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Nurse's plea to end 'impersonal' property bags
Wednesday 27th May 2026Debbie Williams says she had to bring her mother's possessions home in a plastic bag after she died...
Biker mental health project set to raise £100k
Tuesday 26th May 2026Bikers are improving mental health and raising £100k through a growing cafe passport scheme...
Jansen shines as Gloucestershire beat Bears in T20
Friday 22nd May 2026All the details of the first round of T20 Blast matches, as Somerset start their title defence by repeating their 2025 final win over Hampshire...
Girl hit by car after family pleaded for new crossing
Thursday 21st May 2026The school pupil was rushed to hospital after the crash and now uses crutches and wheelchair...
Mental health hospital in Gloucester investigated over safeguarding concerns
Wednesday 20th May 2026Wotton Lawn in Gloucester faces a safeguarding enquiry...
Girl hit by car after family pleaded for new crossing
Wednesday 20th May 2026The school pupil was rushed to hospital after the crash and now uses crutches and wheelchair...
Man jailed after huge illegal cigarette haul found
Wednesday 20th May 2026Idris Amin leased the shop he sold the cigarettes from with a fake ID...
'Serious' financial issues at schools' multi-academy
Monday 18th May 2026All nine schools will remain open during an investigation into the cause of the financial problems...
Police adopt steps to help neurodiverse detainees
Saturday 16th May 2026Avon and Somerset Police follow another force in making custody areas more calming...
Parents and pupils condemn 'dreadful' name change for Marling School in Stroud
Wednesday 13th May 2026'It would be appalling to change the name, how ridiculous'Read full story...
Concern over 'unnecessary' school name change plan
Wednesday 13th May 2026The 139-year-old Marling School could be renamed to Lift Marling as part of an academy rebranding...
'It was like the Vicar of Dibley, but with horses'
Tuesday 12th May 2026Gloucester Cathedral hosts a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the contribution of service animals...
Canter secures record third victory at Badminton
Sunday 10th May 2026Britain'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 2026The 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 2026The action is over the poor behaviour of some pupilsRead full story...
How do I get to the Badminton Horse Trials?
Friday 1st May 2026The 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 2026It is hoped the new dental school and treatment centre in Gloucester will address workforce shortages...
Gloucestershire music teacher denies child sex offences
Monday 20th April 2026The allegations relate to his time working at two Gloucestershire schoolsRead full story...
New 'accessible' process for grammar school entry
Thursday 16th April 2026Testing will happen before the summer holidays to help families who cannot access private tutoring...
Mental health bench 'will get people talking'
Tuesday 14th April 2026Mary Barnes is backing a campaign to install information benches in parks after her partner took his own life...
New 3G pitch hailed as 'huge' for village
Tuesday 14th April 2026The pitch at Farmor's School in Fairford will open later this year and is set to cost £1...
In pictures: Fiesta festivities and Prince William's camp visit
Sunday 5th April 2026A collection of photos from Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in early spring...
'If you make me travel home, I'm going to divorce you'
Friday 3rd April 2026A Somerset couple’s gap year has turned into a 10-year, 100,000-mile European adventure...
Cranes return to the UK due to rewilding effort
Thursday 2nd April 2026Cranes are still on the endangered species list but there are now 87 breeding pairs in Somerset, say conservationists...
Memorabilia from record-breaking racehorse on sale
Tuesday 31st March 2026Kauto Star won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice and the King George VI Chase at Kempton five times...
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Hacking claims, mismatched answer-sheets: Controversies rock school exam in India
Thursday 28th May 2026Students blame the CBSE's newly-launched digital evaluation system used for marking this year's Grade 12 exams...
‘Standing up for our children’: parents divided over London teachers’ strikes
Thursday 28th May 2026Waltham Forest in the east of the capital has seen a wave of industrial action in schools, with more to come The gates to South Grove primary school in Walthamstow were closed to pupils last week...
Student loans inquiry responses show ‘massive scale of frustration and upset’
Wednesday 27th May 2026More than 52,000 people respond to Commons committee’s call for evidence amid criticism of loan termsThousands of graduates have told an official inquiry their horror stories and bad experiences relating to student loans, underlining what the chair of an MPs’ committee called massive levels of “frustration and upset”...
The Guardian view on support for youth: someone in government should grab hold of school sports | Editorial
Tuesday 26th May 2026With concerns about childhood obesity and screen use sky-high, cuts to primary PE are an unforced errorWith remarkably poor timing, days before closing a consultation on children’s social media use, the government announced last week that it is cutting an annual £320m sports premium for primary schools in England...
Education secretary to order review of hidden childcare costs
Monday 25th May 2026Bridget Phillipson will ask the competition watchdog to examine costs that families are still facing in government-funded free childcare...
Education secretary to ask competition watchdog to review hidden childcare costs
Monday 25th May 2026Bridget Phillipson will ask the competition watchdog to examine costs that families are still facing in government-funded free childcare...
‘Massive’ child abuse scandal in France as school staff investigated for violence and sexual assault
Monday 25th May 2026Paris police looking into more than 100 allegations of mistreatment by ‘monitors’ after parents’ groups said they had fought for years to be taken seriouslyFrance is facing a child abuse scandal as ‘monitors’ at dozens of state nursery and primary schools are investigated for violence, sexual assault and rape...
Nurseries in England charging extra fees to cover funding gap, campaigners say
Monday 25th May 2026Head of Early Years Alliance says additional charges paid by parents represent ‘cross-subsidy’Parents of nursery children in England are being charged extra fees to cover for government underfunding of free childcare hours, with some paying thousands of pounds a year for consumables such as food, wipes and nappies, campaigners have said...
I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human | Wendy Liu
Sunday 24th May 2026As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous moveLong before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way...
Bridget Phillipson orders review of hidden childcare charges hitting parents
Sunday 24th May 2026Education secretary asks UK watchdog to look into nursery practices, including non-refundable deposits and add-onsBridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges amid concerns parents are being hit with extra charges, despite the government’s flagship expansion of funded childcare hours...
Labour to expand youth work experience and training schemes
Sunday 24th May 2026Announcement comes after former minister Alan Milburn says Britain has neglected a generation of young peopleMinisters are expanding youth work experience and training schemes, after Alan Milburn warned Britain is spending £25 keeping young people on benefits for every £1 spent helping them into work...
Primary schools lose out as Labour slashes sport funding
Friday 22nd May 2026New scheme will be worth 40% less than current government grants and will be shared with secondariesFunding for primary school sport in England is to be slashed by Labour, including the abolition of a grant designed to cement the 2012 Olympic legacy, to the dismay of school leaders...
Primary schools to lose out as Labour scraps 2012 Olympic legacy sports grant
Friday 22nd May 2026Replacement scheme worth about 40% less than current funding greeted with scepticism by headteachersFunding for primary school sport in England is to be cut by Labour, including the abolition of a grant designed to cement the 2012 Olympic legacy, to the dismay of school leaders...
UK police bosses urge unsafe platforms to be blocked for under-16s
Thursday 21st May 2026The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted by strangers...
Meta settles major social media addiction lawsuit with school district
Thursday 21st May 2026Kentucky is one of about 1,200 school districts across the US that have each sued Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTubeMeta agreed to settle a major lawsuit on Thursday with a school district in Kentucky over claims that its social networks are designed to be addictive, leading to harm in children...
‘It’s put the joy levels up’: the flood-prone London school with a climate-adapted playground
Thursday 21st May 2026When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside spaceThe play area at St John’s Church of England primary in Barnet, north London, used to flood so severely it was often unusable...
Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser
Thursday 21st May 2026Ban social media and reform education to tackle scandal of young people not in work or study, says Peter HymanSchools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “lost generation”...
Struggling with the nine times table? I have a failsafe method | Adrian Chiles
Thursday 21st May 2026Apparently, nines are the hardest to grasp for primary school children...
‘Attainment at all costs’ approach could undermine Send changes, school leaders in England say
Wednesday 20th May 2026Union says emphasis on academic goals conflicts with proposed measures on special educational needs provisionChanges to special educational needs provision in England could be thwarted by “academic attainment at all costs” policies that prioritise exam results and punish inclusive schools, headteachers have said in response to a government consultation...
Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate
Tuesday 19th May 2026Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workersThe children’s laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, has urged the government to prioritise pleasure over learning in children’s reading...
After dinosaurs, it’s spot the dog! But can a child really learn anything in a gallery?
Monday 18th May 2026Galleries such as National Museum Cardiff pull in children with their play areas and pencils – but stick around and you’ll notice kids critiquing Turner paintings tooNeil Osborne and his three-year-old daughter Daisy are peering at a small, shimmering painting by JMW Turner of foaming waves crashing against a cliff...
Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff
Sunday 17th May 2026Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty join opposition to proposals to run courses for defence ministryThe families of two scholars facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia have appealed to the University of Cambridge to drop proposals to run staff training courses for Riyadh’s defence ministry...
Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?
Saturday 16th May 2026Businesses are advised against paying – but as the Canvas platform hack shows, many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates, and school login pages being defaced by hackers, US tech firm Instructure – which operates the education platform Canvas, used by education providers worldwide – announced it had “reached an agreement with the unauthorised actor” behind the ransomware attack...
La Gradiva review – stunning coming-of-age story of young love and sexual tension
Saturday 16th May 2026Cannes film festival: Marine Atlan’s debut film follows a group of French high-school kids and their long-suffering teacher on a visit to Pompeii and NaplesHere is cinematographer turned director Marine Atlan’s beautiful debut film about young love, superbly acted and directed...
King’s College and Cranfield hope to be stronger together in surprise merger
Friday 15th May 2026News will come as a shock to staff, especially at Cranfield, but the institutions’ bosses say intention is growthThe announcement that King’s College London is to absorb Cranfield University came as a surprise but not a shock to England’s higher education leaders, who have been braced for sudden announcements about job cuts and course closures...
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