A family in Linden risk losing their home following a fire in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire has destroyed majority of the ground floor, about 80 per cent. The damage to the second floor is not known yet. Linden primary school is holding a collection to help the family. […]
Standing on the scales, I cried, as I had lost another few pounds. “I can’t keep doing this to myself,” I thought. “But I need to, I have to be skinnier. I need to do this.” I was 15 years old, struggling at school and work, struggling with family life, struggling to keep myself alive. […]
One way education is often described is as a way of ‘preparing you for life in the outside world’. In reality, however, there are many areas in which it falls short of hitting the mark. Take money, for example. In school, you are taught how to add, subtract, divide and even do the wizardry which […]