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Plans to close two Falkirk primary schools refused consent
Plans to close two Scottish primary schools for good have been refused consent after a report found Falkirk Council missed…
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Inspirational project will see business leaders help guide vulnerable youths
Vulnerable young people are to be given unique opportunities to gain employment experience and new skills from business leaders. A…
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Online lessons ‘could return’ if teachers can’t get to school over petrol crisis
Headteachers have been writing to parents and lamenting online about how petrol supply issues could disrupt schooling in coming weeks,…
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Scots mum in stitches after Siri blunder gives son x-rated response to Tesco pic
A Scots mum was left in ‘absolute stitches’ when a Siri blunder gave her son an x-rated response when he…
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OPINION: Responsible businesses are key to social mobility and equality
As the largest employer in the South West, at Pennon, we believe at the heart of any great business are…
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Scots mum’s hope of real justice for paedophiles moves a step closer
A brave mum has won the first battle in her campaign to have tougher sentences for child sex abusers. Carol…
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Scientists carry out ‘ground-breaking’ research at cider orchard
A Devon cider company is working with scientists from the University of Bristol to identify and preserve unique and threatened…
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Rutherglen MSP welcomes Scotland embracing LGBT inclusive education
Rutherglen’s MSP has welcomed moves to make the Scottish education system more LGBT friendly. Clare Haughey is also the Scottish…
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£12.5m assisted living scheme in the National Forest completed
Work on a £12.5 million assisted living scheme in Leicestershire has finished. National contractor Willmott Dixon has completed the work…
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Sabina Nessa murder cops arrest man in connection with school teacher’s death
Detectives investigating the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa in south-east London have arrested a 38-year-old man. The Metropolitan Police…
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Students let their hair down on final night of Freshers after week-long partying
Students were out in force and all smiles for the cameras as they enjoyed another booze-fueled night out as they…
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Scots council provost linked to taxi firm given millions in public cash
A provost is working as a taxi driver for a group that’s made millions of pounds from the council he…
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Letters sent to a million HGV driving licence holders in bid to solve crisis
The Department of Transport has announced a series of measures which it aims will solve the road haulage problem. It…
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UK to grant 10,500 visas to overseas lorry drivers and workers to save Christmas
The plan is to have more recruits trained to drive lorries over the next 12 weeks in time for Christmas…
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Man ‘hiding object up sleeve’ must be traced over Sabina Nessa murder, cops say
The Metropolitan Police is appealing for help in finding a balding man shown on CCTV walking in Kidbrooke, south-east London…
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Kids as young as 5 offered grief support after murder of teacher Sabina Nessa
Year Two pupils are devastated by death of their beloved teacher Sabina Nessa who was described as ‘kind, caring and…
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Lanarkshire teen scoops four awards at Country Gigs Scotland awards
A Brannock High School pupil is celebrating after a hugely successful outing at a national awards show. Mayah Herlihy scooped…
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Woman devastated as best friend and nan both die after long ambulance waits
A mum has told how her best friend and nan both died after long ambulance waits. Dee Baker was left…
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Scottish Labour MSP opens up on decades of racist abuse he has faced
An MSP has revealed the sickening racism he has faced since coming to Scotland 40 years ago. Labour’s Foysol Choudhury…
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MS treatment fundraiser for Balfron teacher crashes through £25k mark
An online appeal to secure a Balfron teacher the chance to have life-changing MS treatment has now topped £25,000. The…
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Teacher reveals sad incident that opened her eyes to hygiene poverty
Contending with fidgety, distracted children is standard practice for teachers. But it was the reason why one particular child couldn’t…
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City College Plymouth unveils plan for ambitious ‘journey of transformation’
One of Plymouth’s most popular colleges has revealed an ambitious new eight-part action plan to cement its position as the…
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Plans move forward for £170m regeneration of Truro city centre
A major £170m regeneration scheme for the centre of Cornwall’s capital Truro has moved a step closer after outline planning…
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Falmouth businesses and university combine to stage book festival
Falmouth business and the Cornish town’s university have combined to stage a book festival featuring authors, poets and filmmakers. The…
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Sabina Nessa’s flatmate texting teacher before she died now ‘doesn’t feel safe’
Primary school teacher Sabina, 28, from Kidbrooke, Greenwich in London, was killed as she walked across Cator Park on the…
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Waterloo Road returns – but filming won’t take place in Scotland
Waterloo Road is coming back on the BBC as a new series is set for production. The hit TV drama…
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Family-of-9 transform school bus into ingenious holiday home saving thousands
Marcie and Brad Ball bought the bright yellow bus to convert into a mobile holiday home in the hope it…
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700-bed scheme gets go-ahead as part of £1bn city improvements
Nottingham City Council has granted planning permission for a 702-bed scheme to be built on the city’s new The Island…
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Town deal pilot authority chief backs call for devolved infrastructure budgets
The chief executive of the local authority granted the first ever town deal has endorsed calls for a “new compact…
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Mum killed in Manchester Arena bombing ‘died as she lived – helping others’
Wendy Fawell, 50, from Otley, West Yorkshire, was approximately five metres away from suicide bomber Salman Abedi when he detonated…
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‘Worst cold ever’: GP explains why so many of are under the weather
It seems that everyone is suffering from a real bad case of the cold at the moment. Thousand of us…
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Covid booster jag rollout gets started across Forth Valley
The Covid-19 booster programme is now underway in Forth Valley. Residents in care homes for older people were the first…
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City College Plymouth opens £350k AR suite to tackle welder shortage
A Plymouth college is tackling a shortage of welders by training a new generation using the latest Augmented Reality kit…
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Scotland becomes first country in world to launch LGBT education in schools
Scotland has become the first country in the world to launch LGBT+ education in schools. Campaigners have welcomed news that…
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Woman’s routine eye-test uncovered brain tumour that could have killed her
Sarah Cardwell, who works at Leeds Beckett University, said she noticed in the summer of 2018 that her vision was…
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North East logistics firm aims to tackle HGV driver shortage
A logistics firm in the North East is hoping to tackle the national HGV driver shortage with a new partnership…
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Rolls-Royce is helping disadvantaged children in Derby create successful careers
Rolls-Royce is one of the most well-known companies in the UK, if not the whole world. The global power group…
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Meet the man on a mission to make a career in coding open for all
Chris Meah walked into class on the first day of his computer studies degree at University of Birmingham and noticed…
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Pupils in six areas of England to get free glasses under new government scheme
Around 9,000 pupils are expected to get two pairs each of free glasses, with help of a vision co-ordinator, in…
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Kids’ mental health is NHS ‘crisis on top of crisis’ as record 200K ask for help
The pandemic is taking its toll on children and young people who are ‘suffering terribly’ as the Royal College of…
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Investors May Be Further “Left Smarting” After Evergrande As China Retools Economic Policy
Residences at China Evergrande Group’s Life in Venice real estate and tourism development. … [+] Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021…
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East Kilbride’s newest nursery opens its doors
A new nursery in East Kilbride saw South Lanarkshire Council complete its current nursery building programme in time for term.…
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Scots ex-gambling addict who blew £100k to sleep rough for Afghan refugee kids
An ex-gambling addict, who blew £100,000 in four years, is sleeping rough to raise money for a family who fled…
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First rapid Covid-19 tests to be made in the UK approved
The first rapid Covid-19 tests to be made in the UK have been rolled out to universities across England. The…
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£8.7m expansion starts at cinema and art centre
Leicester’s Phoenix cinema and art centre has got the green light for construction to start on its £8.7 million expansion…
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Dad of teacher, 28, ‘murdered’ in horrific stranger attack left a ‘broken man’
Sabina Nessa, 28, was found in Cator Park, Greenwich, just a few miles from where she worked in Catford as…
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Mum decides to home teach daughter, 7, so she can learn about climate change
Clare Gregory, 39, decided to take her seven-year-old out of school so she could learn about how to save the…
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People on the Move: Key appointments at North East businesses
NOF, the Durham-based UK business development organisation for the energy sectors, has appointed a new business development executive. Keith Conlon,…
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Popular street initiative sees almost 6000 people sign up on first day
Thousands of health conscious Lanarkshire residents have signed up for a new street game. The Beat the Street Cambuslang and…
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Covid jabs for 12 to 15s to begin as schools prepare for vaccine rollout
Young people aged 12 to 15-years-old will be offered the Covid vaccine in the UK from this week in a…
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