Private tutors for 20% of GCSE students
One in five state-educated children who took their GCSEs last year were privately tutored, according to the Sutton Trust social mobility charity. While.
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‘Extinct’ wolf revived
A Dallas-based biotech start-up claims it has successfully revived the long-extinct dire wolf. At a remote and undisclosed location in the US, two.
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US ‘back at Bagram’
[image credit: @sentdefender on X] According to a report shared by the X (Twitter) account @sentdefender, the US has reportedly reassumed control of.
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Blues back in Championship
Birmingham City FC booked its promotion back to the Championship last night with a 1-2 win over Peterborough United. Goals from Alfie May.
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US exodus to UK
For years Britain watched its wealth quietly slip away. A post-Brexit chill, political uncertainty, and the scrapping of the non-dom tax regime nudged.
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Major cancer screening advance
A firm creating a revolutionary needle-free disease detection process is the latest to join Birmingham’s fast-growing biomedical cluster. KIFFIK Biomedical has patented a.
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Are you a polyworker?
A survey shows more than half of US millennials work more than one job – and it’s led to the creation of a.
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First womb-transplant birth
The first baby has been born in the UK from a mother who had a womb transplant, it was revealed today. The baby.
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NHS: 1,500 GPs recruited
New figures published by the Department of Health and Social Care show that 1,503 additional General Practitioners (GPs) have been recruited in England.
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Stabilising Droitwich power network
Two demand-activated renewable energy generators are being installed in Droitwich Spa to add resilience to the local power supply network. Intermittent power sources,.