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‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’ admitted her outspoken views meant she was ‘doing more harm than good’The headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh has quit as the UK government’s social mobility head after little more than a year, admitting her outspoken vi…
RMT leader says public support for unions has ‘taken a dent’ but is still high despite travel disruptionMick Lynch has admitted that public support for rail unions has been dented by weeks of strikes, but said the government was still “losing the argum…
Mark Jenkin’s unsettling Enys Men, follow-up to his cult movie Bait, plays to packed-out houses before nationwide launchCinema fans in the Cornish town of Bodmin had three options: the behemoths of Avatar and I Wanna Dance With Somebody – or a mind-ben…
Thousands gather as centuries-old rough-and-tumble contest is held for first time since pandemicIn the north Lincolnshire villages of Haxey and Westwoodside, 6 January is bigger than Christmas.For the first time since the start of the pandemic, thousan…
Opera company lost more than half its funding after Arts Council England sought to divert money to underserved regionsThe prestigious opera company Glyndebourne has cancelled its touring programme for 2023 after cuts to its public funding.Glyndebourne …
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went missing on M61 after car broke downPolice in Greater Manchester are searching for a couple and their newborn baby who went missing after their car broke down.Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are missing with their …
More than 2,250 UK nationals ordered to leave bloc between January 2021 and September 2022UK politics live – latest news updatesMore than 2,250 British citizens were ordered to leave EU member states between the end of the Brexit transition period and …
Information collected in 2021 is first that aims to show UK diversity, yet 7.5% of people did not fill in relevant questionsCensus 2021 was the first to collect information on the sexual orientation of residents aged 16 years and over in England and Wa…
Angela Crawley’s private member’s bill aims to grant three days of statutory paid leave to grieving parentsMinisters have been urged to back proposals that would grant paid leave to parents who have experienced miscarriage.Under current UK law, people …
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says UK capital is a place to ‘live, work and enjoy yourself’UK politics live – latest news updatesThe Metropolitan police commissioner has described London as a “fantastically safe” city as the force announced a drop in ho…