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According to the Education Act 1997, detention outside of school hours is lawful even without parental consent. The Towers School in Ashford Kent's policy has sparked a backlash

Flowers were lined outside Shrewsbury College on Wednesday following the deaths of Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17 and Hugo Morris, 18, on a camping trip in North Wales

Touching floral tributes have appeared in England and Wales after the bodies of sixth form students Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Fitchett and Hugo Morris were found after a camping trip

A young woman has been inundated with support after sharing how her father refuses to buy her tampons or give her money to buy them herself - saying it's not his responsibility

At the end of the day, the Princess of Wales is a mother to her children just like the rest of us, and has a much more "normal" mum life than you would imagine

Wilf Fitchett was described as 'one in a million' in the short tribute as friends and loved ones grieve following the news he and Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen and Hugo Morris, died in a car accident in Snowdonia, Wales

Having health conditions that mean you need to sit down any time there may be a long wait trumps the needs of a pregnant womean – especially if the the chair you bring belongs to you, according to social-media users

Evie-Grace claims the beautician looked "worried" when she was conducting the treatment and said when she first saw her new lips in the mirror she burst into tears

A mum has taken to social media to share how her daughter, called Penelope, has always disliked her name - and has been going by the name Fiji since she was four-years-old

The Welsh Government has started a consultation over school term dates - which would see the summer holidays cut down to just four weeks, while the autumn break could be extended

A new report released by the College of Policing has highlighted how, at times, the message conveyed to the public could have been more unified with the police had officers used a better media strategy

If your child is 16 years old, it’s vital to check whether you are still eligible to claim child benefit. If so, you will need to inform HMRC using one of these methods for the payments to continue

Cost of living, student debt and inflation are all major concerns for Americans, leading some to cite half a million dollars as their required base salary for a happy life. However for others getting on the property ladder and buying a coffee is the price of contentment.

Pupils and teachers are set to have their summer holidays cut by up to two weeks in some parts of the UK, with an extra week added to the autumn half term in new plans

Zoe Williams used her job as a primary school teacher to 'titillate' partner Thomas Surtees and even joined in with his child sexual abuse, Newcastle crown court heard

Reporter Anna Willis attended Santa School at Battersea Power Station, South London, and watched Father Christmases practice climbing down chimneys, sign language and ice skating

Two young children who were believed to have been walking to Riverdale Elementary School in Prince George's County, Maryland, were rushed to hospital in a critical condition but died of their injuries

Nine-year-old Arlette was helping to close the large metal gate at Centennial Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona, when the gate disconnected and fell on top of her leaving her with severe injuries that proved fatal

Ellen Pearce, from Somerset, decided to quit full-time teaching for good after an amazing holiday to countries including Peru, Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Philippines and Indonesia

A dad has taken to social media to share how he has stopped helping his daughter, 22, with her car payments after learning she got a job at a strip club - but users say he's judging her too harshly

The mum of a middle school girl has brought a $3million lawsuit against her child's school alleging that administrators knew that there was a knife on campus and saw harassment but did nothing in Georgia

A report by the Institute For Public Policy Research has called for one-word Ofsted assessments to be scrapped and replaced by a "narrative-driven" approach - but what do YOU think

The IPPR warned teachers are being driven out of the profession by the stress caused by high-stakes Ofsted inspections as it called for the end of one-word ratings

The lottery winner set up a limited company to claim the winnings which amount to millions of dollars. Their identity has not yet been publicised

Developers have been testing a new low-cost device consisting of a scalpel connected to a sensor-loaded circuit board fitted inside its handle, which can help surgeons