Month: February 2026

Special spaces are a key part of government’s planned overhaul of special educational needs supportSecondary schools in England must provide specially designed areas for neurodiverse children and pupils with special educational needs, ministers have said.Universal “inclusion bases” are spaces away from classrooms where children with additional needs can get support for some lessons. They are seen as a key part of government plans to overhaul special educational needs and disabilities […]

Community Security Trust, which provides security to British Jews, recorded total 3,700 incidents in 2025Antisemitic incidents increased sharply in the UK after the deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish year, according to an organisation that provides security to British Jews.Two people died and three were seriously injured at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on 2 October last year, in the first fatal antisemitic terror […]

House of Commons business and trade committee calls for changes after series of scandals in sectorThe UK government needs to eradicate “unsustainable” gaps in the policing of franchise businesses after a series of scandals to hit the sector, a parliamentary committee has found.The conclusion forms part of the business and trade committee’s small business strategy report and follows a Guardian investigation in December which revealed claims that Adrian Howe, a […]

Senator says ‘enough is enough’ as Taylor tipped to resign from shadow cabinet today. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTurnbull says Liberals should stop ‘chasing Pauline Hanson down a rightwing populist burrow’Turnbull has made no secret that he doesn’t like the party shifting towards the right and believes his former colleagues have spent too much time watching Sky News after dark.The problem the […]

Teachers and admin teams spend 100 hours a week enforcing rules, Birmingham University research findsSmartphone policies in English secondary schools are a “huge drain” on resources, with staff spending on average more than 100 hours a week enforcing restrictions, according to research.Teachers, teaching assistants, caretakers and receptionists are involved with helping to police pupils’ smartphone use in school, researchers said, with multiple staff recording incidents, overseeing detentions and communicating with […]

Consumer advocates call for more transparency as Woolworths, Coles and Aldi expand use of the practice without displaying per-kilogram pricingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIf you go into Woolworths to buy a bunch of small “kids’ bananas” you may not realise you’re paying double the price of the larger cavendish bananas right next to them.At one Woolworths store, kids’ bananas have been sold in bunches […]

Islamic nations group tells UN that Israeli push to deepen control of the occupied territory fuels 'violence' in region.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article