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Should travel companies be forced to cut prices in school holidays? Have your say
Friday 28th March 2025The issue of rising holiday prices during school breaks has long been a thorn in the side for many parents, and now it seems Labour's Education Secretary is equally concerned...
Headlines: Police horse cuts, CPR and Glastonbury Festival
Wednesday 26th March 2025A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on 26 March, 2025...
Concern for police horses as unit set to close
Wednesday 26th March 2025A woman who sold her horse to the police says she is warned he may become "a commodity"...
Future farmers told about the value of horse power
Saturday 22nd March 2025A pair of heavy horses are used to show how they still have a role in modern land management...
“Unexpected” - Gloucester AC sprinter Ella Edwards on English U20 silver, 60m PB, US scholarship and Keely Klassic after “horrendous 2024 season”
Thursday 20th March 2025Former Barnwood Park School, and Hartpury College student has accepted an athletics scholarship at Jacksonville State UniversityRead full story...
National news
Schools in Puerto Rico are bracing for Trump cuts after gains made during the Biden years
Friday 28th March 2025The island, with the seventh-largest school district in the US, is unusually reliant on federal fundingMaraida Caraballo Martínez has been an educator in Puerto Rico for 28 years and the principal of the elementary school Escuela de la Comunidad Jaime C Rodriguez for the past seven...
Pizzas, iPads and praise stamps: pupils reap rewards for attending school
Thursday 27th March 2025Schools combining incentives with sanctions saw better response than those relying purely on punishmentPizza parties and iPads are being offered to pupils as incentives to improve school attendance, according to a new report which says sanctions alone are less likely to work...
Banning us from social media is ‘neither practical nor effective’, UK teenagers say
Thursday 27th March 2025UK youth parliament concludes tech firms should do more to protect users from violent and inappropriate contentBanning teenagers from social media is neither a “practical nor effective” solution to the growing problem of youth violence, young people from across the UK have told MPs...
School dinner payment app criticised for £10 refund fee
Thursday 27th March 2025After pulling out of the market Squid is charging parents who want to withdraw their remaining fundsA payments company that was used by parents to pay for school dinners has drawn criticism for charging them £10 to withdraw the remaining funds in their accounts after it pulled out of the market...
Special needs schools way over capacity in England
Thursday 27th March 2025There were 8,000 more secondary pupils in special schools than places in 2023-24, official figures show...
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