19 h. ago School leaders’ unions consider encouraging members to quit as Ofsted inspectors

The Association of School and College Leaders and the National Association of Head Teachers may take the ‘unprecedented step’ over inspection reforms.

Politics

47 h. ago New call to cut income tax rate in half for people earning under £50,000

An online petition is also urging the UK Government to increase the Personal Allowance to £15,000.

Economics

49 h. ago Calls to ‘abandon’ new DWP benefit reforms and create a National Disability Strategy nears milestone

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for DWP reforms due to start next year to be scrapped.

Politics

3 d. ago Fresh bias row as private pupils are charged more than state schools to see Shakespeare plays

Groups of state schoolchildren watching performances by the globally famous company are charged £10 a head, while their private school counterparts are charged a staggering £16.50.

Politics

4 d. ago Banksy mural removed from east London club sparks legal battle in US

Banksy mural removed from east London club sparks legal battle in US  London Evening Standard

Events

4 d. ago Banksy mural at centre of legal battle after being removed from east London club and put up for sale in US

An East London club is suing for the return of a Banksy mural painted on their wall in 2007

Economics

4 d. ago London club claims Banksy street art unlawfully removed to America

Work was offered for sale in Colorado, lawsuit claims

Society

5 d. ago Suspected upskirter is arrested at London Beyonce concert as stalkers are also removed from Tottenham Hotspur stadium

The suspected upskirter was arrested during the first of six Cowboy Carter shows performed by Beyoncé at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 5. He is currently on police bail as enquiries continue.

Events

6 d. ago London Underground: Thousands of pieces of graffiti removed daily

London Underground: Thousands of pieces of graffiti removed daily  BBC

Politics

8 d. ago Scots primary school head under fire after branding Union flag 'offensive or sectarian'

The letter which leaked on social media showed the head raising concerns about the UK's national flag being displayed at an event for parents and guardians.

Events

1 week ago Blackpool teacher charged with sexual assault and murder of baby

Jamie Varley and co-accused John McGowan-Fazakerley were in process of adopting 13-month-old Preston DaveyA secondary school teacher has appeared in court accused of the sexual assault and murder of a 13-month-old baby boy he was adopting.Jamie Varley, 36, who was a head of year at a school in Blackpool, is also accused of a number of counts of assault, cruelty and taking and distributing indecent images relating to Preston Davey. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago American Airlines Removes Travel Blogger from New York to London Flight

American Airlines Removes Travel Blogger from New York to London Flight  Aviation A2Z

Transport

1 week ago Tube graffiti epidemic: 23,000 paint 'tags' removed from London Underground trains in two months

14,500 pieces of graffiti on Central line and 8,400 on Bakerloo line

Politics

1 week ago Tube graffiti epidemic: 23,000 'tags' removed from London Underground trains in two months

14,500 pieces of graffiti removed from Central line and 8,400 from Bakerloo line

Politics

2 w. ago Unmasked: The Godolphin and Latymer Deputy Head teacher who started sexual relationship with pupil in his office but escaped justice for a decade

Phil Culling, 52, began a sexual relationship with the teenager who was a talented musician and singer at the Goldophin and Latymer school in West London where day fees are now £33,000.

Society

2 w. ago Orlando Bloom pays £10k to 'clean' blood and get plastics removed from his body

Orlando has paid to get the ‘micro plastics’ removed from his body and blood stream in a posh London clinic after saying he wanted to 'rid his body of chemicals'

Economics

2 w. ago 11 killed in school shooting with 28 injured and some 'shot in head' as hospitals crammed

Gunshots were heard in the school at 10am before a suspect was shot and eventually found dead in a toilet as the event is being described as the worst mass shooting in Austria's history

Events

2 w. ago New call for Council Tax discount for all people over State Pension age

An online petition is calling for State Pension incomes to be taken into account when calculating Council Tax bills.

Economics

2 w. ago Trump’s travel ban could cement racism as his most dangerous legacy

From his so-called ‘Muslim ban’ to slashing DEI measures, the US president has turned taboo behaviour into normsThis month marks exactly 10 years since Donald Trump coasted down an escalator at Trump Tower, declared his run for US president and accused Mexico of sending drugs, criminals and rapists into the homeland. The past decade has been exercise in normalising.When Trump threatened to terminate Elon Musk’s government contracts, and Musk linked Trump to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, all because of a petty clash of egos, people were riveted but unsurprised. Likewise, when Trump ordered a travel ban on a dozen countries, many reacted with a collective shrug: well, of course he did. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago French teacher, 46, who posed as boy online to entice teen girls to send sexual images is jailed for eight years

Simon Clark, head of department at the Alun High School, in Mold, North Wales, preyed on 26 youngsters, aged between 10 and 15.

Events