Exclusive: Neet crisis review to call for teachers to be asked to spot those at risk of leaving education jobless at 16 What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on quest to learn Primary schools in England should be required to identify children at risk of leaving education at 16 without finding a job, a government review is to recommend. Alan Milburn, who is leading a review into Britain’s crisis in youth worklessness , said he would call for sweeping changes in education policy alongside a shake
With the debate over prison overcrowding and what to do about it raging, one initiative offers an alternative solution As the prison overcrowding crisis shows no sign of abating and the debate rages over early releases , an initiative in the West Midlands offers an alternative to custodial sentences. The Guardian was offered rare access to the project, under which, instead of being sent to prison, convicted offenders work on the improvement of waterways and green spaces around Smethwick. It is a
Team evacuated a patient from McMurdo Station after landing plane in total darkness and temperature of -43°C.
The shooter was a student and deaths and injuries were reported. (Image credit: Sakchai Lalit)
Students and parents gathered outside a school in Thailand’s Bang Kruai district, north of Bangkok, after a shooting on Friday.
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Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people. (Image credit: Jeff Chiu)
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Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants Temperature records have been broken in several countries across central and eastern Europe as the extreme weather that has caused wildfires and droughts across the continent continues. Countries including Slovakia, Austria and Hungary registered record temperatures. On Thursday, the Slovakian hydrometeorological agency said a new high of 42C (108F) had been reached in Dolné Plachtin
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Visits down 3.8% after 6.2% fall in June, with many choosing to buy online instead, research for retail body finds Shoppers stayed away from UK high streets during last month’s heatwave temperatures , with many choosing to buy online instead as the mercury in some areas rose into the mid-30Cs. Trips to high streets were down by 3.8% year on year in July after a 6.2% fall in June, according to research from the monitoring firm Sensormatic for the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Continue reading.
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President William Lai took part in an emergency evacuation drill as part of Taiwan military exercises preparing for a potential Chinese invasion.
