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Cranes return to the UK due to rewilding effort
Thursday 2nd April 2026Cranes are still on the endangered species list but there are now 87 breeding pairs in Somerset, say conservationists...
Memorabilia from record-breaking racehorse on sale
Tuesday 31st March 2026Kauto Star won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice and the King George VI Chase at Kempton five times...
'Overtourism getting worse in Venice of the Cotswolds'
Tuesday 31st March 2026More than 200 residents respond to a survey about the impact of tourism on the area...
Cheltenham cancels final three racing fixtures
Monday 30th March 2026Cheltenham racecourse cancels the remaining three fixtures of the season to allow for improvements to drainage...
Eggs thrown at LGBTQ+ venue in 'suspected hate crime'
Friday 27th March 2026Gloucestershire Constabulary releases images of three teenagers officers want to speak to...
National news
Labour is letting down Britain’s children, says National Education Union leader
Thursday 2nd April 2026Daniel Kebede tells his members that detail in new policies ‘just does not deliver’ and schools are ‘running on empty’The leader of the UK’s biggest education union has torn into the government’s record on schools, accusing Labour of letting down the nation’s children and failing to deliver on its promises for education...
Teachers made ill by rats and hit by toaster receive share of £15m payout
Thursday 2nd April 2026Details about compensation for personal injury awarded to UK school staff revealed by NASUWTA teacher who became ill from a rat infestation and another who was injured after a pupil threw a toaster and chair are among UK school staff who received a share of £15m paid out in compensation...
Chris Rokos: the camera-shy billionaire behind the biggest UK university donation in modern times
Thursday 2nd April 2026The 55-year-old is one of the most successful hedge fund managers of his generationWhen Chris Rokos decided to donate a record £190m to the University of Cambridge to set up a “school of government” this week, it became the latest mega project carried out in the hedge fund billionaire’s name...
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Thursday 2nd April 2026Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solvingPupils using artificial intelligence are losing their capacity for critical thinking, according to a survey of secondary school teachers in England...
Special needs teacher 'threw stones at pupils'
Wednesday 1st April 2026Thomas Hayward and Alison Simmons worked at the Build-a-Future Independent School in Boston...
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