One child in every classroom has been bullied every single day over the past six months, the survey suggests. Almost half (45 per cent) of 11 to 16-year-olds questioned said they had been bullied face-to-face, and more than a third (34 per cent) have been bullied online, at least once in the last six months. A survey, from the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), suggests that 4 per cent of pupils are being bullied face-to-face or online every day which it says is the equivalent of one child in every classroom.
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, Sadler's Wells, review: an All-male reinvention of the world’s favorite ballet is still a marvel.
Swan Lake with male swans: Matthew Bourne’s reinvention of the world’s favourite ballet is still a marvel. For this revival, he and regular collaborators Lez Brotherston and Paule Constable have refreshed their staging, but the shape and the urgency of Bourne’s storytelling continue to sing out. This is a Swan Lake that taps into the power of the classic the yearning for love, for freedom while finding its own spellbinding imagery.
ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE ROLE MODELS, STUDY CLAIMS.
A study of more than 1,000 children aged 10 to 16 has found more than 25 per cent of them did not have a role model to look up to. Rather than turning to teachers and parents for advice on careers, school work or fitting in, researchers found nearly half of the children polled turned to YouTube instead. Similarly, 37 per cent revealed their first point of call for careers advice was a celebrity, who they tried to contact directly in a bid for help.
J Hus: Rapper jailed for eight months for carrying a knife in London West field shopping center.
J Hus has been jailed for eight months for carrying a knife outside Westfield shopping centre in west London. The Mercury Prize shortlisted rapper, real name Momodou Jallow, was caught with the blade after police stopped a car near the shopping centre in Stratford in June this year. Judge Sheelagh Canavan, who sentenced the 23-year-old at Snaresbrook Crown Court, told the court it was the fourth time police had caught him with a knife.
NASA'S MARS INSIGHT LANDER SENDS BACK STUNNING FIRST SELFIE SAT ON RED PLANET'S SURFACE 'This is me on Mars'
Adults share Elf On The Shelf photos that show the mischievous toy getting up to no good.
Millions of parents have embraced the trend for using a watchful Elf On The Shelf toy to keep their children from misbehaving over the festive period. However, as this gallery of photos shared on Bored Panda reveals, sometimes the elves can be more mischievous than the children they're supposed to be watching. Contributors from around the world have shared snaps of their elves using either the real deal or budget alternatives seemingly trapped in mortal danger; including being frozen in ice and being suspended over the fire.
6.2 million packages go missing your rights if something's taken from your porch.
On one level, the rise of online shopping makes everything easier. But then there's the fear. Will it arrive in time? What if it arrives while I'm out? Will it arrive at all? Worryingly, new figures from insurance firm Policy Expert warn as many as 6.2 million parcels could go missing this Christmas as opportunistic thieves target homes where goods are left unattended.
Shoppers are going crazy for this £3 chocolate Christmas stocking filler from wilko.
Chocoholics rejoice we've got an amazing Christmas gift for you. Shoppers are going wild for a new £3 'Cupcake in a Mug' (was £5, save £2) which cooks in just five minutes in the microwave.
Nine-year-old kills herself after racist bullying at Alabama school.
A nine-year-old girl in Alabama took her own life after experiencing racist bullying in her elementary school. McKenzie Nicole Adams, a fourth-grader at Jones Elementary School, was found dead in her home on December 3 by her grandmother.
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