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Teachers share concerns about kids starting school who aren't toilet trained
Early years teachers are warning they are losing two and a half hours a day supporting kids who are not 'school ready', according to a survey by children’s charity Kindred
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Jason Manford joins Waterloo Road taking on role he knows he'd be 'terrible' at
Waterloo Road is back for a 14th series later this year and they've added funnyman Jason Manford to the cast - even thought he knows he'd make an awful headteacher!
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'Traumatised' teen's nightmare braces left his teeth sticking out
Kai Orley had years of treatment to try and improve his smile but the braces only the made the situation worse. The orthodontist who did the work has now paid out £11k
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Pupils to get lessons on misogyny after rise of influencers like Andrew Tate
Labour has drawn up plans to tackle the 'scourge of misogyny' in schools after a rise in female teachers and young people facing verbal sexist abuse in classrooms
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Parents say kids 'prised from their arms' at school gates after harsh new rule
Families at a school in Rochdale were forced to drop their youngsters, some as young as nursery age, at the gates of the school rather than walk them to class following half term break
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'New tiny and discreet ear device can detect early heart issues'
Dr Miriam Stoppard shares exciting research coming out of Imperial College London into a clever device that can gather ECG data that can flag up an irregular heartbeat
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'I wish I'd been a helicopter parent – my kids would have achieved so much more'
A 'free-range' mum has admitted to wishing she'd been a 'pushy parent' so her children would have achieved more, leading many to question her 'mum motives’
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'Monster' mum removes 15-year-old daughter's bedroom door for getting B on test
A mum has been slammed for punishing her daughter for getting a B on her class exam rather than an A* by taking away her bedroom door as well as her favourite belongings
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Teachers 'fear going to work' as horrific stories of abuse and violence emerge
Behaviour in schools is becoming a major issue for teachers across the UK with suspensions rising to 247,366 in the 2023 autumn term from 129,151 in the autumn term of 2016
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Teacher and 6 members of religious congregation kidnapped from outside school
The six worshippers and teacher, members of the Congregation of Brothers of Sacred Heart, were kidnapped from outside a school in the Haitian capital of Port Au Prince
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Bodycam footage shows non-binary student describing attack before death
Oklahoma non-binary student Nex Benedict died a day after they were attacked by three girls in their school bathroom. Emergency services rushed to the Benedict home after Nex’s breathing became shallow, their eyes were rolling back and their hands were curled
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Inside school where Ukraine kids with 'stolen childhoods' fight for education
One teacher in Ukraine is carrying on the fight for education in the port city of Mykolaiv, while her husband is in the military fighting for their country
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'I cracked and bought my son his first phone - we shouldn't send mixed messages'
Mirror columnist Sara Wallis never wanted to buy her pre-teen son a mobile phone and questions if adults should be doing more not to be hypocritical
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Inside little-known UK town that is so nice 'it's like living on holiday'
Not only is the town in Shropshire highly-rated, but it's also surrounded by lots of green spaces, offering plenty of scenic walks including The Wrekin
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School warns parents to watch for symptoms after boy, 11, dies of meningitis
An 11-year-old Florida student from Burns Science and Technology Charter School in Oak Hill, Volusia County tragically died after contracting meningitis. The school warned parents to watch their kids for symptoms
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Student who planned to kill 50 people made sick plan from his mum's back bedroom
Wannabe revolutionary Jacob Graham, 19, from Norris Green in Liverpool, had collected a stash of chemicals and manuals on weapons, bombs and poisons, police said
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Inside neo-Nazi prison gang that 11-year-old's suspected killer has ties with
42-year-old Don McDougal, who is facing a capital murder charge for the killing of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, had ties to the notorious neo-Nazi prison gang, the Aryan Brotherhood
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Dad whose farewell to son broke hearts tells of struggle as they are reunited
Tearful Hordiy Gladkiy was seen being packed on to a railway carriage to leave the carnage as Russian forces attacked Lviv shortly after the invasion in May 2022
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Teachers 'robbed' of £15k a year as millions of workers do unpaid overtime
A study by the TUC found that teachers topped a list of those putting in the most unpaid overtime at more than four hours a week, costing them an estimated £15,000 in lost earnings on average
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Olivia Colman gets emotional in chat with Ukrainian teen on anniversary of war
Oscar-winning Olivia Colman held an emotional online meeting with 15-year-old Solomiya from Kharkiv, Ukraine, to hear the harrowing fall-out of the war ahead of the second anniversary
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Everything we know about Audrii Cunningham as girl's body pulled from river
Audrii Cunningham left to go to school but she never made it. Her body was later pulled out of the Trinity River and a friend of her dad's, Steven McDougal, who was meant to be taking her to school, has been charged with her murder
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Slap Shot actor Paul D'Amato dies at 75 as loved ones pay tribute
Paul D'Amato died at the age of 75 after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Paul was best known for his role in the 1977 comedy hockey fim, Slap Shot
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'I was 8 when gym coach neighbour abused me - I'm sickened by pain of others'
An ex-neighbour of former Olympian Stan Wild - who is at the centre of sex abuse allegations - claims in new ITV documentary 'Gymnastics: A Culture Of Abuse' that he also interfered with her
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Measles outbreak prompts expert investigation at US elementary school
A sixth measles diagnosis has terrified parents at a Florida elementary school, with nearly 200 students missing from classrooms as expert analysts are hired to investigate the outbreak
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Mum homeschools her kids by teaching them how to pay bills and do DIY
Caroline Widdows, 46, was forced to start homeschooling her children, Toby, 13, and Daisy, 15, during the pandemic - but decided to continue home-educating when schools reopened.
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