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By Jill Dando News Learner drivers are set to benefit from reduced waiting times as the Transport Secretary announced new measures today to combat test-buying bots and provide thousands of additional tests every month. The Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, has instructed the DVSA to intensify its efforts to reduce waiting
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By Jill Dando News In a significant step towards creating a safer digital world for children, Ofcom has today finalised its long-awaited Codes of Practice, outlining new legal duties for tech companies operating in the UK. These measures aim to enforce a "safety-first" approach across platforms and services
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By Education Correspondent Pupils in Scotland on a unique programme, which aims to improve educational opportunities for young people, have seen a positive impact on their rates of progression to university. Now in its fourth year, the ground-breaking partnership between the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow and educational charity IntoUniversity
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By Jill Dando News Plastic pollution littering Australian coastlines has dropped by more than a third over the last decade, according to research by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Researchers surveyed inland, riverine, and coastal habitats across six metropolitan regions across Australia including Hobart in Tasmania, Newcastle in New
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By Jill Dando News Independent inspectors, Ofsted, have rated York’s services for children and young people as Outstanding in all areas. The inspectors reviewed four key areas of the council’s work including how it supports children who need help and protection: children in care, care leavers and leadership.
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By Joel ,16, Jill Dando News Correspondent The Science Museum and UK space company Magdrive are running a competition for children to design a mission patch for Magdrive’s first space test! The winning patch will be used on the Going Rogue mission and shown in the museum’s new
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By Jill Dando News The rescue of Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, is attracting support from many different sections of the community. During the many years that it will take for North Somerset Council to restore the Pier structure, Birnbeck Island and the headland buildings, the project is set to
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By Education Correspondent A new Mathematics and Education Secondary Teacher Degree Apprenticeship has been launched by the University of Nottingham to support the region’s schools to tackle national shortages for secondary maths teachers. The university is among just eight teacher training providers across England chosen to be part of
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By Jill Dando News The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is awarding £4.1 million to a new research centre aimed at responding to the public’s need for the law to be fairer, safer and more inclusive. The £5.8 million Centre for People’s Justice, led by
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By Education Correspondent The redevelopment of Clevedon School will take a significant step forward when construction starts on replacement classrooms for the tented ‘Learning Village’ that was erected in September 2023 when the discovery of High Alumina Cement Concrete (HACC) closed 22 classrooms. Placed on the Schools Rebuilding Programme in
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By Jill Dando News The Natural History Museum has announced an 11% increase in visitors from 2023, making it the second most visited UK attraction last year, according to The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). * August was the Museum’s busiest ever month with 766,081 visitors - boosted
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By Jill Dando News Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm has become one of the first zoos in the UK to achieve accreditation by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and to be awarded the mark of excellence in animal care, conservation, and education. The rigorous accreditation
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By Jill Dando News NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 completed the agency’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of America. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and
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By Education Correspondent The two universities in Bath are supporting Bath BID’s Bath Safe Bus initiative, which has run for the past two years. The University of Bath and Bath Spa University have given £20k in funding to support Bath BID's Bath Safe Bus, helping it to
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By Jill Dando News Work to plant 570,000 trees has begun as part of a Scottish university’s nature-based solution to tackle climate change. The extensive tree planting is taking place across the University of Edinburgh’s land in Stirlingshire and the Pentland Hills Regional Park. Over the course
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By Jill Dando News NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17. NASA and SpaceX met on Sunday to assess weather and splashdown