One person dead and more than 200 ill in UK salmonella outbreak

The 207 people affected range in age from under one year to 90 years old, according to the UK Health Security Agency , which is leading an investigation into the outbreak. They appear to have consumed the contaminated…

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Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts

It was a camping-themed event and in many ways was like any other influencer affair. There were Instagram-branded tents to take pictures in, an Instagram-branded step-and-repeat, a custom-tote making station and…

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College steps up NHS support as healthcare identified as skills priority

The updated Hertfordshire Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) highlights a significant shortage of health and social care professionals across the county, revealing that the sector employs around 28,500 fewer people…

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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more

A survey measuring physical, sexual and emotional violence against children and youth. Real-time pollution readings collected by air quality monitors from US embassies around the world. These are among the hundreds of…

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Milburn Polling: Public Split on NEET rise, with a Third Blaming Young People’s Motivation

It lands alongside ONS figures showing more than a million 16 to 24 year olds are now NEET. The Department for Work and Pensions has published interim polling carried out by Ipsos for the Alan Milburn review into young…

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Generation AI: Results Day Meets the UK’s First AI-Native Job Market

So, what is changing and how can young people adapt as they enter the workforce? We spoke to seven business leaders to gain their perspective. The early-career challenge Young people aren’t out of work by chance, the…

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August 2026 ONS Labour Market Data: Education Records Steepest Vacancy Fall as Hiring Hits Decade low

The headline picture is a market going nowhere. Employment, unemployment and inactivity are all effectively where they were three months ago. The two findings worth the sector’s attention are the level of vacancies, now…

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IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus

In each case, the parents suspect they did not get the donors they had selected. The figure is one of several new findings in a BBC investigation that, earlier this year , uncovered the first seven cases. All the parents…

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Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told

Student accounts work like any other current account but come with two extras that don't apply to the general public: an interest-free overdraft, and a lot of perks designed to hook you in as a customer for life.…

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Boys Are Behind Girls In Level 3 Technical and Vocational Exams As Well As A Levels

With the Government’s renewed focus on technical and vocational qualifications – and the attempts to achieve equal recognition of their importance to both young people and the wider economy, T levels (the equivalent to…

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