FURIOUS parents have slammed schools who they claim made their kids "face the wall" for 20 minutes as punishment and stay inside at lunchtime. Pupils at the Wednesfield and Smestow academies in Wolverhampton are said to be forced to follow the draconian new rules. Both schools were taken over by the Matrix Academy Trust at the start of the year. […]

The ship that nobody wanted: How cruise liner carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing to the US from Nazi Germany in WWII was forced to turn around and sail back to Europe – where more than 250 were murdered in the Holocaust MS St Louis was carrying 937 mostly Jewish passengers from Hamburg to Cuba The refugees had visas […]

A Sydney boy who survived a horror helicopter crash that killed his mother and three others on the Gold Coast is off life support and responding well to treatment, his father says. Nicholas Tadros, 10, was critically injured when the helicopter carrying he and his mother collided with another chopper and crashed into a sandbar near Sea World on January […]

Rishi Sunak plans appoint an ‘anti-woke’ tsar who will investigate universities that censure academics for their views A ‘free speech tsar’ with power to investigate universities which censure academics for this views is expected to be announced by the Prime Minister  Whitehall sources say favourite for the role is Cambridge professor Arif Ahmed  Rishi Sunak expected to appoint watchdog to […]

Adult actress Lacey Amour hits back at Travelodge after she and 27 other porn stars filmed X-rated scenes there and says: ‘We face discrimination that other industries don’t’ Lacey Amour, 23, from South Wales defended filming a porn video in the hotel Ms Amour said she did nothing wrong and that her industry faces ‘injustice’ A group of 28 porn […]

University of Kentucky swimmer who competed against UPenn’s Lia Thomas leads group of female athletes DEMANDING NCAA stop biological men from competing in women’s college sports and threaten legal action Riley Gaines and Marshi Smith have both called on the NCAA to ‘protect women’s collegiate sports’ The swimmers protested and are part of a group threatening legal action if their […]

Minnesota Vikings WR Justin Jefferson and Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce were unanimous selections to the AP’s NFL All-Pro team. Jefferson and Kelce were the only two players to get first-team votes from all 50 voters who decide the Associated Press All-Pro ballot. Jefferson has 128 catches for 1,809 yards and eight scores while Kelce was once again the […]

Nicolas Cage issued an emotional statement after ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley's death calling the news "devastating." Lisa Marie, the only child of icon Elvis Presley, passed away on Thursday hours after suffering cardiac arrest. "Lisa had the greatest laugh of anyone I ever met. She lit up every room, and I am heartbroken," Cage tells Yahoo Entertainment. "I find some […]

When the news first broke on June 24 that the US Supreme Court had overturned 1973’s Roe v. Wade, my wellness director, Mirel Zaman, and I immediately jumped into action. As journalists, we understood the impact of the moment; as women, we felt it. When you find out you’re pregnant, you don’t think about the laws of the land. Instead, […]

Universal Parks and Resorts plans to open a new theme park in Frisco, Texas, aimed at younger children and families, the company announced Wednesday. Universal said it recently bought 97 acres of land in Frisco — which is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area — in the hopes of building a more “intimate” theme park that will be “sized […]