27 Apr Brexit has caused UK food prices to rise 6% as cost of living crisis deepens, study says
Trade friction has ‘clear and robust’ impact on supermarket prices, say economists...
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27 Apr Food bank demand soars in pandemic with 830,000 parcels given to children as ‘life is nothing but struggle’
‘I have days when I’ve not even wanted to be here anymore because I don’t feel I can face life now,’ one new food bank user says...
27 Apr UK food banks have provided more than 2.1 million food parcels in past year
It is the first time food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network have handed out more than two million parcels outside the height of the pandemic....
27 Apr New exam board texts bring diverse stories to students
AQA has introduced four new texts by BAME authors for GCSE drama....
27 Apr Call for mandatory salt reduction in British food
A group of charities and academics said that progress on salt reduction has ‘stalled’....
26 Apr School founded by slave trader Edward Colston to be re-named ‘Collegiate’
Governors at Colston’s School say the name was chosen from hundreds of suggestions as it seeks to distance itself from its namesake....
26 Apr ‘Should have worked harder at school’: Rail bosses enrage workers about to vote in strike ballot
Network Rail says regional communications director’s comments were ‘misconstrued’...
25 Apr Armed police put school on lockdown over ‘concern for safety’ in Surrey
Armed police have been at the school to investigate the mystery incident...
25 Apr UK ‘sleepwalking’ towards food shortages, farmers warn
Rising costs of fuel, fertiliser and feed are impacting on farmers...
25 Apr Platinum Jubilee Cookbook will celebrate food and British diplomacy
The cookbook will be released on April 28, ahead of the celebration of the Queen’s 70-year reign....