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Sturgeon: I will refresh case for independence after historic local elections

Nicola Sturgeon has said her Government will soon start refreshing the “very positive case” for Scottish independence, as she insisted recent election results showed there is a “growing sense that the UK in its current state is not serving the needs ...

09 May 2022 at 12:25

What the papers say – March 28

Monday’s papers carry reports that Russia wants to split Ukraine into two separate countries “like Korea”, the backlash to the US President’s “Putin must go comments” and revelations about the monarchy’s future signalled by the Duke and Duchess of ...

28 Mar 2022 at 03:25

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi wants to ‘spread the DNA’ of grammar schools

Nadhim Zahawi has said he wants to “spread the DNA” of grammar schools through the education system while setting out his vision for the future of primary and secondary pupils in the UK. During a visit to an east London primary school marking the ...

28 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Teachers criticise ‘badly flawed’ evidence for making all schools academies

Teachers’ leaders have questioned “badly flawed” Government evidence over its aims for all schools to join multi-academy trusts by 2030. In the Schools White Paper, published on Monday, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi set out plans for all ...

31 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Local News

Thieves steal box of roll up cigarette paper in County Derry burglary

Police are appealing for information following a report of a burglary within a premises at Railway Place, Coleraine. It was reported to police that a premises was broken into sometime between 4.30pm on Monday, 28th March and 8.30am on ...

29 Mar 2022 at 21:33

Queen’s speech sets out plans for schools to become academies

The Government has set out plans for schools to be supported in converting to academies by 2030. In the speech, the Schools Bill confirmed plans set out in the Schools White Paper to support all schools to be part of a “family of ...

10 May 2022 at 12:55

Channel 4 privatisation ‘ends restriction on producing and selling own content’

The privatisation of Channel 4 will remove restrictions which “effectively prohibit” the broadcaster from producing and selling its own content, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said. The ...

28 Apr 2022 at 08:55

Ofcom to be given powers to regulate streaming platforms

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has revealed new plans for Ofcom to regulate streaming platforms to “protect audiences” from “harmful material”. The Government will give the UK media watchdog the power to draft and ...

27 Apr 2022 at 23:55

Profit is why parts of Britain became creative wildernesses, says Channel 4 boss

A privately-owned Channel 4 will stick to licence requirements but will not “embrace its spirit,” its chief content officer has said. Plans for the sale were set out in a White Paper on Thursday, which argues “the ...

28 Apr 2022 at 21:55

Zahawi writes to all schools to urge take-up of tutoring programme

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is to write to schools to urge them to use the Government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme. Parents will also be able to access data on how their child’s school is using ...

02 May 2022 at 01:25

Thurles

1921 Treaty papers to go on display in Tipperary library

The Treaty 1921: Records from the Archives exhibition will go on display in the Source Arts Centre, Thurles in May. The exhibition which marks the centenary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, has been ...

29 Apr 2022 at 15:33

Families ‘tired’ of waiting for special needs support, Zahawi says

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said parents of children with special educational needs and disability are “tired” of waiting for change and pledged to “get it right with them”. In the Commons, Labour ...

29 Mar 2022 at 16:55

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