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Harrow Council’s Environmental Enforcement Team has claimed to the girl’s father they caught her in the act (Picture: Shutterstock/Richard Coomber) A five-year-old girl from north london has been fined £1,000 and threatened with court appearances after she was caught ‘fly-tipping’. Harrow Council’s Environmental Enforcement Team told the girl’s father they caught her in the act. But the dad has argued that she is in fact five-years-old, and trying to fine her was ‘absurd’. The council first sent a letter on November 20 saying the child was ‘witnessed by a uniformed officer… committing the offence of fly-tipping’. It has since come…

COMECE advocates for the unique contribution of Religious Education at the European Schools in latest position paper. The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) publishes a position paper titled ‘Religious Education in the European Schools – A Unique and Essential Contribution to the Next Generation of Europeans’ on Wednesday, 18 December 2024. The document underscores the importance of preserving the religious and testimonial dimension of faith within the educational mission of European Schools. Read Position Paper Building on the vision and mission of the European Schools regarding Religious Education, the document reflects on the importance of Religious Education in Europe today.…

Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice has won the Italian dance show Ballando con le Stelle, months after leaving the UK and the BBC in the wake of a probe into allegations of abuse.Pernice, 34, and his partner Bianca Guaccero, 43, were crowned the victors of the 19th season of the hit reality programme on Saturday.The programme is likened to the Italian “equivalent of Dancing With The Stars”.The duo, who also recently confirmed they were a romantic couple, took to social media to celebrate their win.Pernice shared a clip of himself and Guaccero shortly after they were crowned the…

Albania’s prime minister has said the government will shut down the social media service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.Albanian authorities held 1,300 meetings with teachers and parents following the stabbing death of a teenager in November by another teenager after a quarrel that started on TikTok.Prime Minister Edi Rama, speaking at a meeting with teachers and parents, said TikTok “would be fully closed for all. … There will be no TikTok in the Republic of Albania”. Mr Rama said the shutdown would begin at some point next year.TikTok has asked for…

People standing in front of the Paris special criminal court, on December 20, 2024, ahead of the verdict against eight people linked to the murder of Samuel Paty in 2020. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP Rarely was the verdict of a terrorist trial so eagerly awaited and scrutinized. Perhaps more than any other terrorist attack, the murder of Samuel Paty, who was decapitated on October 16, 2020, just a few meters from his school, has powerfully highlighted the fragilities and the strengths of a pillar of democracy: freedom of expression. This fundamental right had been the theme of the class…

Infant sleep is multiphasic, with many naps over 24 hours, before gradually becoming predominantly nocturnal from 4 to 6 months. JOHNÉR/PHOTONONSTOP With circles under their eyes and nerves on edge, parents of young children are flooded with sometimes contradictory advice on how to get their child to sleep. Clueless, some turn to a third party, such as sleep coaches, in order to find nocturnal respite. On Parents magazine’s Instagram account, one mother recounted her experience: “Our daughter still wasn’t sleeping through the night at seven months. (…) We needed a pacifier, to swaddle her, it took an infinite amount of…

“Dizziness, vomiting and in the worst cases, cardiac arrest, stroke and even death,” is the first thing Google responds when you type “alcohol and Diazepam.” However, Carla (not her real name), 15, and her friends don’t seem to give it any importance: “On special occasions, like New Year’s or the end of the school year, we mix alcohol with Diazepam so that we get high sooner,” she commented. this Thursday in the vicinity of Almansa Park, in the University City of Madrid. She and her friends started drinking approximately a year ago, coinciding with what has been reported for years…

Trump-walks-by-Elon-Musk-during-the-America-First-Policy.jpg” />On Friday evening, the tech billionaire called for Olaf Scholz’s immediate resignation. The day after the attack in Magdeburg, Elon Musk published further messages: Germany should have extradited the Saudi assassin.The billionaire and advisor to the next US President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, sharply criticized the German authorities and the federal government after the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market. On Sunday night, Trump’s designated Vice President JD Vance also got in and indirectly recommended – like Musk before him – the election of the AfD.“It’s so dangerous when people control their borders. So, so dangerous. The level of…

There is apparently a threat of medical collapse in the embattled north of the Gaza Strip. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital is pushing for aid supplies. Meanwhile, the Israeli army continues its attacks in Gaza. Gaza: Last intact clinic in northern Gaza calls for international help

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Saturday announced the shutdown of TikTok for at least one year from 2025. The decision comes after a 14-year-old student was stabbed to death by a classmate last month in a fight that had started on social media.  Albania to shut down TikTok for one year after fatal school stabbing