My sister in Canada is regularly reduced to giggles at our idea of "snow" = where she lives anything less than several feet is considered trivial, come to think of it, the Germans and Scandinavians I know are the same.
I know I have become a wuss since moving to the soft south - never missed a day off school in Scotland even in the winter of (was it?) 1963 when we had 20ft drifts for weeks on the A7. Mind you I wasn't driving then and like most children for me snow meant sledging, snowballs,snowmen and fun!
Legal ban on smartphones, schools in England
Will Replacing School Uniforms With Tracksuits......
What were your dream names for your kids when you were growing up?
Good Morning Tuesday 21st April 2026
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