The frontman of indie sensations The Snuts has revealed why the band will never collaborate with Lewis Capaldi – despite hailing from the same town in West Lothian. The insight came as Jack Cochrane spoke with host Chris Difford – founding member of the band Squeeze – for the latest episode in a new, fourth series of the podcast I Never Thought It Would Happen, from the charity Help Musicians. When talking about the band’s choice to continue to play smaller venues, despite their significant...
Colorado communities have transformed schools into welfare agencies as tens of thousands of children of illegal immigrants enroll.
Labour-run Monmouthshire County Council says almost a quarter of children are not accepting a free meal under a new scheme - and that many prefer processed foods.
KATHARINE BIRBALSINGH: A school should be free to do what is right for the pupils it serves. The court's decision is therefore a victory for all schools.
Schavey Road Elementary School in DeWitt, a town outside Lansing, Michigan, planned the mini-lesson for first-graders in the new few weeks but received an avalanche of threats that terrified its staff.
The school in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, was put in lockdown after a schoolgirl allegedly lashed out with a butterfly knife and a 'Code Red' was announced over the speaker system.
A council report says an increasing number of parents are refusing school places offered to them.
School breakfast programs? Has anyone bothered to find out why some children are coming to school without having eaten breakfast? Have their parents been confronted with this unacceptable situation? It is the parents’ responsibility to feed their children, not the school’s. If parents cannot afford to feed them, then grocery vouchers should be provided by […]
Drivers caught speeding outside a school are to be asked to come inside and
Taylor Swift has often sung about her high school experience, but what was it really like for her before she dropped out to pursue her music career?
The United States’ top institutions and assets for higher education are being lost to extremists.
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