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Parents in England are now facing increased fines if their children are taken out of school without permission, as new guidance from the Department of Education comes into effect. The Department of Education announced earlier this year that fines would be considered for unauthorised absences when a child misses five days of school. The fines
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The issue of overcrowding in British jails has reached a critical point as a plan known as Operation Early Dawn is set to be implemented. This emergency plan aims to address the lack of space in prisons by holding defendants in prison cells for longer periods until space becomes available, particularly if they are remanded
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According to an infectious diseases expert, a new, deadlier variant of mpox, clade 1b, is highly likely to already be present in the UK. This strain has been confirmed in Sweden and Pakistan after originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization has declared it a global health emergency due
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The A-level exam results for 2025 have shown a slight increase in the number of students achieving top grades. This year, the number of A* grades increased by 0.4% from last year, reaching 9.3%, while the number of A*-A grades went up by 0.6%, reaching 27.8%. Despite being a marginal increase, it is worth noting
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The tragic story of Michael Callaghan, a young man who was permanently disabled and lost his best friend to a paranoid schizophrenic attacker, highlights the ongoing failures in mental health care systems. Despite being known to be dangerous and suffering from serious paranoid schizophrenia, the attackers in both the Birmingham and Nottingham incidents were not
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