Thu 09 January 2025: Headteachers have warned that schools and colleges will be forced to make cuts if costs continue to outstrip the growth in school funding. In their annual report on education spending in England, the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that mainstream school funding per pupil will grow by 2.8% in cash terms […]
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Thu 09 January 2025: The number of untraceable privately-made “ghost guns” recovered at crime scenes surged nearly 1,600% between 2017 and 2023, according to the results of a new federal gun trafficking study released on Wednesday. The study’s results, announced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), come after President Joe Biden and Attorney […]
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Thu 09 January 2025: Germany on Thursday dismissed efforts by US President-elect Donald Trump to press NATO members to spend a staggering 5% of the gross domestic product on defense – more than double the military pact’s current spending target. “What Donald Trump is proposing is unrealistic. We won’t end up with 5%,” Vice Chancellor […]
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Wed 08 January 2025: Some 200 giant footprints, belong to dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been found at a quarry in Oxfordshire, becoming the UK‘s largest footprint site. Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different dinosaur footprints, creating multiple enormous trackways, the University of Oxford […]
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California wildfire rips through LA; forecasters warn worst is yet to come Wed 08 January 2025: A wildfire ripped through a coastal area of Los Angeles on Tuesday and into Wednesday, forcing residents to flee by car and on foot. Three fires broke out shortly after each other, beginning with the Pacific Palisades fire, the Eaton fire […]
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Tue 07 January 2025: Farmers from France’s second-largest agricultural union, the Coordination Rurale, mobilized near Paris on Monday, protesting against the Mercosur trade agreement and demanding fairer compensation for their produce. Despite their efforts to enter Paris and Lyon, they were met with roadblocks by law enforcement, causing significant disruptions, Le Parisien reported. The protests […]
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Tue 07 January 2025: The UK continue to hit by widespread travel disruption on Monday amid severe weather conditions with 169 flood warnings in place. The Environment Agency issued new 146 flood warnings in England, bringing the number of current flood warnings to 166 in England as motorways are flooded and trains are cancelled. Additionally, […]
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Mon 06 January 2025: US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday once again stirred controversy by suggesting Canada’s merge with the US hours after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced resignation. “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State. The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs […]
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Mon 06 January 2025: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that people spreading lies and misinformation online were not interested in supporting those affected and were only interested in themselves. “Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves,” Starmer said. Starmer […]
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Mon 06 January 2025: Russia claimed on Monday that its forces had captured the city of Kurakhove, a key Ukrainian stronghold and supply hub in the Donetsk region. The Russian Defense Ministry, in a statement, said the settlement was defended by some 15,000 Ukrainian troops. “The liberation of Kurakhove deprived the Kyiv regime of the […]
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