“Five Little Ducks” is one of the most popular nursery rhymes for young children. Teachers use it in classrooms to teach counting. Parents sing it during playtime and bedtime. The rhyme has been ...

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Great Britain’s maximum wind generation record was broken on Friday, 5 December, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has confirmed. At 5.30 pm that evening, the nation’s stock of operational ...

A teaching misconduct panel has found the 39-year-old “inappropriately physically restrained” a pupil and then held onto their hands despite their attempts to break free from his grip. A witness said ...

A teacher at a specialist Lancashire school has been banned indefinitely after he inappropriately restrained a pupil whilst singing a nursery rhyme. Benjamin Guilfoyle, formerly employed at The Loyne ...

THE OXFORD NURSERY RHYME BOOK (224 pp.)—assembled by Iona and Peter Opie—Oxford ($4.50). When asked how her garden grew, Mary did not always give the same answer. At least once she replied: “With ...

Members of the crowd on Question Time gasped as Zia Yusuf made a needless dig at a man in the audience last night. The Reform UK politician was branded "typically rude" when he implied the man "hadn't ...

A paedophile nursery worker who filmed himself sexually abusing four children has pleaded guilty to 26 offences. Vincent Chan from north London, admitted his “calculated and predatory pattern of abuse ...

14:43, Tue, Dec 2, 2025 Updated: 14:49, Tue, Dec 2, 2025 Nestled in North Yorkshire, a small town boasts an impressive range of independent shops and buildings dating back to the Anglian era. Settle ...