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Long hours, pay cuts, abusive parents – no wonder headteachers are quitting

The government must act urgently to make school leadership an attractive career, says former headteacher Nick Smith

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Sisters describe sex abuse at Raleigh school. Did headmaster aid and abet?

A 14-year-old student was in a building known as the pottery shack at the Montessori School of Raleigh’s middle school campus. Also in the room was Nick Smith, a beloved and gregarious math teacher who students nicknamed “Senior.”

Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022

City watchdog failed British Steel pension savers, MPs say

The Financial Conduct Authority has been criticised by MPs on the the Public Accounts Committee.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Edinburgh councillors discuss 'major' whistleblower allegations in private

A source said councillors heard about a "major matter which is subject to external investigation and police investigation".

Edinburgh Live · Jun 14, 2022

Biden forest plan stirs dispute over what counts as "old"

President Joe Biden’s order to protect the nation’s oldest woodlands is raising a simple but vexing question: When does a forest grow old

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Passport nightmare? Call your MP, but don’t expect miracles

The Man Who Pays His Way: Holiday dreams and urgent family trips are caught up in a vortex of despair

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Edinburgh council care scandal report to be debated in public 'as much as possible'

The emergency committee met with less than 48 hours to go until polls open for the local elections, with members voting to hold off until the next council term to publicly debate new allegations about care services.

Edinburgh Live · May 3, 2022

Biden’s executive order in Seattle spotlights role of old-growth forests in climate change fight

SEATTLE — In Seattle’s Seward Park, President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to inventory mature and old-growth trees, reflecting a high-profile and intensifying global focus on the role that forests can play in combating climate change.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Biden order aims to protect old-growth forests from wildfire

President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022

The Top-50 Men’s Players of the 2021–22 College Basketball Season

Ready for March Madness? Sports Illustrated ranks the names that have shaped 2021–22.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 10, 2022