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Teen who killed two in crash filmed herself speeding on Snapchat
Saturday 14th February 2026Taxi driver Octavian Codreanu and his passenger Moyra Whelan died in a four-vehicle pile-up...
Teacher at Gloucestershire girls' school spent night in former pupil's uni accommodation
Friday 13th February 2026He stayed in her bed just weeks after she started universityRead full story...
Men leave restaurant without paying £329 bill
Thursday 12th February 2026Police say the men each ordered a three-course meal on New Year's Eve but left without paying...
Ex-Gloucester-Hartpury title winner Lake announces retirement at 35
Wednesday 11th February 2026Kerin Lake says it has been an honour to wear the Welsh jersey and thanks her friends and family for their support...
Festival announces line-up amid expansion plans
Tuesday 10th February 2026The festival at Cheltenham Racecourse plans to expand in celebration of its 20th year...
'Anxious' residents prepare for more flooding
Monday 9th February 2026Heavy downpours are set to batter Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire throughout Monday...
Teachers strike over 'abusive' pupil behaviour
Wednesday 4th February 2026The strike has been called "extremely rare" as teachers ask the school to stamp out bad behaviour...
Cotswolds parking scheme given £20k funding
Tuesday 3rd February 2026Three transport projects in an area covering Gloucestershire to Dorset are given a combined £60k...
Penguins named after Only Fools and Horses trio
Monday 26th January 2026Birdland hopes the names of the Humboldt penguins will strike up meaningful conversations...
Private school to close after 106 years
Friday 23rd January 2026The school in the Cotswolds will close this summer due to falling pupil numbers...
100-year-old Rendcomb College announces closure at the end of the school year
Friday 23rd January 2026It says it is no longer financially viableRead full story...
'Patients cleaned in corridors as staff struggle'
Thursday 22nd January 2026A critical care nurse says he worries corridor care is becoming "normalised" in the NHS...
'Drug-user turns life around' and 'school standoff'
Saturday 17th January 2026A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England...
Snow closes Gloucestershire schools with more disruption on the way
Friday 9th January 2026A new weather warning has just been activatedRead full story...
School closures and travel disruption as storm hits
Friday 9th January 2026Wintry weather is causing travel disruption across Gloucestershire, Bristol and Wiltshire...
Cheltenham sign Nurse and Bickerstaff
Thursday 8th January 2026Cheltenham Town sign left-back George Nurse while striker Jake Bickerstaff also agrees a permanent deal with the League Two club...
Young woman admits causing death of taxi driver and school teacher in Cotswolds crash
Tuesday 6th January 2026The crash also left three others seriously hurtRead full story...
Primary school shuts after electrical fault causes heating loss
Tuesday 6th January 2026It's not known when the school will reopenRead full story...
Gloucestershire school partly closes as 'the building is not safe'
Tuesday 6th January 2026'Severe' flooding has caused damageRead full story...
West traditions we have to look forward to in 2026
Friday 2nd January 2026A round-up of the yearly events in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire that define where we live...
Record crowd for New Year's Day Cheltenham meeting
Thursday 1st January 2026Cheltenham Racecourse welcomes more than 44,000 spectators as its New Year's Day fixture sells out for the first time...
Film to highlight changing face of the Cotswolds
Monday 29th December 2025Farmers of all ages and walks of life feature in the film, which will be shown in local schools...
Volunteers boost children's enjoyment of reading
Friday 26th December 2025Charity Read With Me says schools report improvements in ability and engagement...
Father found son “bloodied and lifeless” at school car park
Tuesday 23rd December 2025A 17-year-old girl has been sentenced after her friend climbed onto the bonnet of a car she was driving in Brecon High School car park before he fell, hit his head and suffered life-changing injuriesRead full story...
'Aggressive' driver mounts pavement and nearly hits students after overtaking cars and school bus
Friday 19th December 2025He had been aggressively beeping his hornRead full story...
National news archive
San Francisco teachers strike ends as tentative deal reached with district
Friday 13th February 2026School district says students will return next week after teachers demanded higher wages and more health benefitsSan Francisco teachers who have been on strike over wages and family health benefits have reached a tentative agreement with the school district...
What is the new gender guidance for schools and colleges in England?
Friday 13th February 2026Advice on how to respond to students questioning their birth gender has been updated...
'Locking my phone away at school reduces stress'
Friday 13th February 2026Solihull's Alderbrook School has implemented a smartphone ban and some pupils have welcomed it...
More exam stress at 15 linked to higher risk of depression as young adult – study
Thursday 12th February 2026UK charity warns against excessive academic pressure and suggests reducing the number of high-stakes testsExam stress at age 15 can increase the risk of depression and self-harm into early adulthood, research suggests...
Declines in health and education in poor countries ‘harming earning potential’
Thursday 12th February 2026World Bank says children born today could earn 51% more over lifetime if their country’s human capital improvedDeteriorating health, education and training in many developing countries is dramatically depressing the future earnings of children born today, the World Bank has said...
Coroner says school record gaps pose risk to lives
Thursday 12th February 2026After the death of Georgia Scarff, a coroner says safeguarding record-keeping should be standardised...
'Vast majority' of parents should be told if children question their gender, schools told
Thursday 12th February 2026School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils...
Declining health and education in poor countries harms earning potential, World Bank says
Thursday 12th February 2026Report says children born today could earn 51% more over lifetime if their country’s human capital improvedDeteriorating health, education and training in many developing countries is dramatically depressing the future earnings of children born today, the World Bank has said...
Susie Dent’s tips and tricks to add muscle to a child’s vocabulary
Thursday 12th February 2026To help combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestionsChildren’s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie DentChildren’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, the Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent has suggested, as she urged families to read, talk and play word games to boost language development...
Children’s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie Dent
Thursday 12th February 2026Exclusive: Countdown lexicographer urges families to read, talk and play word games to help language developmentSusie Dent’s tips and tricks to add muscle to a child’s vocabularyChildren’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, according to the lexicographer Susie Dent, who is urging families to read, talk and play word games to boost language development...
'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question their gender, schools told
Thursday 12th February 2026School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils...
Gender guidance for English primary school pupils permits use of different pronouns
Thursday 12th February 2026DfE guidance urges teachers to respond to social transition requests ‘with caution’ and includes Cass report findingsPrimary school-age children who question their gender could be allowed to use different pronouns under long-awaited government guidance on the subject...
New plan to fix 'ageing and fragile' schools exposed by Raac crisis
Wednesday 11th February 2026Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the government's 10-year strategy is a "turning point" for schools...
Child dies after 'medical emergency' at school
Wednesday 11th February 2026A letter to parents from Collingwood College says a Year 8 child died in an incident on Monday...
NUS urges ‘loan shark’ Reeves to reverse changes to student debt repayment
Wednesday 11th February 2026Policy announced in autumn budget freezes threshold at which students start repaying university loansProtesters dressed as sharks and in Rachel Reeves face masks gathered outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to express their anger over changes to their student loans and their ballooning debt...
English secondary schools must offer inclusion areas for neurodiverse and Send pupils
Wednesday 11th February 2026Special spaces are a key part of government’s planned overhaul of special educational needs supportSecondary schools in England must provide specially designed areas for neurodiverse children and pupils with special educational needs, ministers have said...
School phone policies in England a ‘huge drain’ on staff resources – study
Tuesday 10th February 2026Teachers and admin teams spend 100 hours a week enforcing rules, Birmingham University research findsSmartphone policies in English secondary schools are a “huge drain” on resources, with staff spending on average more than 100 hours a week enforcing restrictions, according to research...
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
Tuesday 10th February 2026As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing...
'A hug, a quick kiss': How to reconnect after having children
Tuesday 10th February 2026Relationships often change after children. Here are ways to help get your partnership back on track...
Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Tuesday 10th February 2026Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data showPolice departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by the 74 reveals...
How these schools are improving behaviour and attendance
Tuesday 10th February 2026The government says schools needing "intensive support" will receive "one-to-one sessions"...
'We are just parents, not a couple': How to reconnect after having kids
Tuesday 10th February 2026Relationships often change after children. Here are ways to help get your partnership back on track...
Number of home-schooled children attending 'social' learning sessions rises
Tuesday 10th February 2026Deb Hadden runs drop-off sessions, where children can play and learn with each other...
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
Tuesday 10th February 2026As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing...
San Francisco teachers begin first strike in nearly 50 years
Monday 9th February 2026Thousands walk out after talks with district failed to reach agreement on wages, healthcare and resources for students with special needsAbout 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike on Monday, the first public schoolteachers strike in the city in nearly 50 years...
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