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Parents claim some pupils at Philip Morant School in Colchester have been given detentions for hugging or high-fiving their friends since the new guidance was brought in at the start of term. The author of an online…
Not punk in style, although it is certainly an album to strip the flesh from your bones, but in the way it felt dangerous. It came out in 2000, and was the last release for Creation Records; as that label fell apart…
A £10m savings plan - which could see more than 100 jobs lost - was agreed earlier this year . The University and College Union (UCU) said the staff member's dismissal needed to be met with a "proportionate response"…
The victim, 13, was attacked in Bethnal Green in August 2024. A £10,000 reward has been put up for information leading to a conviction. The victim reported seeing two men on Whitechapel Road who led her into Weavers…
Though, of the two teams, Fulham should be in better spirts having held Liverpool to a goalless draw and then beating West Ham in the Carabao Cup over the past week. Arbeloa made nine changes to the team that started at…
Sentencing him at the Old Bailey to a life term, Judge Angela Rafferty KC said he had held a grudge against Sherzad "based on a false suggestion of misconduct" and had been "effectively stalking him down like prey".…
Armed police found the injured boys after forcing their way into a flat in Friskney in November 2022 following a stand-off lasting several hours. Ann Marie McEvoy, 45, of Church Walk, Colchester, was tasered and…
A review of cases has found hundreds of patients have come to harm during treatment in the breast unit at the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT). The trust, which has been the subject of a BBC…
For example, you might vent to a friend about your awful boss, and if they're shocked it could confirm you're being treated badly. "I also think people can have a lot of shame when things aren't working out, and we like…
Prosecutors at Canterbury Crown Court said Atak created a risk of death or serious personal injury to others on board the boat. At the time, the so-called "mega dinghy" set a record for the largest number of migrants…