Dr Jill Biden met with the Duchess of Cambridge to visit a Cornwall primary school as the G7 summit got under way on Friday. The pair appeared cheerful as they walked towards the school, where they met with pupils ahead of a talk with experts...
Boys are distributing explicit images of girls with each other via social media like a “collection game” , a major new report by Ofsted found.The school watchdog, which spoke to over 900 children and young people, discovered the intimate images are routinely shared on platforms like...
Catch-up money for schools over the next academic year is “only slightly more” than the amount spent on one month of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, according to a think-tank.It comes after the government announced £1.4bn more would go towards reversing the impact...
New data has shown a “very worrying” rise in the number of pupils off school due to Covid-related reasons in the week before half-term, amid the spread of the Delta variant across the country.An estimated 1.8 per cent of England’s state school pupils did not...
A man who raped and strangled two schoolgirls to death in the 1980s is suitable for release from prison, the Parole Board has said.Colin Pitchfork was jailed for life after murdering 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.A hearing took...
Labour is to force a Commons vote on the government’s school catch-up plans in the hope of embarrasing ministers over “totally insufficient” funding which has already led to resignation of the education recovery tsar.The government announced a new funding package of £1.4bn to help children...
Children should be vaccinated in areas where the new Delta variant is surging through schools, Labour’s Lisa Nandy says.The party’s shadow foreign secretary spoke out, as health experts consider whether to take the step – and despite world health leaders calling for poor countries to...
If you’ve ever noticed your partner becoming irritable and aggressive when their stomach is empty, take comfort from knowing they are not alone – fruit flies also become “hangry”.Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Oxford University discovered that male fruit flies, which...
There are 'benefits' to extending school day, says Gavin WilliamsonBoris Johnson faces a major rebellion over his plans to cut foreign aid.A group of Tory rebels, led by former chief whip Andrew Mitchell, are pushing to ensure new legislation makes up the shortfall left by...
A 23-mile stretch of major road was forced to close after a lorry crash spilled tomato puree across the tarmac, leaving scenes like a “horror film”.A collision between two lorries near the Offord junction on the westbound carriageway of the A14 from Cambridge to Brampton...