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Eluned Morgan rules out loan threshold freeze for Welsh students
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (549+ words) Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan says Wales won't join England in freezing the threshold at which some of its students repay their student loans. The freeze in England announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves has prompted a backlash - with personal finance…...
How hotels could help solve your summer childcare crunch
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (1607+ words) As summer school breaks stretch longer and childcare becomes harder to secure, some families are turning to an unexpected solution: hotels offering full-day, structured kids' camps that allow parents to travel, work and keep routines intact. Life is never quiet…...
Student numbers at Scottish colleges continue to fall
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (606+ words) The number of students attending colleges in Scotland has dropped for another year, according to official figures. The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) said the number of students at Scotland's college had decreased by almost 40,000 in the past two years - a…...
Tunstall teacher humbled by school's cancer support
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (442+ words) A teacher who found a suspected chest infection was breast cancer says she is "loved and humbled" after staff and pupils rallied around her. Dani Thomas, who has worked at St Mary's C of E Primary in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, since…...
NI Education reforms: Fewer schools and 'cashless' school meals
16+ hour, 13+ min ago (964+ words) Fewer schools and "cashless" school meals are included in a five-year plan to reform education in Northern Ireland. Changes to home-to-school transport, special educational needs (SEN), and the way some teachers are employed are also being proposed by Education Minister…...
Coventry mum's single parent group attracts thousands
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (508+ words) A mum who set up a friendship group for single parents has said she is delighted to see it grow to thousands of members and become nationwide. Krissie Edwards, 31, from Coventry, set up Single Parents Friendship and Community UK (SPFC)…...
Free primary school breakfast scheme to expand in East Yorkshire
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (278+ words) Eleven primary schools across Hull and East Yorkshire are to introduce free breakfast clubs for their pupils in April. They will join the 19 schools in the region that were part of a pilot scheme last year. It is part of…...
Record number of Scottish children in temporary housing
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (833+ words) The number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland is at the highest level on record, according to the latest figures. There were 18,092 households and 10,480 children living in temporary accommodation as of September 2025 " increases of 9% and 1% respectively on the…...
'Parenthood has change so much in 25 years', says Wollaton playgroup leader
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (610+ words) Playgroup volunteer Anne Scothern has watched parenthood change so much in 25 years. She took her own children to the playgroup at St Leonard's Community Centre in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, and found comfort being around other parents having sleepless nights and sharing…...
Families with children battling cancer to have travel costs covered
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (610+ words) Families of children diagnosed with cancer will have the cost of travelling for treatment covered under a new scheme to be rolled out in England by 2027. The government is setting aside "10 million a year to pay for children and young…...