Hull College Shortlisted for National Safeguarding Award

The college is one of the finalists for The Safeguarding Award at the Children & Young People Now Awards 2026, which celebrate outstanding practice and innovation across children’s services and sectors in the UK. The…

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Wales’ Hospitality Sector Needs Long-Term Investment, Not Just a Summer Boost

For many restaurants, cafés, pubs, hotels and visitor attractions, July and August are not simply busy trading months. They are the period that can determine the success of an entire year. From the mountains of Eryri to…

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As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’

"You feel really guilty, and helpless," she says. "Because we knew what she wanted. We really did know. But we couldn't do anything." When time eventually ran out for Elise Burns, a 52-year-old woman who worked in…

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‘I felt robbed’: bereaved parents hope for answers from Sussex maternity review

"My belly just didn't feel right," she said. "I didn't feel any movements." Chiara, her first child, had been diagnosed with a hole in her heart during a 20-week scan. Since then, Cacciacarro's pregnancy had been classed…

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University 365: Does the UK Need to Rethink the University Model?

The Office for Students continues to identify significant financial pressures across the sector, while the House of Commons Education Committee has warned about the risks of institutional insolvency. Universities are…

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What Does it Really Mean to be Work Ready?

But have we made the definition too narrow? If somebody has the right qualification and the technical skills to get a job, are they work ready? What about the confidence to contribute when they get there? The ability to…

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Almost 75% of A&E staff in UK face violence or aggression daily or weekly

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said understaffed and overcrowded emergency departments were contributing to increased targeting of medics. In a survey of more than 2,000 workers in the UK, 63% said they…

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BBC News presenter reveals she has blood cancer

Moshiri, who joined the BBC in 2003 and is one of the news channel's best-known anchors, told the BBC she wanted to share her diagnosis to raise awareness about the disease. "It's been two years since my diagnosis and…

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The Guardian view on extreme heat: its scale should be a wake-up call to us all | Editorial

That's how many people are believed to have lost their lives in this year's early-summer heatwaves – the death tolls for the August heatwaves have yet to be counted. In a sense, these people died in a series of natural…

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‘Powerful example’: minister looks to Essex school for blueprint to transform Send provision

And the minister responsible for overhauling England's special educational needs provision is hoping that a state school in Colchester will help her beat the clock. Gould visited Thomas Lord Audley secondary school last…

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