3 h. ago 'Absolute carnage' reported in Welsh county as parents blame new school year transport cuts

Parents who now live outside the free school transport zones in Rhondda Cynon Taf claim it was a 'shambles' as children struggled to find their way to school

Politics

6 h. ago 'Absolute carnage' at Manchester Airport as roads gridlocked and motorists stuck in car parks for 'an hour'

It's understood to be one of the busiest periods of the year with people flocking for holidays now schools have returned

Transport

4 d. ago Parents in England to pay more for school lunches as caterers blame rising costs

As a new academic year begins providers say national insurance rises and food price inflation has forced up pricesParents across England are facing higher prices for school lunches as the new school year begins, with caterers blaming the government’s national insurance increase alongside rising food and energy costs.Lunch providers say increases in staffing costs, including employer national insurance contributions announced by the chancellor last year, have added “significant extra pressure” to their budgets. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Police update after boy was allegedly beaten in street attack

A 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the reported attack in a Welsh seaside town

Events

1 week ago The revolutionary prison program where men help each other put down their guns: ‘Don’t end up like me’

In the Arms Down program at San Quentin in California, incarcerated men analyze the violence, heartbreak and poor choices that have shaped their livesOn a recent Friday morning, the chapel of San Quentin prison was abuzz as more than 100 incarcerated men and their friends and families took their seats at tables filling the room. A banner with large orange lettering hanging at the front read “Arms Down: Teaching there are options between the first and second amendment”, and the mood was festive, with the men hugging their spouses, parents and siblings.Now sheltered from the foggy, misty Marin county morning, participants and leaders of this first-of-its-kind program stepped onto the stage and started to talk, about mistaking being feared for being respected, about living with unaddressed trauma, about leaning into misconceptions of manhood and how that led them to rely on firearms as a source of safety and power. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Cutting school transport for disabled kids is a cruel way to balance the books

Record View says cutting services cannot mean vulnerable youngsters being left ­abandoned by the education system.

Culture

2 w. ago British Transport Police cuts will endanger railway staff, union warns

The RMT said frontline workers would be left exposed to anti-social behaviour and violence.

Events

3 w. ago I blame the school where my son was stabbed to death more than his own killer: Harvey Willgoose's mother says teachers failed to act when troubled teen brought knives and axe into class

Caroline Willgoose has told the Mail she blames All Saints Catholic High School for failing to act on a series of red flags before her 15-year-old son Harvey was stabbed.

Events

3 w. ago Police called to report of 'large fight' at bus station in Welsh town

Officers were called to an incident involving a large group of people in Porth town centre on Wednesday evening

Events