2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (491+ words) University College London has agreed to pay millions of pounds in compensation to thousands of students whose education was disrupted during the Covid pandemic. The move sets a precedent for other universities to potentially follow suit and paves the way…...

10+ hour, 34+ min ago  (711+ words) The family of one of the first children to be given a new course of rehabilitation following treatment for a brain tumour have described its "life-changing" impact. Experts at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) noticed a gap in…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (893+ words) Sir Keir Starmer issued a direct plea to London parents to get their children vaccinated against measles as health chiefs were scrambling to contain a "big outbreak" in the north of the capital. The Prime Minister's intervention highlighted how worried…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (842+ words) An outbreak of measles in north London has sparked fresh concern over the capital's vaccination rate against the disease. The city has the lowest uptake in the country with just 71.3 per cent of children having received both MMR vaccinations by…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1151+ words) A nine-year-old boy has become the first person in the UK to have pioneering surgery to make him taller. Alfie Phillips has fibular hemimelia, which affects fewer than one in 40,000 births and caused his right leg to not develop properly,…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (487+ words) A new advertising campaign from the Scottish Government will urge boys not to share misogynistic content online, telling them "sexist content is never harmless. One of the short video clips shows a boy sitting on a couch, watching a video…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (678+ words) A "big measles outbreak" in parts of London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. It said the outbreak in schools and nurseries in north-east London had left some children requiring…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (709+ words) The expert who led the review into children's gender healthcare says young people have been "weaponised" and misled about the realities of transitioning by social media. Baroness Hilary Cass, whose review of NHS gender care for under-18s led to sweeping…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (728+ words) Two-thirds of London parents would rather their child pursued an apprenticeship over going to university and be saddled with debt. Research suggests families facing rising financial pressures are increasingly weighing up their child's best route into long-term careers. Degree apprenticeships…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (873+ words) Young people in London are choosing apprenticeships over university amid concerns about rising tuition fees and student debt. Transport for London (TfL) said it had received over 5,000 applications for just 157 apprenticeship placements this year. During a visit this week to…...