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Nursery teachers offered £4,500 bonus to work in deprived areas - see full list

Nursery teachers offered £4,500 bonus to work in deprived areas - see full list Qualified nursery teachers will be offered £4,500 bonuses to work in 10 deprived communities under a new scheme to boost early years outcomes - see full list of areas Qualified nursery teachers will be offered £4,500 bonuses to work in 10 deprived communities under a new scheme to boost early years outcomes. Fewer than one in 10 nursery staff currently hold a graduate teaching qualification – yet evidence shows...

Man banned from having pets for 10 years after dog had to be put down

Man banned from having pets for 10 years after dog had to be put down A vet concluded that Tia had been left in pain and should have received urgent medical attention A dog had to be put to sleep after being left suffering from a severe skin condition so painful she scratched herself until she bled. Tia, a pocket bully, endured weeks of agony as intense itching caused extensive fur loss, raw red skin and open wounds across her body.

‘A landscape raw and wild’: by train to the heart of the Yorkshire Three Peaks

Women sleeping rough ‘STILL’ excluded from official figures leaving women at risk of violence

Women sleeping rough ‘STILL’ excluded from official figures leaving women at risk of violence A new report reveals ten times more women were sleeping rough in some areas than official government counts identified. Women sleeping rough are being overlooked by official government counts, with many forced to seek refuge in places such as buses, A&E waiting rooms and public transport that are excluded from homelessness statistics, according to The Women’s Rough Sleeping Census 2025. Nearly two...

M66 traffic live: Manchester motorway closed and huge queues as lorry careers off road

M66 traffic live: Manchester motorway closed and huge queues as lorry careers off road A lorry has reportedly jack-knifed and left the carriageway causing traffic chaos for drivers on the M66 between the A56/A676 (Edenfield) and J2 (Bury) A stretch of the M66 motorway in Greater Manchester has been closed after a lorry jack-knifed lorry and left the carriageway. The southbound motorway is closed between he A56/A676 (Edenfield) and J2 (Bury) due to the collision. There has been significant...