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The closing dates for the Halifax branch in Southend and the Lloyds branch in Chelmsford have been revealed.

A group of American supporters went viral for being 'too nice', singing in a placid manner: 'We support the US, the US, the US, and that's the way we like it, we like it, we love it!'

Young people have been packing their bags and abandoning rented accommodation amid fears properties could be targeted in a wave of violence.

A couple complained to Shropshire Homes - who built the estate in Orleton, Herefordshire - but the issue remains unresolved almost three years later.

DJ Fat Tony has revealed he was 'asked' to appear on This Morning to shed light on the Beckham family feud earlier this year. 

Linux app packaging rethink could leave alternative-init distros in the cold

Sergei Krajev (pictured), 64, was attacked on the pavement while his bus was parked on Battersea Bridge, shortly after 12.30am on May 18 this year.

Charles Kinston died on January 29 2024 after he was hit on land in the village of Bretby, Derbyshire.

It has a wide range of authentic Asian groceries

Victoria Beckham received a tender kiss from her long-time pal Tom Cruise while watching her husband David be honoured at Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

A yellow heat-health alert has been issued for the East of England and Essex with health warnings issued.

A yellow heat-health alert has been issued for the East of England and Essex with health warnings issued.

An 18-year-old accused of the murder has been named

Armed with three knives and a metal scaffolding pole, Valdo Calocane prowled the streets of Nottingham on June 13, 2023 hunting for victims.

Futurism reports: in a new essay for The Chronicle Higher Education, university-level literature and writing instructor Tyler Jagt recalls how not a single one of his students could get through an assigned 20-page article, something that he had read "without complaint" as an undergraduate a decade ago. One student confessed that the reason they didn't finish was that they kept losing track of what the paper was about. And there's no doubt that they're not alone. Jagt cites the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading assessment results released last year. It showed that 12th grade reading scores were at the lowest level since the assessment began in 1992. Nearly a third of those 12th graders scored below the assessment's "basic" level in reading, meaning they likely "cannot draw general conclusions based on concepts presented explicitly in a text." Younger children aren't better off: a recent report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that 70 percent of fourth graders, or around two million kids, can't read at a proficient level. "What I am seeing in my classroom is no longer a hunch," Jagt writes. "There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing, and the academy is responding to it with improvisation and exhaustion rather than the structural overhaul it requires...." Jagt cites an MIT study that found users who used ChatGPT during cognitive tasks like writing essays showed lower brain activity in areas associated with creativity compared to students who only used a traditional Google Search or didn't lookup information at all. An astonishing 83 percent of the AI users couldn't quote a single line from the essays they had just written, and capstoning the alarm, the brain activity in the AI users didn't return to normal when they were later asked to write without AI... On our pernicious pocket devices, Jagt touted a 2017 study that found that simply having a smartphone physically nearby — even if it's face down or turned off — reduced available cognitive capacity and impaired cognitive functioning. "So when a student tells me they 'kept losing track' of a 20-page article, I have to acknowledge that they may be describing a measurable neurological condition," Jagt wrote. "The neural pathways that support sustained attention are built by use, and they atrophy without it. Your body is a use-it-or-lose-it system, and the brain is no exception." Sunday an "Ask Reddit" question went viral — drawing over 11,000 upvotes — for its question to any teachers reading Reddit. "Is the 'Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)' crisis real? If so how bad is it?" Some responses... "The run of the mill non-honors kids have gotten really bad," posted one high school teacher. "Very low tolerance for working hard, very short attention span, very short stamina for active listening... It's the group that is the most worrying because a decade ago, I'd estimate that maybe 10-20% of kids at a school are like this, and now it's probably 40-50% of each graduating class... Then there's of course the bottom 10-20% kids (excluding the special ed/severe/moderate learning disability kids). This is what the viral videos are about and it's not an exaggeration. They can't read, write, or do very basic math like multiplication or division as a 17 year old." "This is the first year the MAJORITY of my class cheated on their first essays...." posted one high school English teacher. "It was also the first year a kid yelled 'We don't care about your fucking books, Miss!' while I was in front of the class presenting books they might be interested in for their book reviews... Almost all of them cheated on the book review they had to write." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the article.

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Camilla Bains was once so close to her children that daughter Sonia, a doctor for the FA and for Premier League clubs, donated one of her kidneys to save her ailing mother's life.

PwC says AI hiring jumped 61 percent despite wider slowdown in vacancies, with employers increasingly looking for workers who can use AI rather than build it

The 21-year-old died at the scene of the stabbing

Beloved by everyone from Meghan Markle to Brad Pitt, herbal tea's appeal is in its varied and broad health claims, including supporting sleep, digestion and even easing menopause symptoms.

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