Schools in the Tees Valley join a scheme that aims to end bed poverty among children.

Schools seeking 10,000 beds for exhausted pupils

The mother of a teenager who died of a brain tumour is planning a charity wing walk despite being afraid of heights. Clair Todd from Cambois, Northumberland, will be tied to a flying biplane later to raise money for cancer research in honour of her son Connor. The 15-year-old was...

Mum plans wing walk in memory of son, 15

Last-ditch appeals to prevent a rural primary school closing look set to be rejected by councillors despite a campaign by villagers to save it. St Hilda's Primary School in Ampleforth currently has just 13 pupils and North Yorkshire Council is set to close it in September. Letters of objections from...

Final bid to save primary school with 13 pupils

Six Derbyshire schools will share almost £5m to create places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). New classrooms and refurbished indoor and outdoor spaces are to be created to allow existing schools to accommodate extra SEND pupils. The investment of £4,838,000 signed off by Derbyshire County...

Almost £5m to create SEND spaces at six schools

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Pennsylvania State

The small Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania is reeling after the FBI named a young local man, Thomas Matthew Crooks, as the person who shot at Donald Trump during a campaign rally and shocked the nation. Investigators believe that Crooks, armed with an AR-style rifle, opened fire at...

Thomas Matthew Crooks: What we know about the Trump attacker

Clarke County, MS

Mississippi News Group

In a tragic turn of events, 14-year-old Chquese Porter has been denied bond following his formal charging as an adult in the shooting death of 12-year-old Caleb Bender. The incident occurred around 1:00 am on June 29th, 2024, at a residence on River Rd near the intersection of Leola St in the Town of Stonewall, according to a press release from the Clarke County Sheriff.

Bond Denied for 14-Year-Old Charged with Murder in Clarke County

Two men who were found guilty of stabbing to death another man to "settle a score" after an argument have been jailed for life. Alga Lutondo, 33, and Halgon Randon, 44, both from Harehills, Leeds, trawled their neighbourhood on bikes to look for Daneiko Ferguson on 15 February last year.

Two jailed for life for man's revenge murder

Police say the investigation into the attack is in the early stages, but no-one was hurt.

Shots fired at property on residential street

Video footage shows a gunman who opened fire at a rally for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on a roof. The FBI says it is treating the incident as an assassination attempt. One bystander was killed in the shooting and two others were critically injured, police said.

Video shows Trump rally shooter on roof

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Police make the discovery after searching a river in the Cambridgeshire Fens.

Bodies of man and woman in their 80s found in river

The Mirror US

Former Metropolitan Police officer Mark Williams-Thomas has spoken out on how Jay Slater's disappearance from the Canary Island has links to an "established criminal network"

Jay Slater disappearance has links to 'established criminal network' in Tenerife, ex-cop says

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry looked at the school where the future King Charles was educated.

King's school: Gordonstoun abuse flourished for decades

The Independent

Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old girl killed in a knife attack after her parents appeared in court charged over her death.Scarlett Vickers died on Friday in Darlington after suffering a single stab wound, court papers showed.Police and paramedics were called to an address in Geneva Road at shortly after 11pm on Friday.She was pronounced dead at the scene, Durham Constabulary said.Simon Vickers and Sarah Hall – both of Geneva Road in Darlington – have been charged with Scarlett’s murder. They both appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on Monday.No plea was entered and Vickers and Hall were remanded...

Tributes paid to ‘lovely’ 14-year-old killed in knife attack as parents appear in court charged with murder

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

Greg Smith, who was outside the rally, tells the BBC he tried to alert the police.

Witness says he saw gunman on roof near Trump rally

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the NCMEC, 15 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Not included in that number are those who have been missing in Missouri since June 2024.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

An expert in child medicine told a coroner's court that a four-year-old girl who died shortly after a fruitless wait in A&E may have survived if she had been seen by doctors. Makenna-Rose Thackray from Rothwell in West Yorkshire, died two days after being taken to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield when she coughed up blood.

Hospital care may have saved girl's life - inquest

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

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School opens garden in memory of five pupils

Penny Field School lost five pupils in six months and wants to celebrate their lives and...

School opens garden in memory of five pupils

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