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Parents call for schools to teach children the signs and symptoms of cancer
Two thirds of parents think teachers should teach school children about the signs and symptoms of cancer, it has emerged. The study, which polled 1,000 parents of kids in secondary school, also suggests mums and dads would like the education process to this start at the age of 11. The same research revealed nearly a third of UK parents themselves feel uncomfortable talking about cancer with their children, and 61 per cent feel cancer should be taught in a PHSE...
Bullied 9 year old took own life after telling classmates he was gay
A heartbroken mum says her nine-year-old son took his own life after he was bullied for being gay. Leia Pierce, 31, discovered Jamel Myles dead at their home on Thursday, four days into the new school term. She said that a few weeks before he started the fourth grade at Shoemaker Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, US, Jamel came out as gay. Leia said at first she thought he was messing around but when she realized he was serious, she...
Lawless London: moped passenger points gun at police arresting suspect
The threats were made after colleagues had foiled a raid on a Peckham mobile phone shop during the early hours of this morning
Christian boys at risk of deportation “touch the hearts of tens of thousands”
Somer and Areeb Umeed Bakhsh, from Scotland, fear their lives would be in danger at the hands of Islamic extremists if they are sent back to Pakistan against their will.
Soft play firm boss jailed for filming schoolgirls getting changing at swimming pool
Eddie Catz founder Darren Johnson, 51, also filmed women and children on the toilet and getting changed
Warnings over using Ketamine as antidepressant
Previous studies have shown that the powerful horse tranquiliser used as an illegal dance drug has a rapid, calming and antidepressant effect
Theresa May grilled on apartheid stance ahead of visit to Robben Island
Theresa May was asked “What did you do to help the release of Nelson Mandela?” ahead of her visit to Robben Island yesterday. The prime minister came under scrutiny over her stance on apartheid as she prepared to visit a prison that held captive political campaigners during a period of institutionalised racial segregation in South Africa. Channel 4’s Michael Crick asked whether May protested apartheid or whether she towed the party line at the time which viewed Nelson Mandela as...
Play area firm boss exposed as serial ‘Peeping Tom’
Eddie Catz founder Darren Johnson, 51, filmed hundreds of photos of women's exposed breasts using two "peepholes" at a public toilet at one of his company sites for over 12 years
Blaze at historic Primark site leaves Belfast building at risk of collapse
A fire broke out in the five-storey listed Bank Buildings at about 11:00 BST.