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A spokesperson for Fernhill’s trustees told BBC Scotland News: “In the face of rising costs from VAT on school fees, non-domestic rates, Employer National Insurance, upward pressure on teacher salaries [and] resultant decrease in school roll, the decision has been taken to close Fernhill School at the end of this …

[ Opioid Clinical Trial. Credit: Riley Brandt A University of Calgary-led international research team has identified a genetic factor that may explain why people respond so differently to opioid pain medications, and why some individuals face greater risk of side effects including dependency. The study, published in Neuron, involved researchers …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Dietary Guidelines for Americans aim to translate the most up-to-date nutrition science into practical advice for the public as well as to guide federal policy for programs such as school lunches. But the newest version of the guidelines, released on Jan. 7, 2026, seems …

Australia’s unprecedented social media ban for under-16s looks like it could be a catalyst for other nations – including the UK – to follow suit. The House of Lords backed a similar ban on 21 January, meaning it will soon be debated in parliament. French lawmakers have passed a similar …

Magdalen College School says the move will “enrich” its community for “generations to come”. BBC News

“Finally.” That was my first reaction when I heard Google would combine Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system. Android has long struggled on tablets, and ChromeOS always felt like too much of a stripped-down alternative to tempt me away from Windows and Mac. So last week, it was …

[ Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering have developed a novel reinforcement learning–based generative model to predict neural signals, creating an artificial information pathway that effectively bypasses damaged brain areas. This research opens up new possibilities for neural rehabilitation in patients suffering …

Wymondham were founded in 1972 and current Northampton and England back Tommy Freeman played for them at junior level before moving on to Leicester’s academy and then to Saints in 2019. They are currently fourth in Regional 2 Anglia, the sixth tier of English rugby, under head coach Aaron Beaumont. …

Donald Trump has said his administration will sue Harvard University for $1bn in damages as an ongoing row between the two sides deepens. The White House has threatened to withhold federal funds from several US universities over a number of issues. Mr Trump has criticised their approaches to diversity and …

Harvey Willgoose’s family say they believe he would “100%” be alive if school his had acted sooner. Source link

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain With months left of flu season, influenza cases are on the rise in California and transmission is high in the San Francisco Bay Area, data shows. Doctors at local hospitals are busy treating flu patients or those with complications such as pneumonia and heart issues. …

[ For patients with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer, the addition of palbociclib to maintenance anti-HER2 and endocrine therapies leads to improved progression-free survival, according to a study published in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. In a …

Aamilah Aswat has made history as the first female black British jump jockey to win a UK horse race. The 20-year-old earned her first win on 9-1 chance Guchen in a handicap hurdle at Kempton Park. In November, Aswat became the first black British female jump jockey to ride in …

Last week, the Department of Justice released a trove of documents related to its case against Jeffrey Epstein, its largest to date. Amid the millions of files were many mentions of Elon Musk. A search of Musk’s name in the department’s database results in at least 1,500 hits. Since the …

The Nasa Artemis II mission will be helped on its way by a former Chelmsford schoolgirl. BBC News

Roberta Sonnino, professor of sustainable food systems at the University of Surrey and a former Cardiff University professor, called the sourcing of overseas chicken for school canteens “common across the UK”, adding it was “really difficult to prove” how prevalent it is in other public canteens. Source link

The discovery was made last week in a former school in Wick. BBC News

Police say nothing suspicious was found at the Columbia Heights schools, while the US justice department announced more arrests from an anti-ICE church protest. BBC News

Available for over a year If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘What’s really going on in our schools?’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dl4q Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has proposed a ban on phones in all classrooms and backed an Australia-style social media ban for young people. We ask Sam …

Birth rates have dropped from 2,000 a year to around 1,400 in the last decade, a council says. BBC News