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Finn Wolfhard Is Writing A Movie About One Of My Favorite '80s Bands, And It Could Be The Perfect Post-Stranger Things Role

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Trump Administration Gives Coal Plants and Chemical Facilities a Pass

In Texas and across the nation, scores of coal-fired plants and petrochemical facilities are allowed to bypass toxic emission rules.

Capital & Main

OPINION - Labour’s Schools Bill is a regressive step and it will be disadvantaged kids who will suffer most

When I left the legal profession after working at two leading international law firms, it was with a clear aspiration: to develop an educational model that would offer children from some of the most disadvantaged communities the same opportunities enjoyed by many of my more privileged peers.

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More drivers join the growing ranks of BMW M3 historic rallying competitors

British rally drivers Rob Smith and Will Onions have joined the growing ranks of competitors opting for the BMW M3 as their weapon of choice for historic rallying.

Autosport

Tuesday briefing: How much of a difference will the new childcare provision for two-year-olds make?

In today’s newsletter: Government-funded care was extended to younger children this month, but a study that looked at international examples says the system needs a wholesale overhaul

The Guardian - UK

Multi-academy trusts have higher secondary-level teacher turnover than local authority schools

Teacher retention problems particularly acute in larger Mats, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

"I signed a deal. I was a millionaire for one whole day. The money was gone in an afternoon": Paul Westerberg on The Replacements, going solo and the love of rock'n'roll

Replacements lynchpin Paul Westerberg is one of the most lauded songwriters of his generation

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“I strived to get an electric guitar to respond like a fingerpicked, open-tuned acoustic for decades. I went about it wrong”: Ex-Black Crowes guitarist Luther Dickinson on why he never dug his first signature Gibson – and how its followup went MIA

The North Mississippi Allstars man has led a storied career. He discusses his surprising jams with Rich Robinson and co, recording with The Replacements at the age of 13, and how his dad (via Bo Diddley) set him on a lifelong open-tuned path

Guitar World

President Higgins' helicopter use cost the taxpayer €8,000

President Higgins could have availed of a commercial flight

Dublin Live

Ministers have shelled out €600,000 of taxpayers' money on private jet trips so far in 2022

There have been over 30 ministerial trips to the end of June, with the average cost per trip coming in at just under €20,000.

Irish Mirror

Government jet use by ministers has cost taxpayers €600,000 so far this year

People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy has slammed the “waste of money” and urged ministers to fly on regular commercial airlines like everybody else has to

Dublin Live

Council-maintained schools outperform academies in England, study shows

Analysis of Ofsted rankings comes as government set to outline plans for all schools to join multi-academy trusts

The Guardian - UK

Most heads do not think multi-academy trusts will improve pupil outcomes

Survey data also finds many heads fear joining a MAT would lead to a loss of autonomy.

The Independent UK

Education union criticises ‘badly flawed’ evidence behind academy drive

National Education Union found ‘no compelling reason’ for all schools in England to join academy trusts

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Councils allowed to set up academy trusts in shake-up of schools system

White paper could pave way for independent regulator, while ‘parent pledge’ dismissed as gimmick

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