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T20 Blast fixtures and groups released for 2026 revamp
Tuesday 25th November 2025Somerset begin the defence of their Vitality Blast crown with a rematch of last season's final, hosting Hampshire Hawks in Taunton on Friday 22 May...
Children told to wear extra layers amid school heating woes
Monday 24th November 2025The heating system at Bishop's Cleeve Academy Primary can only run at 50 per cent capacityRead full story...
Overseas owners of empty high street shops problematic
Monday 24th November 2025Town centres across the country are facing challenges with their high streets, so what's the answer?Read full story...
Free school meals - guidance for schools
Friday 21st November 2025Using the Free School Meals portal Please direct parents/carers to apply using the online portal...
Fears over new special school's name sparks call for children to have say on what it is called
Wednesday 19th November 2025There are concerns the Gloucestershire Academy for Inspirational Learning 'doesn't trip off the tongue'Read full story...
Gloucestershire’s newest pupils beam for adorable first day of school photos
Saturday 15th November 2025Gloucestershire’s newest pupils have started school, captured in a heartwarming photo gallery of first-day memoriesRead full story...
Are sport clubs replacing nightclubs for socialising?
Friday 14th November 2025Many are turning away from alcohol and moving towards more health-conscious ways of socialising...
West of England falls silent for Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 9th November 2025Parades and services were held in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire...
West of England falls silent for Remembrance Day
Sunday 9th November 2025Parades and services were held in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire...
School worker faces trial for pupil sex offences
Friday 7th November 2025Leila Jackson pleaded not guilty to five charges of sexual activity with a boy aged 16 to 17...
Man jailed over illegal cigarettes and tobacco
Friday 7th November 2025Michael Addison was caught in Kidlington with illegal tobacco products in his car...
Man diagnosed with ADHD as adult starts forest school
Tuesday 4th November 2025Craig Johnson opened a forest school in 2024 to help children who are neurodivergent...
'Put horseracing tax money in addiction recovery'
Sunday 2nd November 2025The British Horseracing Authority said the move would cost the industry £66m a year...
Prescribing the beautiful game: Can free tickets help mental health?
Friday 31st October 2025Forest Green Rovers manager Robbie Savage opens up about his mental health, as his club get involved in a scheme to help treat symptoms of depression...
School taxi contracts accused of ‘ripping off’ county
Friday 31st October 2025"They've had it too good for too long and it's ripping off (the council)...
Students praise scheme for tackling GCSEs stress
Tuesday 28th October 2025Sam Coton, from Evesham, runs workshops in schools to help pupils cope with modern life pressures...
Police say incident at nursery was not assault
Monday 27th October 2025Partou Barnwood Day Nursery closed after an assault allegation was made against a member of staff...
Man diagnosed with ADHD later in life is now helping children transform through nature
Monday 27th October 2025'I work with young people who have been excluded from school and others who are home educated'Read full story...
Local places may be prioritised by grammar school
Friday 24th October 2025Cheltenham grammar school aims for fairer admissions,Mitzi Mott reports...
Dad helps 1,000 families with children who have additional needs - 'they have the right to thrive'
Friday 24th October 2025'We advocate for the child’s rights within schools, local authority meetings, tribunals and has saved families hundreds of thousands of pounds'Read full story...
Man claims brother's prison sentence is 'torture'
Thursday 23rd October 2025A man says his brother's prison sentence is having a disastrous affect on his mental health...
Primary school forced to close in Gloucestershire
Thursday 23rd October 2025We’ll keep you updated and let you know as soon as it’s safe to reopen'Read full story...
Major road to remain closed due to bridge damage
Thursday 23rd October 2025The road was closed in September to repair a bridge, but the damage is worse than first thought...
New homes, school and GP surgery set to be built
Wednesday 22nd October 2025Cheltenham Borough Council has approved plans for a development in Springbank...
Best performing state secondary schools in Gloucestershire named in GCSE league tables
Wednesday 22nd October 2025One school was in the top 20 for the countryRead full story...
National news archive
Protest over future of university language courses
Tuesday 25th November 2025The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses...
PM visits East of England to mark free school meal expansion
Tuesday 25th November 2025Tens of thousands of children in the region are set to be eligible for the scheme, the government says...
Pupils told to wear layers amid school heating issues
Tuesday 25th November 2025Bishop's Cleeve Primary Academy says it is applying for funding to replace its heating system...
The school with almost 100% attendance - and how they did it
Tuesday 25th November 2025Attendance rates remain significantly lower than in 2019, but one school is bucking the trend...
Dozens of US universities at risk of funding cuts over support for DEI
Tuesday 25th November 2025State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and YaleMore than three dozen universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Duke have their participation in a federal research partnership on the chopping block after the state department proposed to suspend them over their diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices...
Starmer says sorry for leading pupils in 6-7 dance
Tuesday 25th November 2025The prime minister performed a version of the viral dance with primary school children, before being told it was not allowed...
‘A fire, a dog, and the starry sky’: the teens overcoming phone-addiction through Arctic pursuits
Tuesday 25th November 2025A new documentary from the makers of Jesus Camp follows the students enrolled at one of Norway’s 85 ‘folk high schools’...
Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages
Tuesday 25th November 2025Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugeesA primary school in Scotland has cancelled its Christmas show after receiving “racist and abusive” messages because it featured sympathy towards Syrian refugees...
The full list of US universities at risk of funding cuts over support for DEI
Tuesday 25th November 2025State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and YaleMore than three dozen universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Duke have their participation in a federal research partnership on the chopping block after the state department proposed to suspend them over their diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices...
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Tuesday 25th November 2025Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 monthsFifty higher education providers in England are at risk of exiting the market within the next two to three years, MPs on the House of Commons education committee have been told as part of their inquiry into university funding and the threat of insolvency...
The full list of US universities at risk of losing state department funding over DEI support
Tuesday 25th November 2025State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and YaleMore than three dozen universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Duke have their participation in a federal research partnership on the chopping block after the state department proposed to suspend them over their diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices...
University students in England get two-thirds of funding of a decade ago, analysis finds
Monday 24th November 2025University leaders says planned levy on international student fees will leave many institutions even worse offUniversity students in England get just two-thirds of the funding they would have received a decade ago, after inflation and government cuts have reduced the resources available for teaching, according to vice-chancellors...
How can councils tackle the SEND funding gap?
Monday 24th November 2025A local authority is expanding a programme to help SEND children to be taught in state schools...
UK politics: Risk of Maccabi Tel Aviv facing antisemitic attacks not ‘predominant’ reason for match ban, police tell MPs – as it happened
Monday 24th November 2025West Midlands police’s assistant chief constable says threat of violence by Maccabi fans was more important considerationBadenoch says the government should be cutting regulation...
With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing | John Harris
Sunday 23rd November 2025Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future...
Labor advances universal childcare plan with new laws to allow collection of data from private operators
Sunday 23rd November 2025Exclusive: Jason Clare says new powers will ensure information is ‘accurate, comprehensive and representative’ to help government deliver ‘evidence-based reforms’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor is quietly advancing plans for universal childcare in Australia, with new laws to require private operators to hand over sensitive commercial data needed to design a new national system...
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
Sunday 23rd November 2025The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert controlIn October, President Trump proposed a compact for higher education, a federal takeover of state and private institutions thinly disguised as an offer of preferential funding consideration...
School replaces fines with awareness courses
Sunday 23rd November 2025A head teacher in Camden decides to stop fining parents and instead ask them to attend courses...
‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest
Saturday 22nd November 2025When Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine posted complaints about their local primary school, they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their doorBefore it catapulted a small school community in London’s commuter belt into the centre of a global news story, the year-four class WhatsApp group at Cowley Hill school in Borehamwood was unremarkable – a place of snide comments, reminders about non-uniform day and flustered messages about being late for the school run...
Greek secondary school teachers to be trained in using AI in classroom
Saturday 22nd November 2025Some teachers and pupils voice concerns about pilot programme after government’s agreement with OpenAI Secondary school teachers in Greece are set to go through an intensive course in using artificial intelligence tools as the country assumes a frontline role in incorporating AI into its education system...
After baby's choking death, how safe are our nurseries?
Saturday 22nd November 2025Parents of Oliver Steeper, who died in 2021 after choking at nursery, are campaigning for change...
Special needs school pupils at home due to mouldy classrooms
Saturday 22nd November 2025More than 30 pupils at Sandelford Special School in Coleraine are facing remote learning due to health and safety issues...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Friday 21st November 2025Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the countryAt first sight, few suspected that Francisco Franco might become a strongman capable of imposing a brutal dictatorship across four decades...
School repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge PFI contract goes into liquidation
Friday 21st November 2025The news heightens concerns that 88 schools in Stoke-on-Trent could be left with unfinished work...
Children no longer housed in B&Bs, says council
Friday 21st November 2025B&Bs and hotels represent the worst kind of emergency accommodation, a housing officer says...
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