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The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has condemned an incident in the Yorkshire Dales where a nest of hen harrier chicks is suspected of being deliberately destroyed by human activity. North Yorkshire Police is calling for anyone with information about the incident near Whernside earlier this year to… Read more »
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The government has issued new guidelines to schools for dealing with gangs today, following a spate of violence involving young gang members. Children and young people’s minister Beverley Hughes said schools were the first line of response in tackling gangs. “As the only truly universal service for children and young people, schools are uniquely placed… Read more »
Schools secretary Ed Balls is set to lay out the government’s strategy to lower school exclusions later today. A white paper on alternative provision for excluded pupils and pupil referral units will reveal the government’s plans on the issue. It follows calls from the Conservatives to heighten discipline in the classroom revealed by David Cameron… Read more »
