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Girl called police after she was shot four times in shooting spree that left six dead, including gunmanA 13-year-old girl in Michigan survived being shot four times in a shooting spree that left six people dead – including the suspected attacker – and called emergency help herself shortly before investigators identified the gunman, according to a state police official and her family.Those actions made the teen a “hero”, said a relative of hers as well as two of the dead victims. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/michigan-shooting-girl-survives Author : Michael Sainato Publish date : 2026-08-16 15:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Detectives say 55-year-old man arrested and appeal for anyone who witnessed altercation in WakefieldPolice in West Yorkshire have launched a murder investigation into the death of a man after being bitten by a dog.Officers were dispatched to Wakefield just after 1.30pm on Saturday, after receiving reports that an altercation that had taken place a short time earlier on an old trainline footpath. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/16/murder-inquiry-death-man-bitten-by-dog-wakefield-west-yorkshire Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent Publish date : 2026-08-16 13:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Housing secretary says developers will have to prove there’s no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shakeupAll pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shakeup of planning laws in England to be presented by Angela Rayner this week.The housing secretary will publish a new national planning policy framework aimed at loosening planning laws even further to help build 3m homes by the end of the parliament. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/16/angela-rayner-pubs-developers-houses-offices-planning-shakeup Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Publish date : 2026-08-16 10:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and developJared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global campaigns for smartphone bans in schools and social media restrictions for under-16s, the neuroscientist wants to raise the alarm about educational technology in classrooms.A former teacher, Horvath believes the use of screens and digital tools in schools is undermining how children learn and develop. “This might be one of the hardest truths our generation has to face,” he writes in his book, The Digital Delusion. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/16/neuroscientist-screen-use-schools-educational-technology-jared-cooney-horvath Author : Sally Weale Education