Strike dates announced at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen
Lecturers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen are to strike in a dispute over staff cuts and redundancies. The EIS union said that after a staff vote an initial…
Stowmarket exhibition offers a taste of classic school dinners
Neve Gordon-Farleigh & Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Luke Deal/BBC Visitors will be able to learn about the history of school dinners as well as try some from decades gone…
The pronatalists who believe Trump’s White House is on their side
BBC Pronatalists, a controversial fringe group almost exclusively from the political right, claim that some of the most powerful people in the US government are sympathetic to their cause. But…
Warning council tax and energy bill rises hit single parents hardest
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images A series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest…
Three things you can do to lower the impact
Lucy Hooker, Charlotte Edwards & Tom Espiner Business reporters, BBC News Getty Images A range of household bills are set to go up throughout April. There is nothing much you…
Exchange student’s 6,800-mile drive from China to Durham
Pamela Bilalova BBC News, North East and Cumbria Yukun Tao Yukun Tao has been on road trips in the UK too, including to the Highlands An exchange student who drove…
How a granddad ‘vanished’ from his family
Sue Mitchell & Ben Milne BBC News BBC John Wilcox with his granddaughter Amy David remembers the moment he found his elderly stepfather, John, unkempt and suffering from dementia, living…
Students call for clarity over university free speech rules
Getty Images / JohnnyGreig Clearer advice is needed on how to make campuses inclusive without falling foul of free speech regulations, the National Union of Students (NUS) has said. The…
Special needs schools thousands over capacity in England
There were 8,000 more secondary school pupils in special schools in England than places available for them last year, according to Department for Education (Dfe) figures – a rise of…
Social media ban not practical or effective, teens say
The government needs to do more to protect young people from violent and harmful content online, a report by teenagers suggests. The Youth Select Committee, a parliamentary group of 14…