Local news

Canter secures record third victory at Badminton

Sunday 10th May 2026

Britain's Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo become the first rider and horse combination to win the Badminton Horse Trials three times...

Strikes suspended at school as plan implemented

Friday 8th May 2026

The NEU says some members "still have outstanding concerns about the school's behaviour system"...

More teachers’ strikes at Tewkesbury school called ‘huge disappointment’ by its principal

Thursday 7th May 2026

The action is over the poor behaviour of some pupilsRead full story...

How do I get to the Badminton Horse Trials?

Friday 1st May 2026

The popular equestrian event is returning for its 78th year and is expected to draw crowds of up to 200,000...

Work to begin on new NHS dental hub at university

Monday 27th April 2026

It is hoped the new dental school and treatment centre in Gloucester will address workforce shortages...

National news

Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns

Monday 11th May 2026

Senior academics describe the Judge business school’s proposal to provide services and training as ‘horrifying’Cambridge University’s business school is seeking to provide “leadership development” and “innovation management” to Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry despite concerns over its government’s record on human rights and climate change, the Guardian has learned...

‘One of the greatest invisible tragedies’: is the loss of childhood imagination inevitable?

Sunday 10th May 2026

We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray...

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan

Sunday 10th May 2026

The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose...

‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali display

Saturday 9th May 2026

At the city’s Great Exhibition of 1904, 57 Somali men, women and children cooked, weaved and danced for visitorsIt was, the posters said, a rare chance to see a “little known but interesting people”: a live display of 57 Somali men, women and children who cooked, weaved and danced for the entertainment of hundreds of thousands of Edwardians who flocked to Yorkshire to see them...

Mo Farah urges against possible £120m cut to school sports in England

Thursday 7th May 2026

Athlete and sport bodies call for rethink after health and education departments each propose £60m funding cutsMo Farah and more than 70 leading UK sporting bodies have demanded the government rethink potential £120m cuts to school sports in England, after a clash between two departments over the funding...