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‘Why should I study Russian?’ Ukraine lobbies UK to introduce Ukrainian GCSE
Ukraine is lobbying the UK government to give teenage refugees who fled the war-torn country the chance to study a GCSE in Ukrainian, amid reports they are instead being pressed to study Russian.
Ukraine’s education ministry has written to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, to say it is “crucial” to …
Sydney to Hobart yacht race: third death averted as sailors prepare for ‘challenging night in the Bass Strait’
Details have emerged of a “terrifying” incident in which a crew member fell from yacht Porco Rosso and drifted for more than a kilometre before being rescued on a deadly night of racing, during which two sailors on other yachts were killed.
Two sailors on separate yachts, Flying Fish Arctos …
Northern Ireland Office ‘should have protected’ murdered solicitor
The murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson should have been offered protection by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), a senior official accepted, according to newly released documents.
Nelson was killed by a loyalist car bomb outside her home in Lurgan, County Armagh in March 1999.
The 40-year-old rose to prominence after taking …
The real test for Nigel Farage will be if donors follow foot soldiers to Reform
On brand as ever, Nigel Farage got the news that Reform appears to have
surpassed the Tories in membership numbers
while attending a traditional Boxing Day hunt.He was filmed for TikTok and Instagram wearing tweeds and a flat-cap, getting the news on his phone. He said: …
Scientists explore longevity drugs for dogs that could also ‘extend human life’
Constitution Hill’s thrilling comeback has him on course for Champion Hurdle
The delight and relief that swirled around Constitution Hill as he extended his unbeaten record to nine starts here on Thursday expressed itself in various ways. Nicky Henderson, his trainer, was teary, the punters who sent him off favourite were jubilant and Nico de Boinville, the winner’s jockey,
…Scottish students at Edinburgh University start support group to counter ‘alienation’
From the first day Shanley Breese started her law degree at Edinburgh University, she encountered demeaning comments about her accent. She was told she was hard to understand, and was asked to repeat herself in tutorials when she used words from the Scots language.
“It was just a little thing …
MPs do not – and should not – always follow judicial orders | Letters
Stephen Sedley, writing of parliament’s freedom of speech and action, says it has “for centuries reciprocated by respecting court decisions and orders” (
). This is to forget, for example, the 2011 naming, in defiance of court orders, ofRyan Giggs
andFred Goodwin
, …Labour must not duck House of Lords reform this time | Brief letters
So more appointments to the House of Patronage (
Sue Gray given peerage as Labour seeks to rebalance Lords, 20 December
). And more ludicrous titles. A Labour government with a huge majority has a unique opportunity finally to sort out the Lords. All it requires is political will. …Boxing Day footfall down on UK high streets despite discounts
Fewer consumers have made the journey to high streets and shopping centres in search of Boxing Day discounts.
Footfall across UK retailers was down 9.4% as of midday, compared with Boxing Day in 2023, according to data from the retail tech experts MRI Software.
“The decline in Boxing Day activity …