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Colleges need extra £570m due to rise in students - think tank

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:02
The IFS says England's colleges and sixth forms need extra funds to keep pace with student numbers.

Trials of shared banking hubs to be extended

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:01
The two trial projects allow different banks to operate from the same premises after branches closed.

Trendy shoffices and pizza ovens raised lockdown fire risks

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:00
Insurer Zurich says residential outbuilding fires rose by 16% last year compared with 2019.

The Papers: UK's refugee plan 'big-hearted', or 'not enough'

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 23:45
Many of the papers focus on the UK's plan to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees as part of a new scheme.

Plaid Cymru: Ex-leader no longer friends with successor

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 22:54
Leanne Wood says Adam Price made "a bad judgement call" in the timing of his leadership challenge.

VHS fan bids to save 20,000 tapes from being dumped

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 22:50
A video shop owner and film buff is travelling from Liverpool to Dundee to pick up the haul from a collector.

Black Lives Matter: PSNI asks that protest fines be refunded

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 21:04
Police say they will make the request over more than 70 fines issued in Belfast and Derry last year.

Afghanistan: 'I can't stop my tears for my Kabul family'

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 20:33
A Leeds family share their worries about relatives after the Afghan capital is claimed by the Taliban.

Three fined for Liverpool lockdown hotel party breach

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 20:04
More than 50 people were found at four separate parties at the hotel in Liverpool on 31 January.

Greater Manchester Police chief scraps 'tosh' Citizens' Contract

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:54
Stephen Watson says a scheme defending squeezed police resources was "patronising nonsense".

Plymouth shooting: Gunman had mental health support in lockdown

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:21
Jake Davison, who killed five people in Plymouth, used a mental health helpline, the NHS says.

Nando's shuts restaurants as it runs short of supplies

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:20
The chain says it will lend some of its own staff to its suppliers, to help tackle delays to deliveries.

Covid-vaccine scientists begin plague-jab trial

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:18
The first volunteers have received a dose of the vaccine, made using the same technology as the Covid jab.

Afghanistan: Refugees should be housed 'in all parts' of UK

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:07
Welsh councils have so far agreed to house at least 24 families fleeing Afghanistan.

Some Scots Covid powers 'could be made permanent'

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 16:45
Scottish ministers say some changes made during the pandemic had a "demonstrable benefit" to the public.

Afghanistan: UK's Kabul evacuation operating at full pace - commander

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 15:11
The changing political situation means "we can't afford to pause and wait", Vice Adm Sir Ben Key says.

Ex-marine: I'm not leaving Kabul without my animal rescue staff

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 15:02
Founder of an animal sanctuary Pen Farthing urges ministers to get 71 people to safety in the UK.

Ice cream van firm banned from Lowestoft street over noise complaint

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 14:44
Lamarti's vans are forbidden from entering one street after complaints about noise.

Urgent call for Covid-safe ventilation in schools

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 14:43
Education unions make an urgent call for school-ventilation measures to limit Covid and "long Covid".

Lily Cole: Model apologises for posing in a burka on Instagram

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 14:21
The model and activist posted a picture of herself in a burka as a way to "embrace diversity".

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