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Schools are set to give students anti-misogyny lessons in the wake of hit Netflix TV show Adolescence about a teen boy who murders a female classmate. The classes form part of the government's new relationships, health and sex education (RHSE) guidance, which will be introduced before the end of the academic year. It comes after Sir Keir Starmer revealed at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday that he was watching the mini-series with his two teenagers - and that he backs the show creators' calls for it to be shown in parliament and schools. The four-episode programme follows the Miller family,...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allegations from his interview with Tucker Carlson. During the interview posted to X on Thursday night, Putin claimed that Johnson “dissuaded” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from coming to an agreement with Russia and avoiding a war entirely. According to Putin, an agreement had already been outlined in a document.“He put his signature and then he himself said, ‘We were ready to sign it, and the war would have been over long ago. However, Prime Minister Johnson came to talk us [Ukraine] out of it, and we’ve missed that...

Boris Johnson today praised the bravery of a South Wales Tory who became the UK's first openly transgender MP and also revealed he was the victim of rape and a £50,000 blackmail plot. Jamie Wallis, 37, who represents Bridgend, revealed he 'wants to be' trans and is 'not ok' after someone tried to extort cash from him in return for silence about his secret. His blackmailer was jailed for two years and nine months in 2021, he said. He also explained his conviction for crashing his Mercedes and fleeing the scene last September was as a result of suffering from...