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Children's Parliament opened up by Katie Amess Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The venture, backed by the Daily Express, is also partnering with online education platform Wakelet and technology giant Microsoft. The Children’s Parliament takes the form of a fully-fledged Parliamentary debate, with half of the children representing the Government and the other Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Watch the Children's Parliament 2022 LIVE NOW in the video above Related articles Sir David Amess's daughter becomes Children's Parliament patron David Amess legacy lives on with launch of Children's Parliament Now re-named the Sir David … [Read more...] about WATCH LIVE: Children’s Parliament 2022 tackles the big issues facing Britain

Britain risks losing the next potential Paul McCartney or David Bowie because it is too expensive for many children to get a foothold in the music industry, a superstar record producer has warned. Paul Epworth , who has worked with stars such as Adele , Rihanna and McCartney, said youngsters without either financial backing or existing connections in the industry are being excluded from a career in music. He has now thrown his weight behind a new two-year diploma in Creative Entrepreneurship for students aged 19 years and over launched this week by the Ivors Academy. The diploma will offer means-tested bursaries for students from modest and underprivileged backgrounds and few formal qualifications to study all aspects of the industry, including music, technology and culture; live music; personal development; entrepreneurship and branding. Mr Epworth, who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for ‘Skyfall’, along with seven Grammys, and will be a tutor and mentor … [Read more...] about Adele producer: Poor children have ‘no hope’ of breaking into music industry

The man who identified victims of the Texas shooting said he found friends' children and one of his former schoolmates lying among the dead. Eulalio Diaz Jr, Uvalde's justice of the peace, had the awful task of identifying the bodies. He acts as coroner because the small town does not have a medical examiner. He said he tried to prepare himself for the worst possible scene, but what he saw went beyond his imagination. On the floor, where all 21 victims died after the gunman barricaded himself in, was teacher Irma Garcia - who one survivor said had tried to shield her pupils from the attack . "She was a year behind me in school, at Uvalde High School. We were together through junior high and high school," Mr Diaz, 49, said. In a town of just 15,000 he said "everybody knows everybody" and among the hellish scene were the children of friends. Mr Diaz said it was an excruciating task as "children don't carry IDs, they don't have name badges". Determined to spare parents … [Read more...] about Texas school shooting: Man who entered classroom to identify victims found friends’ children and ex-schoolmate among dead

Amber Heard claimed several times that she had donated the entire amount - she received after her divorce settlement with her former husband Johnny Depp - to charities. However, a witness recently clarified that Heard didn’t pay promised $3.5 million to the children’s hospital. During the Tuesday court proceedings, a former friend of Whitney Henriquez, Heard’s sister, testified that Heard failed to pay the pledged amount to the children’s charity facility. In a pre-recorded deposition, witness Jennifer Howell confirmed that the Tesla founder Elon Musk made a $250,000 donation to the charity Art of Elyseum on Heard's behalf. However, the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has not yet received $3.5 million pledged. In a pre-recorded deposition played for jurors on Tuesday, the children’s hospital representative Candie Davidson-Goldbronn stated that the Aquaman actress only paid $250,000 of a promised $3.5 million donation. After her divorce from Depp, Heard publicly … [Read more...] about Amber Heard didn’t pay pledged $3.5 million to children’s hospital, witness testifies

Chilling footage appears to show the Texas shooter right before his gun rampage which left 19 children and two teachers dead. Salvador Ramos, 18, opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with an AR-15 assault rifle while clad in body armour on Tuesday afternoon. The first victims have been named as all the children killed were aged between seven and 10. The motive for the attack is so far unclear but the gunman is confirmed to have been killed. Condemning the shooting last night, president Joe Biden said: ‘I had hoped when I became president I would not have to do this — again. ‘Another massacre. Uvalde, Texas. An elementary school. Beautiful, innocent second, third and fourth graders. ‘And how many scores of little children who witnessed what happened — see their friends die, as if they’re in a battlefield, for God’s sake. They’ll live with it the rest of their lives.’ The victims so far identified include Xavier Lopez, 10; Uziyah Garcia, 9; Makenna … [Read more...] about Video shows Texas gunman approaching school before massacre of 19 children

The 18-year-old gunman who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a single classroom and “began shooting anyone that was in his way”, authorities said Wednesday (local time) when detailing the latest mass killing to rock the US . Law enforcement officers eventually broke into the classroom and killed the gunman, who used an AR-style rifle. Police and others responding to Tuesday’s attack also went around breaking windows at the school to enable students and teachers to escape, Lt Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety said on NBC’s Today show. Olivarez told CNN that all the victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary. The killer "barricaded himself by locking the door and just started shooting children and teachers that were inside that classroom”, he said. "It just shows you the complete evil of the shooter.” READ MORE: 'The sweetest little boy': US school shooting … [Read more...] about Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers in US school shooting

Dr Susan Hopkins reveals symptoms for Hepatitis Sign up HERE for science breakthroughs in health, business and more that matter SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info According to the WHO, 169 unexplained cases of acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation , have been reported from across Europe and the Americas as of Friday. These include 114 incidences in the UK, 13 in Spain, 12 in Israel and 9 in the US. The WHO said: “It is not yet clear if there has been an increase in hepatitis cases, or an increase in awareness of hepatitis cases that occur at the expected rate but go undetected.” Related articles Cancer prevention: New DNA analysis finds 'treasure trove' of causes Tiny air bubbles in inner ear caused … [Read more...] about WHO on red alert: Mysterious UK liver disease cases could be linked to new virus outbreak

May 25, 2022 - 19:10 BST Kate Moss' family life revealed: all about her daughter Lila, boyfriend Count Nikolai von Bismarck, ex-boyfriends Pete Doherty and Jamie Hince and half-sister Lottie Moss Everyone's talking about Kate Moss right now after she testified at the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial on Wednesday. MORE: Kate Moss reveals Johnny Depp 'never pushed me' as she testifies in Amber Heard defamation trial Kate Moss was in a relationship with Johnny between 1994 and 1998, having met at New York's trendy Cafe Tabac when she was 20, and the actor 31. "I knew from the first moment we talked that we were going to be together," Kate later said of their meeting. Loading the player... WATCH: Kate Moss testifies at the Depp v Heard trial The supermodel is notoriously private about her personal life, rarely giving interviews. She was famously discovered by Storm model agency founder Sarah … [Read more...] about Kate Moss’ family: model daughter Lila, royal boyfriend, famous exes, parents & more

Anyone who has ever chucked a tennis ball in the general vicinity of a border collie knows that some animals take play very seriously—the intense stare, the tremble of anticipation, the apparent joy with every bounce, all in pursuit of inedible prey that tastes like the backyard. Dogs are far from the only animals that devote considerable time and energy to play. Juvenile wasps wrestle with hive mates, otters toss rocks between their paws, and human children around the world go to great lengths to avoid make-believe lava on the living-room floor. When a dog chases a ball or a child adjudicates relationship disputes in doll-land, something important and meaningful is clearly happening in their minds, says Laura Schulz, a cognitive scientist at MIT. “Play has a lot of peculiar and fascinating properties,” she says. “It’s totally fundamental to learning and human intelligence.” Scientists take play seriously too. For decades, psychologists, evolutionary biologists, and animal … [Read more...] about So What’s the Point of Playtime?

Bethan Blunt and sons Blake, left, and Brody outside Ty Iolo hostel in Barry (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne) Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Bethan Blunt has rejected an offer of a home from her local council because she is concerned about crime in the neighbourhood. The 26-year-old, whose sons Brody and Blake are three years old, said she became homeless in February following the end of a "difficult relationship". She and her children moved into her mum's house, but Bethan said this was not sustainable due to the size of the home. Related articles John Lewis launches new rental service for children’s clothes today Rishi Sunak energy bill … [Read more...] about Mum faces eviction from hostel after turning down home