Dunstable Town Council awarded Imagination Majorettes a £500 Seedcorn Grant to help purchase equipment and uniforms; the local troupe runs Monday sessions at Downside Community Centre and will perform at council-organised markets and events during the year.
The Schools White Paper proposes school-drawn Individual Support Plans and sets EHCP reassessments from September 2029, with EHCPs to be reserved for the most complex needs by 2035; the government has pledged £4bn for SEND over three years.
A by-election in the Manchester constituency covering Gorton and Denton will be held on Thursday; Labour, Reform UK and the Green Party are competing amid reported local disappointment with national politics.
A working paper by King's College London and Stanford finds that when both partners work from home at least once a week lifetime fertility rises by about 0.32 children per woman; the UK's fertility rate was 1.41 children per woman in 2024.
The Care Quality Commission rated Mill Lodge in York and Red Kite View in Leeds as 'good' following inspections in October; inspectors said young people felt safe and staff showed kindness, but flagged shortcomings in medicines management.
Satellite images show emperor penguins gathering into smaller, denser moulting colonies as Antarctic sea ice in the study area fell sharply between 2022 and 2024; researchers warn this increases the risk of large losses if ice breaks up before moulting finishes.
A mouse study published in Science reports a nasal 'universal' vaccine that primed lung immune cells and protected mice against multiple respiratory viruses for up to three months; human safety and effectiveness remain unproven.
A pop-up charity shop selling used and vintage womenswear will open at Intro on Paternoster Row in Carlisle from March 13 to March 15 to raise funds for the campaign to reopen the Victorian and Turkish Baths.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is recruiting around 160 paid face-to-face fundraisers to work around the UK's and Ireland's coasts; fundraisers will share water safety messages and encourage supporters, and the RNLI says roles include training and competitive pay.
Ofgem has cut the energy price cap by £117, lowering the typical annual dual-fuel bill to £1,641 from 1 April; the change reflects a government pledge to reduce average household bills by £150 through shifting some renewable costs onto general taxation.
