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Creating Clearer Routes into Skilled Work

The number has fallen below one million, but it is still higher than it was a year ago. There is no shortage of ideas for tackling the problem. Major retailers are offering work placements, AI bootcamps are being…

Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily during NHS cancer care

The County Durham and Darlington foundation trust (CDDFT) told the BBC that the women were among hundreds of patients who came to harm during treatment at its breast unit. The admission came after the BBC reported last…

Skills for Every Future: Connecting Young People with the UK’s Workforce Needs

At the same time, the sector is facing a growing demographic challenge: the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) reports that around 35% of UK construction workers are aged over 50 . As experienced workers move…

AI is Changing Education. Assessment now has to catch up

The more important question is what education does now that AI is already here and BETT’s latest research makes that shift difficult to ignore. Weekly AI use among teachers has doubled in a year, from 26% to 52% . And…

There’s a long history of athletes pooing themselves mid-race – why, and how can you avoid it?

But the Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk has now apologised for doing just that at the Hyrox games in Beijing on Saturday. Wietrzyk won the fitness race but not before using communal equipment with faecal matter…

Almost 50 dead in Nigeria after drinking alcohol suspected to contain methanol

A total of 182 people are believed to have been affected and some are being treated in the hospital, he said. "I took like two shots and I went out on Friday. On Saturday, I noticed that I could not see," 32-year-old…

£22.5m Enrichment Drive Aims to cut NEET Risk Before Young People Leave School

Hundreds of thousands more young people will access enriching activities in and beyond the classroom, as part of wider mission to break down barriers to opportunity for those most at risk of becoming not in education…

Pennsylvania asks CDC for emergency help as measles outbreak spreads

The state warned the request could be withdrawn unless the federal agency publicly recognizes four measles-associated deaths reported by the state. The Pennsylvania department of health has begun the process of…

New hope for breast cancer patients as life-extending drug now on NHS in England

Enhertu can give patients almost seven extra months to live on average - with some living up to three years longer. Women in Scotland have had access to the drug on the NHS since 2023, and it is available in 26 other…

Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare

The comments came before a government review due next week, which is expected to say that patients with ADHD symptoms should not automatically be formally diagnosed, but should be "triaged" and offered support without…