Children as young as nine hurt in growing number of e-scooter crashes

Three trauma centres - Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield - say they have treated 477 under-16s since 2019, with the number of cases per year rising from fewer than 10 in 2019 to nearly 150 in 2024. The average age of…

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City & Guilds recognised by Ofqual to develop new reformed qualifications

The recognition marks a fundamental first step towards bringing City & Guilds’ new suite of reformed qualifications to market. The new qualifications form part of the Government’s reforms to post-16 education and skills…

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University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal

He claimed that one woman in the department had been "hounded out of a job", another was "left a frightened woman", and a third had faced "aggressive professors" at the institute. The tribunal found that after raising…

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Table tennis boom as FE partnership inspires more than 1,500 across North Wales

Building on a collaboration that has engaged more than 1,500 people through coaching, competitions and community events since 2023, the latest programme of activities at the college’s Yale campus in Wrexham introduced…

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Why Sunderland Makes Sense: Easy Guide to Securing Your University Place in Clearing

Clearing opened on July 2 but the University’s Confirmation and Clearing call centre for students who have received their Level 3 qualification results and are searching for a place at the University, or want their place…

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Doctors at remote Devon hospital get ‘crash course’ after maternity unit shut

Women have told the Guardian they may be forced to give birth without medical help at home or even in a layby as they try to get to hospital in Exeter, more than 50 miles away, on roads often choked with traffic during…

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Trump’s vaccine order is about feelings, not facts | Robert B Shpiner

On Monday, he signed an executive order instructing exactly that. Four decades in intensive care have taught me what a feeling costs once it becomes national policy. Children will be hospitalized who did not need to be.…

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ONS: NHS Talking Therapies Employment Support Cuts Benefits for Jobless, But… Raises Them for the Employed

The analysis looks at the change in the probability of benefits receipt after receiving employment advisor support and psychological therapy, compared with the expected change from psychological therapy only. Employment…

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Automotive manufacturing investment by government only addresses half the problem

But the voice of the automotive workforce is warning that without investment in skills outside the factory gates matched to the commitment to manufacturing, the government’s vision for the automotive sector could fail.…

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‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives

They would have needed to enter her kitchen, where the window looked into the jungle of swirling, 2-metre-high brambles that made up her back garden, and her shame had spiralled. "I would have been horrified," she says.…

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