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'She is the best advocate any patient could want'
Wednesday 3rd September 2025A nurse is marking a major milestone with 50 years of service in the NHS...
Psychotherapist explains how to help children get back to school
Tuesday 2nd September 2025Some children will find the change in routine especially challengingRead full story...
Pair jailed after 'mistaken identity' shooting
Friday 29th August 2025Simeon Bernard and Darren Atkins have not shown "a shred of remorse" for their victim, police say...
New abuse report at notorious school investigated
Friday 29th August 2025Nine staff members at Berrow Wood have been convicted of abuse, and new allegations have been made...
Somerset cruise past Glos into One-Day Cup semis
Thursday 28th August 2025Somerset beat Gloucestershire by six wickets in a rain-affected One-Day Cup quarter-final at Taunton...
Yorks & Worcs into semis as Vaughan hits first ton
Tuesday 26th August 2025Yorkshire and Worcestershire claim One-Day Cup semi-final places as Archie Vaughan hits a maiden hundred for Somerset...
Jeremy Clarkson 'having an effect' as Clarkson's Farm leads to surprise change
Tuesday 26th August 2025Jeremy Clarkson's farming programme has had an unexpected impact on education, with an increasing number of young people showing interest in agricultural degree coursesRead full story...
Headlines: Love locks, GCSEs and early cider harvest
Sunday 24th August 2025A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England...
Tribute bands festival facing council opposition
Friday 22nd August 2025A decision on the event at Cheltenham Racecourse will be made just 48 hours before it begins...
Experienced rider died after fall from horse - inquest
Thursday 21st August 2025Guy Avis was thrown head first from his horse after it refused to jump a fence...
Nerves and joy as GCSE results roll in
Thursday 21st August 2025Thousands of pupils across the region received their results on Thursday morning...
Art charity 'buzzing' about opening of new £75m campus
Monday 18th August 2025Art Shape works with the NHS to deliver creative courses as prescriptions...
Art charity 'buzzing' to move into new £75m campus
Monday 18th August 2025Art Shape works with the NHS to deliver creative courses as prescriptions...
Town aiming to forge twinning link with Bergerac
Sunday 17th August 2025Dursley residents hope the agreement will foster links with schools, sports teams and music groups...
Restaurant loses licence after illegal worker fine
Saturday 16th August 2025The White Horse was handed a £135,000 fine last year for employing three illegal workers...
Thousands test endurance in 'world's best' mud run
Saturday 16th August 2025The Tough Mudder obstacle course event returns to the Badminton Estate in South Gloucestershire...
Free pop-up school uniform shop called a “godsend”
Tuesday 12th August 2025A free pop-up uniform shop saves a Coleford mother £200 a year...
Free uniform pop-up 'godsend', mum says
Tuesday 12th August 2025Primary school uniforms cost parents, on average, more than £300 a year, government figures show...
Man seeks stranger who saved him from train tracks
Monday 11th August 2025Simon Burke says his Good Samaritan stopped him suffering serious injuries, or worse...
Headlines: 'Manager furious' and 'nurses punched'
Sunday 10th August 2025A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England...
Dead horse found on side of busy city road
Saturday 9th August 2025Gloucestershire Police are trying to track down the owner of the horse, which was found on Saturday...
Librarians told not to express views on cuts
Saturday 9th August 2025All libraries run by North Somerset Council could have their hours cut and some could be closed...
Yorks, Glos & Somerset maintain winning cup starts
Friday 8th August 2025Yorkshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset all make it two wins out of two to begin their One-Day Cup campaigns...
Funding to 'breathe new life' into heritage sites
Thursday 7th August 2025More than £800k is set aside to restore buildings in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset...
NHS spent '£100k' fighting 'bullied' manager in court
Friday 1st August 2025The judge described health chiefs' actions as "misguided, brutal and bullying"...
National news archive
Judge sides with Harvard and orders Trump to reverse billions in funding cuts – US politics live
Wednesday 3rd September 2025Federal judge in Boston orders reversal of administration’s cuts to more than $2...
UK parents and teachers: share your experiences of the use of screens in schools
Wednesday 3rd September 2025We would like to hear your views on technology and screens in schools, and what it’s like to teach in classrooms The use of screens technology in schools has grown from simply the use of computers and digital whiteboards...
How to protect US students from heat in schools – and is it time to rethink summer break?
Wednesday 3rd September 2025US schools were built for a cooler climate that no longer exists...
'Less of a stigma' on second-hand school uniforms
Wednesday 3rd September 2025A family with four children spends £800 on uniforms despite buying many in sales and from charity...
Send system hijacked by parents – Reform UK's Tice
Wednesday 3rd September 2025The Reform UK deputy leader says some children are receiving Send provision who do not need it...
Third prosecution for mum for son's school absence
Wednesday 3rd September 2025The court heard she accepted she had given up trying to get the boy, 16, to attend lessons...
Mother of Brianna Ghey joins Kate Winslet in call for smartphone ban in schools
Wednesday 3rd September 2025Esther Ghey urges government to implement legal ban and says current guidance creates ‘postcode lottery’Esther Ghey, the mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, and the Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet are calling on Keir Starmer to legally ban smartphones in schools, warning current guidance against allowing phones has created a “postcode lottery”...
Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns
Wednesday 3rd September 2025The university sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, is key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and HullA crackdown on international students in Britain could hurt struggling cities where universities help power the local economy, the government has been warned...
'Parents are playing detective in battle for school bus passes'
Tuesday 2nd September 2025Families in villages near York miss out on free transport to secondary school, sometimes by metres...
Stolen pipes close school on first day of term
Tuesday 2nd September 2025Engineers are working to restore water supplies as quickly as possible, the head teacher says...
Quarter of schools in England lack a physics teacher, analysis finds
Tuesday 2nd September 2025Institute of Physics says ‘critical’ shortage means 700,000 pupils are deprived of a subject specialistA quarter of state secondary schools in England will start the new term with no dedicated physics teacher, with schools in poorer areas worst affected, analysis has found...
Tuesday briefing: It’s a new school year, but the same old problems persist for Britain’s schools
Tuesday 2nd September 2025In today’s newsletter: Poor teacher recruitment and retainment puts children on the back foot before they barely step in the classroomGood morning...
The Guardian view on free nursery places: risks as well as rewards must be monitored | Editorial
Monday 1st September 2025Ministers are giving working families more support, but not a new public serviceWith the change of season, ministers know they must get back on the front foot after weeks during which their opponents have made the political weather...
Badenoch urged to ‘come clean’ after doubt cast on Stanford University claim
Monday 1st September 2025Labour and Lib Dems ask Tory leader to clarify details of alleged offer after former admissions staff dispute accountLabour and the Liberal Democrats have called for Kemi Badenoch to come clean about her claims of an offer from Stanford University at the age of 16, after former admissions staff said she had described an impossible scenario...
Big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
Monday 1st September 2025I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignoreDr Velislava Hillman is an academic, teacher, writer and consultant on educational technology and policy...
I chose my Caesarean date to be eligible for 30 hours of funded childcare
Monday 1st September 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
I chose my Caesarean date to be eligible for earlier childcare funding
Monday 1st September 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
Monday 1st September 2025I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignoreDr Velislava Hillman is an academic, teacher, writer and consultant on educational technology and policy...
Pupils in England from low-income families ‘bounced out’ of costlier GCSEs
Monday 1st September 2025Survey says children avoiding subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costsSecondary school pupils from low-income families are “bounced out” of studying subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costs, according to a survey of children in England...
More parents to get childcare funding as nurseries struggle with demand
Monday 1st September 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
Parents painting and fundraising to support schools
Monday 1st September 2025Schools in Banbury and Wallingford are relying on parents' help to improveRead full story...
More parents to get childcare funding as nurseries struggle with demand
Sunday 31st August 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
The Guardian view on GCSE resits: admitting the problem is just the first step | Editorial
Sunday 31st August 2025The low pass rate in compulsory retakes is one of many challenges in 16-19 educationFor years, rigid rules and a shocking failure rate in compulsory GCSE retakes have been one of the exam system’s dirty secrets...
Bridget Phillipson: parents must do more about bad behaviour and attendance in schools
Sunday 31st August 2025Education secretary targets 800 schools as she attempts to turn around post-Covid trends with enhanced supportParents and caregivers “need to do more” to reverse post-Covid trends of poor attendance and behaviour in schools, the education secretary has said, announcing new measures to support schools in England before the start of the new school year...
First week 'critical' to avoid children missing school later, parents told
Sunday 31st August 2025Data suggests more than half of children who miss a day at the start of term become persistently absent...
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