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Rouble Nagi: The teacher who won $1m for turning India's slums into open-air classrooms
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (965+ words) A narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry. Surrounding the area are shanties painted in bright hues…...
Jersey parents frustrated by lack of online safety strategy
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (721+ words) A parent said she is frustrated Jersey still does not have an online safety law almost a year after a review was launched into the issue. Jersey declined to adopt the UK's Online Safety Act when it was drafted in…...
Presbyterian Church: Incoming head of safeguarding reportedly resigns
13+ hour, 24+ min ago (564+ words) The person due to become head of safeguarding at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has resigned from another position within the church. Dermot Parsons was the Council for Social Witness secretary, but was due to take up the safeguarding role....
Camp Hill youth club aims for growth to help more young people
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (388+ words) The director of a youth club in Nuneaton has suggested more communities should come together to give young people something do and keep them out of trouble. Camp Hill Community CIC runs a youth club twice a week for up…...
Presbyterian Churches told to 'preserve' documents for police investigation
18+ hour, 23+ min ago (478+ words) Presbyterian Churches have been told not to destroy any information that police in Northern Ireland may require as part of their safeguarding investigation. A senior church official has written to congregations outlining the need to "preserve" documentation. The move comes…...
Illegal skin lightening cream being sold in butchers across UK, watchdog warns
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (538+ words) Illegal skin lightening products are being sold in butchers and specialist food shops across the UK as well as online, a watchdog has warned. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) said the dangerous and illicit products are appearing in an…...
'Soul-destroying': Young jobseekers on the struggle to find work
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (921+ words) Young people are bearing the brunt of the UK's weak labour market, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Some 16.1% of people aged 16 to 24 are not able to find work, compared to a national unemployment figure…...
Italian toddler in critical condition after transplanted heart 'burned by frostbite"
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (312+ words) A toddler in Italy remains in critical condition after undergoing a transplant with a damaged heart. The organ, which was transported south from the from the city of Bolzano to Naples in December, was reportedly placed in an unsuitable container…...
Jersey 'lacks modern vocational training infrastructure"
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (237+ words) The Children, Education, and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel has been looking into available lifelong learning opportunities. Scrutiny panel chair Deputy Catherine Curtis said it was found Jersey's "current system presents substantial barriers to access, lacks cohesion across providers, and does…...
Scotland's papers: Free tuition 'at risk' and Line of Duty twist
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (22+ words) Scotland's papers: Free tuition 'at risk' and Line of Duty twist'BBC Scotland's papers: Free tuition 'at risk' and Line of Duty twist...