to "barricade doors with metal bars".

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3 w. ago East Riding school on 'lockdown' as students 'barricade themselves in classroom'

A school in the East Riding of Yorkshire was placed in 'lockdown' this morning, with students forced to 'barricade doors with metal bars', a parent said

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3 w. ago Howden School in lockdown over 'gunman' reports as 'kids barricaded in classrooms'

Howden School in Yorkshire was put on lockdown after reports of a 'gunman' one parent has said - it reportedly led to staff and pupils being barricaded inside classrooms

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