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Repainting redundant road markings 'waste of cash'
Thursday 9th July 2026Council criticised after road markings outside a now-closed Cotswold school are repainted...
Markings appear on road 'for no apparent reason'
Thursday 9th July 2026Council criticised after road markings outside a now-closed Cotswold school are repainted...
Takeover update at 8 Gloucestershire schools - all you need to know
Thursday 9th July 2026It comes after the schools' former trust ran into serious financial troublesRead full story...
I didn't want to wake up tomorrow, says ex-alcoholic
Thursday 9th July 2026Jess Fry has been sober for one year and nine months and now works at the clinic that helped her...
How prepared is the West for hotter summers?
Monday 6th July 2026Record June heat closed schools and stretched hospitals now experts warn hotter summers are ahead...
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‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
Saturday 11th July 2026Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstrokeThe extreme heat that has hit the UK twice in the past few weeks has left teachers struggling to cope as temperatures in some classrooms climb above 40C, with pupils and staff suffering from heatstroke, nausea and headaches...
Safe from AI: which jobs will help you thrive in the future?
Saturday 11th July 2026Experts say there will still be opportunities ahead in everything from teaching to hotels and the lawEntering the world of work often brings some uncertainty, but now there is another question: how can I AI-proof my career?We asked people from across various industries what they think the impact of AI will be on careers, and which jobs may be less affected...
Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals
Friday 10th July 2026Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loansMost developing countries spent less on education than they did repaying debt last year, according to the UN, at the same time as global aid to education is predicted to decline by up to 30%...
School suspensions fall in England for the first time since Covid
Thursday 9th July 2026The government says the pandemic left a "pernicious legacy", but that teachers are helping pupils turn a corner...
Physical Education review – boisterous, cliche-busting lesson on teen masculinity
Wednesday 8th July 2026Swansea Grand theatreSchool locker room banter has a sinister edge in Jonathan Houlston’s shrewd debut, which pairs the toxic tropes of Adolescence with the group dynamics of Laura Wade’s PoshIn Jonathan Houlston’s strikingly astute and utterly gripping debut play, a school’s locker room is a retreat for its pupils...
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