Last month, BBC’s Radio Manchester posted a short video about a lesson that was taught to children at Bewsey Lodge Primary School in Warrington, England.

The video shows the teacher, Sarah Hopson, instructing her class of youngsters to pretend to be a fictional fairytale character named “Prince Henry” and write a love letter to the prince’s servant “Thomas,” telling Thomas why it would be a “brilliant idea” for them to get married.

According to BBC, the school teaches children from an early age about LGBT relationships. The video shows students being taught about same-sex marriage through the writing of a love letter.

“They are going to go out into that world and find this diversity around them and they’ll find that at a young age as well,” Hopson told BBC. “And the more they can be accepting at this age, you are not going to face it further on because the children will be accepting now and will be accepting this diversity around them.”

The primary school, which has about 345 students, prides itself on being LGBT inclusive.

According to BBC, the school has as gender-neutral uniform policy in which students can choose which uniform they want to wear so as not to offend students who might struggle with gender dysphoria and identify as a member of the opposite sex.

Additionally, the school has all age groups take part in lessons about LGBT inclusivity.

Over the summer, Bewsey Lodge became the first school in its region to win the pro-LGBT “Educate and Celebrate” Best Practice Gold Award, which is awarded to schools that tackle “homophobic,…

A landmark report released Sunday from the world’s top climate change group said “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” are required to ward off the worst impacts of global warming.

The report, released in South Korea by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said that the world’s economies must quickly reduce fossil fuel use while at the same time dramatically increasing use of clean, efficient energy. These transitions must start now and be well underway in the next 20 years.

The goal is to cap global warming at 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, which the group said may prove nearly impossible unless swift action is taken.

Limiting warming to that level would significantly reduce the risk of climate impacts such as water scarcity, flood and drought, extreme heat, tropical cyclones, biodiversity loss, and sea level rise, the report stated.

Global warming, aka climate change, is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal that release greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, which has warmed the planet to levels that cannot be explained by natural causes.

This report shows the longer we wait, “the more difficult, the more expensive and the more dangerous it will be,” said Bill Hare, a physicist with the nonprofit group Climate Analytics.

World governments requested the report be prepared after the Paris Agreement was adopted in December 2015 to combat climate change. Nations agreed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in order to hold the increase in…

Royal Caribbean is throwing itself a blow-out anniversary party, and you’re all invited.

The Miami-based cruise giant has revealed plans for a “50 Years Bold Birthday Cruise” to celebrate its 50th anniversary, which is taking place this year.

Kicking off in Miami on November 2, 2019, the one-week voyage will take place on Royal Caribbean’s new Symphony of the Seas — the world’s largest cruise ship.

Billed as the “biggest, boldest birthday party ever,” the cruise will feature special events and surprise performers, according to the line. It’ll also include a stop at Royal Caribbean’s soon-to-be-revamped private island, CocoCay.

Royal Caribbean was founded in 1968 by a trio of Norwegian shipping companies. Its first ship, Song of Norway, began sailing in 1970.

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The former president of Interpol sent his wife a message with a picture of a knife on it shortly before his unexplained disappearance in China.

Grace Meng told reporters Sunday that she believes the WhatsApp message from her husband Meng Hongwei, elected to lead the international police agency for a four-year term in 2016, was intended to warn her that he was in danger.

China’s ruling Communist Party said Monday in a short statement that it is investigating the Chinese national for bribery and other crimes. The statement did not specify whether Meng Hongwei was under arrest, or even still in China.

French judicial officials said Friday the 64-year-old went missing while on a trip home to China late last month. Interpol is headquartered in Lyon, France. Interpol said it received Meng Hongwei’s resignation letter Sunday with “immediate effect.” Interpol made no mention of Meng Hongwei’s suspected whereabouts or sudden resignation.

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