16 h. ago Gunfire as thousands protest in Haiti to denounce a surge in gang violence

Thousands of protesters in Haiti have clashed with police as they denounce a surge in gang violence and demand that the government keep them safe

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34 h. ago SNP urges Rachel Reeves to 'change course' as benefit cuts risks 'social and economic damage'

Shona Robison spoke out after the UK Chancellor last week announced nearly £5 billion in benefit cuts by the end of the decade.

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47 h. ago SNP urged to rethink mainstream education policy after 'badge of shame' violence surge

The Scottish Government has been urged to rethink its policy of a presumption for mainstream education for pupils with additional needs after a surge in violence against female teachers.

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6 d. ago Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undue hard

President Donald Trump has reopened a debate in the fight over the federal government’s role in education policy after signing an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Education Department

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8 d. ago University is fined £585,000 for failing to uphold free speech after feminist professor Kathleen Stock was hounded out of work by trans activists

The University of Sussex was handed the penalty by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), which criticised its policy statement on 'Trans and Non-Binary equality'.

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1 week ago After more than 250 punishments from teachers, his parents took on the school, and they found out the truth

A school has been ordered to apologise to a pupil and his parents and update its behaviour policy after a tribunal found it had discriminated against him. An Education Tribunal Wales hearing concluded that St Joseph's Catholic School in Port Talbot failed to reasonably support Kian Mills and discriminated against him in the way it applied its behaviour policy.

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1 week ago CBI boss urges SNP ministers to close income tax gap with England

Rain Newton-Smith said uncompetitive tax policies are a ‘handbrake on growth’

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2 w. ago UK government issues travel warning for Peru after country declares state of emergency

Updated travel advice for South American nation comes amid surge in violence

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2 w. ago Trump administration pauses $175m in funds to UPenn over trans athlete policy

White House official reportedly calls funding freeze ‘just a taste of what could be coming’ for Ivy League universityUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has paused $175m in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s college sports.Citing an unnamed “senior administration official”, Fox Business said the pause was “not a direct result” of a Title IX investigation into the University of Pennsylvania’s transgender athletes policy that was announced by the federal Department of Education in February. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pakistani leader calls for unity to combat militants after a surge in attacks

Pakistan’s prime minister has called on country’s political leadership to unite in its resolve to combat militants following a surge in deadly violence

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2 w. ago Aid group in Haiti temporarily shutters hospital after gangs attack convoy evacuating medical staff

Doctors Without Borders says that four of its vehicles came under fire while they evacuated staff from a hospital in Haiti’s capital as gang violence surges

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2 w. ago Absences have led disadvantaged secondary school pupils to fall ‘further behind’

Pupil absence is a ‘key driver’ of the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England, think tank says.

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2 w. ago SNP minister urges Ofgem to speed up replacing RTS meters before switch off

Alasdair Allan warned that "people who rely on the RTS will experience considerable detriment unless meters are replaced by the switch-off date".

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2 w. ago Prison fights and violence surge as warning issued over 'pressure cooker' jails

MPs have warned the prison service is operating 'hand to mouth' as it scrambles from one crisis to another - with jails set to run out of space again next year

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3 w. ago California prisons restrict movement, calls and visits as violence surges

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and visits while they probe a surge in violence this year

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3 w. ago Growth of Gaelic medium education in Renfrewshire set to be discussed by councillors

Council officers will continue to explore options for growth – if approved at education and children's services policy board.

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3 w. ago France is rocked by surge in sexual violence on its transport network with 3,374 victims in 2024

More than 44 per cent of these cases were recorded in the Ile-de-France, which is the region surrounding Paris.

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3 w. ago Greens urge SNP to keep 'principled opposition' to nuclear weapons despite rising tension in Europe

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Harvie dismissed the importance of the Nato military alliance as it "keeps us so closely entwined with a reckless, far-right White House".

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4 w. ago The SNP's lack of urgency over mobile phones in school will harm our children

Writing in the Daily Record, Labour MP for Livingston Gregor Poynton says the SNP should ban mobile phones in schools immediately.

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last month Parents 'physically abusing' headteachers as shocking poll reveals surge in violence

School leaders are facing a surge in appalling verbal and online abuse, with many left suffering anxiety, depression and panic attacks and considering quitting their jobs

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