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More than half of British state school teachers say they have worked with children who were homeless or became homeless in the last three years. A new study by housing charity Shelter reveals that it is now commonplace to see children grappling with problems stemming from homelessness when they should be focused on their lessons. […]

Vodafone UK has pledged to give free connectivity to 250,000 disadvantaged school children this winter – to give them internet access at home. It will allow them to access schoolwork, catch up on lost learning and continue their education if they need to isolate. The launch of the emergency package – SIMs with a 30GB […]

A rapist is in “a really bad way” after plunging 40ft from a prison balcony. Chinese restaurant worker Ji Ren Lin, raped a 17-year-old girl when she was intoxicated in a city centre in what a judge described as “an appalling crime.” The teenager went on to take her own life. Now 32, Lin has […]

Two pals who were inseparable in their teens but lost touch more than 70 years ago have been reunited at a care home. Marion Darbyshire, 91, and Winnie Shaw, 94, became friends while working six days a week as sewing apprentices. But they went their separate ways when Winnie left Coops factory in Wigan, Lancashire, […]

The family of a mum who went missing 27 years ago say police are treating it as a possible murder. Davina McMillan, 36, was last seen alive at the home she shared with her four-year-old daughter Rebecca. The former RAF servicewoman was reported missing by her brother Gary Coulson one month later but no trace […]

The body of a “vulnerable” 16-year-old girl was left in an ‘unrecognisable’ state in woodland, a court heard. Shane Mays, of Havant, Hampshire, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court charged with the murder of Louise Smith, who disappeared on VE Day this year. Her body was found 13 days later partially burned in woodland […]